CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



The Seasons. (By the Editor.) 1 



Is Entomology progressing ? (By the Editor) .. .. 7 

 Supplemental List of British Entomologists. (By the 



Editor.) 13 



Hymenoptera. By Frederick Smith. 



Notes and Observations on the Aculeate Hymenoptera .. 27 

 Neuroptera. 



A Synopsis of the British Dragon-Flies. By Dr. Hagen. 39 

 Explanation of Terms used in Dr. Hagen's Paper. By 



A. H. Haliday 164 



Coleoptera. 



Notes on British Geodephaga. By J. F. Dawson, LL.B... 61 

 New British Species noticed in 1856. By E. W. Janson.. . 69 

 Observations on the Myrmecophilous Coleoptera, or Ants- 

 Nest Beetles, of Britain. By E. W. Janson. .. .. 85 



Lepidoptera. (By the Editor.) 



New British Species in 1856 .. .. .. .. ..97 



Rare British Species captured in 1856 .. .. .. 113 



Observations on British Tineina .. .. .. .. 121 



Answers to Enigmas .. .. .. .. .. .. 131 



Enigmas still unanswered .. .. .. .. .. 132 



New Enigmas for Solution .. .. .. .. .. 133 



Diptera. By W. Wilson Saunders, F.R..S. 



Dipterous Notes and Queries .. .. .. .. 154 



How Insects Breathe. By John Lubbock, F.G.S. .. .. 135 



Natural History of the Tineina. (By the Editor.) .. 160 

 Entomological Works published in England in 1856. (By 



the Editor) .. 166 



Entomological Works published abroad in 1856. (By the 



Editor) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 167 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE. 



Fig. 1. Oxyhemus cylindricus, see page 79. 



2. Laoerna conturbatella, see page 107. 



3. Laverna Ra.se/ikiclla, see page 108. 



4. Trochilium Scolieeforme, see page 114. 



5. Mixodia Hawkerana, seepage 119. 



6. Laphygma esigua, seepage 115. 



7. Hetcerius sesquieornis, see page 77. 



8. Adelops Wollastoni, see page 70. 



9. Cryphalus binodulus, see page 83. 



