CON TEN 'its. 



On the Nomenclature of the Genera of the Ehynchota, Heteroptera and Auchenor- 

 rhynchous Homoptera, G. W. Kirkaldy, 25. A Catalogue of the Lepidoptera 

 of Ireland, W. F. de Vismes Kane, 29. A List of Butterflies observed in 

 Switzerland in July, 1899, A. F. Rosa, 33. Collecting in the Isle of Lewis, 

 H. Stuart Fremlin, 37. Notes on some Tuddenham Lepidoptera, E. G. J. 

 Sparhe, 39. What is the proper Name of Lophyrus, Latreille?, T. D. A. 

 Cockerell, 40. British Dragonflies of the older English Authors, W. J. 

 Lucas, 41. 



Notes and Observations. — The Range in Britain of Epichnopteryx puUa, Ster- 

 rhopteryx hirsutella, Acanthopsyche opacella, and Pachytbella villosella, 

 J. W. Tutt, 42, District Lists of Lepidoptera, 42. Retarded Emergence of 

 Sphinx Ligustri, 43 ; Unusual Pairing of Satyrus semele, 43 ; Bev. W. J. 

 Leigh Phillips. New African Dragonflies, 43. New "Work on British 

 Odonata, 43. Setting Relaxed Insects, Arthur H. Bydon, 43. 



Captures and Field Reports. — Macro-Lepidoptera of the Galashiels District in 

 1899, James C. Haggart, 44. Notes on the Season of 1899 in Kent, J. M. B. 

 Carr, 46. Field Cricket (Gryllus campestris) near Hastings, 49 ; Hemerobius 

 limbatus in January, 49 ; W. J. Lucas. Lepidopterous Eggs on Sallow, &c., 

 J. Arkle, 49. Sphinx convolvuli at Penarth, 49 ; Acherontia atropos at 

 Penarth, 49; T. L. Hoive. Catocala nupta in 1899, S. A. Blenkarn, 50. 

 Captures of Odonata, C. W. Colthrujp, 50. 



Recent Literature. — 'The Hymenoptera of Suffolk,' 50. 'British Dragonflies 

 (Odonata),' 51. V. Bianchi : ' Enumeratio operum opusculorumque ad faunam 

 Hemipterorum Heteropterorum Imperii Rossici pertinentem 1798-1897,' 52. 

 ' General Index to Miss Ormerod's Report on Injurious Insects, 1877-1898,' 52. 



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