CONTENTS. 



Vll 



mouthshii-e, 236 ; autumnal, col- 

 lecting, 202 ; climatic experiment 

 on pupte, 270 ; malformation, 306 

 Leucophasia siuapis, 209 

 Limnius rivularis, new to Britain, 331 

 LiNCOLNSHiEE — Spliinx convolvuli, 303 

 Linoceras macrobatus, 18 

 Lita group of Gelechiidffi, 28, 05, 291 

 Lita knaggsiella, early history. 111 

 Literature, Ancient Entomological, 189 

 Lobophora vii'etata, 182, 211, 260; 



food, 232, 305 

 Localities for beginners, No. XL, 145 

 Locusta viridissima at sugar, 22 

 Lopliopteryx cuculla, retarded emer- 

 gence, 325 

 Lucanus cervus in the Midlands, -ii 

 Lycffina, genus, suggested classification, 

 241; notes on the genus (plates), 

 1, 49, 73, 121, 300 ; astrarche, 209, 

 at Newbury, 229 ; bellargus (adonis), 

 78 ; boetica in Prance, 302 ; corydon, 

 near Hounslow, 229 ; at Becken- 

 ham, 230 ; away from chalk, 265, 

 322, 323, dwarf specimens, 265, 

 varieties, 266 ; eros, 121 ; escheri 

 (agestor), 84; eumedon, 124; hylas 

 (dorylas), 82; icarus (alexis), 73, 

 hermaphrodite (?), 40, 106, 302; 

 minima, 209 ; varieties or hybrids, 

 in Kent, 181 

 Lycffinidaj, hybrid, 40 ; in North Kent, 

 207, 220, 222, 257, 294; dwarf 

 forms, 323 

 Macaria liturata, var., 279 

 Macrocentrus intirmus bred from Hy- 



dicecia pctasitis, 114 

 Macroglossa bombyliformis, 98 ; fuci- 

 formis, 97 ; stellatarum, hybernal 

 emergence, 157, curious habit, 271, 

 in Dumfriesshire, 271 

 Malformation of Lepidoptera, 306 ; of 



Ocneria dispar, 'ATo 

 Malposition of imago in pupa-case, 43 

 Melanism, 25, 58, 85 

 Melitasa cinxia, vars., 239 

 Mesites tardii, from Monaghan, 167 

 Metamorphoses of Galeruca nymphaea, 



178 

 Micro-Lepidoptera in Dorsetshire, 307 

 MiDi^LESEX — Neuroptera, 43, Hymeno- 

 ptera, 44 ; London, Bupalus ijiuiaria, 

 211, Carabus auratus, 18'J, Ephestia 

 kilhniella, 212, Hydrous piceus, 162, 

 Lepidoptera observed, 198, 234, 235, 

 266, 280 ; Lycaena corydon near 

 Hounslow, 229 ; Acton, {Sphinx con- 

 volvuli, 304, Zeuzera pyriua, 137 ; 

 Chiswick, captures, 43, Zeuzera py- 

 riua, 137 ; Crouch End, Sphinx con- 

 volvuli, 16 ; HoUoway, Sphinx convol- 

 vuli, 64 ; Sunbury, Xestobium tessel- 

 latum, 114 

 Midlands, abundance of Diurni, 209 



Monmouthshire — Lepidoptera, 236 ; 



Tintern, Vanessa urticie, 209 

 Mongrel-hybrid theory, 253 ; reply, 297 

 Moths, pedigree, 60 ; settling on water, 



283 ; nightjar following, 330 

 Myelois ceratonia', larva:, 66 

 Nepticulidfe, notes upon, 251 

 Neuroptera, ^jreserving the colours, 115, 



284 ; in Middlesex, 43 

 New Zealand Lepidoptera, 107 

 Nightjar following moths into house, 330 

 Noctua depuncta in Wiltshn-e, 305 

 Nomenclature, varietal, a code of, 150 

 Notodonta dictasoides double-brooded, 



275 



Notodontidffi, notes on, 91, 149, 290 



ObituaivV — John Sang, 120 ; Eev. John 

 Hellins, 167 ; Thomas Wilson, 168 



Ocneria dispar, malformation not here- 

 ditary, 275 



Octhebius auriculatus, new to Britain, 

 330 



fficophora unitella, 213 



Ova of Crocalliselinguaria, hatching, 157 



Pachytylus cinerasceus, 68 



Papilio, genus, suggested classification, 

 244 



Papilio machaon, retarded emergence, 

 105, 135 



Parasites of the "Hessian Fly," 317 



Parnassius delius in Wales, 301 



Pedigree moths, 60 



Pelophila borealis from Armagh, 189 



Peridea trepida in Essex, 159, 279 



Perilissus triangulatus, 23 



Phellopsis, a new species (P. suberea) 

 found in Japan and Siberia, 218 



Phigalia pedaria (pilosaria), early ap- 

 l^earance, 41 ; in autumn, 64, 110 



Pieridie, abundance, 227, 265 



Pieris rapaj in January, 40 ; in Canada, 

 63 ; extraordinary abundance, 264 



Platyptilia gonodactyla, larviv, 211 



Plusia gamma, green pupa, 138 ; inter- 

 rogationis, in S. Wales, 276 ; ni, in 

 Hampshire, 138; in Dorset, 157 



Poecilocampa populi at Chester, 41 



Polyommatus gordius, reported occur- 

 rence in Devonshire, 173 



Post-oliice and exchange, 115 



Preservation of Lepidoptera, 43, 66 ; of 

 small larvit, 114 ; by iutlation, 132 



Preservation of Neuroptera, 115, 284 



Protective coloration. 111, 193 



Pupa, green, of Plusia gamma, 138 ; 

 Geometers two years in, 233 



PupcB, climatic experiment, 270 



Pupation of Cossus, 231, 274 



Retarded emergence of Papilio machaon, 



105, 135 ; Euchloe cardamiues, 63, 



106, 135 ; of Geometers, 233 

 Eetinia pinicolana in the Engadine, 279 

 Ehagium bifasciatum, 69 



Ehogas modestus, 19 



