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CONTENTS. 



Scoparia ingratella at Folkstone, 

 328 



Scoria dealbata, life-history, 141 



Scotosia cerlata, larva, 113 



Selenia tiliaria, larva, 339 



Sericoris euphorbianu at Folkstone, 

 168 



Sesia bembeciformis, life-history, 

 137 



„ myopseformis, 354 

 „ philanlhiformis, 116; larva 

 in the Isle of Man, 103; in Ire- 

 land, 327 

 „ scoliseformis in Scotland, 314 



Sialis fuliginosa in Dorsetshire, 168 



Silkworm, Ricino, 261 ; rearing the 

 Yama-mai, 333 ; in China, 365 



Silvanus bidentatus near Paisley, 90 



Sirex gigas, 317 



Sisyra Dahlii near Reigate, 131 

 „ tenuiualis near Reigate, id. 



Smerinlhus ocellatus, larva, 91 



„ Populi, beautiful larva, 



345 



Sphecodes, revision of the British 

 species, 320 

 „ ephippius, 337 



„ fuscipennis, 338 



„ gibbus, 336 



„ rufiventris, id, 



„ subquadratus, 337 



Sphinx Convolvuli in Orkney, 5 

 „ Ligustri, female cripple, 5 ; 

 larva, 34 



Sterrha sacraria, bred varieties of, 

 9 ; near Cowfold, Sussex, 42 ; in 

 the Isle of Wight, 42, 289, 347, 

 348; near Ryde, 71; at South- 

 sea, 347 ; in Lancashire, id. ; at 

 Newark, id. ; at Plumstead, id. ; 

 in South Wales, 348 ; does the 

 female possess the costal stripe, 

 366 ; in Dorsetshire, id. ; at Great- 

 ham, id, ; in the north of Perth- 

 shire, 367 



Stomach of the herring-gull, insects 

 found in, 89 



Stylops emerging five months after 



the death of the bee, 262 

 Taunton, insects local at, 29 

 Telephoridae, further notes on, 47 

 Tephrosia cervinaria, larva, 16 

 Thecla Quercus in Cumberland, 88 

 Thera obeliscata, larva, 83 ; of 



Hiibner, 84 

 Ticking of the death-watch, 65 

 Timber-boring insect, a, in Australia, 



353 

 Tipula oleracea, larva destructive to 



oats, 352 

 Trichiura Cratfegi, life-history, 48 

 Tube-making larvs, 361 

 Turnip, insect enemy of, 57 

 Turnip grub a food of the lapwing, 



132 

 Vanessa Atalanta, white spot in the 

 red band, 260, 270 

 „ C-Album in winter, 41 

 „ Ichuusa in North Lanca- 

 shire, 164 



„ Urticae emerging in De- 

 cember, 41 ; hybernation of, 299 

 Variation in Lepidoptera, 209, 263 

 Varieties, 244, 262 ; of Lepidoptera, 



288 

 Vespa norvegica, 13 

 Wasps plentiful near London, 28 ; 

 scarcity of, id.; scarcity in 1865, 

 43 

 Water spider, bite of, 84 

 Weevil in granaries, 29, 59 

 Wet winters, influence of on insect 



life, 39 

 Wings of Lepidoptera, development 



of, id, 

 Xanthia gilvago, larva, 342 

 Xylina Zinckenii, reported occur- 

 rence at New Cross, 203 ; near 

 Guildford, 227 

 Yama-mai silkworm, rearing the, 



333 

 Yponomeuta padella, life-history, 



225 

 Ypsipeles elutaria, larva, 96 



