Contents. 



IX 



Aphis Nymphseffi and its Aphidius, 

 appearance in the middle of August 

 505 



„ of the beech 485 

 Ajiion apricans and clover-seed 388 

 Aporia Cratsegi, larvae 174 

 Arctia Caja 239 



,, mendica, variety 321 

 Arreocerus CoffeiB at Basle 438 

 Argas reflexus 246 



Argas, two species new to Britain 244 

 Ai'gynnis Adippe, variety 483 

 „ Aglaia, variety 53, 309 

 „ Euphrosyne, difficulty of 

 discovering the larva 172 



„ Lathonia at Canterbury 192 ; 

 at Felixstow id. ; near Canterbury 

 212; in the Isle of "Wight 213; at 

 Margate id. ; at Dover id., 214 ; at 

 Folkestone 214, 235 ; near Yar- 

 mouth 214 ; in Jersey 235 ; in Kent 

 235, 284; at Ipswich 236; variety 

 393 

 „ Xiobe in Kent 483 

 ,, Paphia, variety 1, 145 

 Argyrolepia teneana, economy 31 

 Aspilates strigillaria, variety 333 

 Atropus niveus 233 

 Aventia flexula 458 



Bagous, new British 438 



Bee, honey, salivary organs 435 



Bees, queen, do they sting ? 342 ; 



curious instinct in 507 

 Beetle parasitic in wasps' nests 2 ; 



damaging silk ribbon 30 ; rose 82 

 Beetles, water, of Japan 343; blind 



cave 365 

 Bibio Marci, immense abundance at 



Brighton 143 

 Bistou hirtaria two years in pupa 402 

 Bleunocampa Cerasi, larva 181 

 Boarmia roboraria, description of the 



larva 281 

 Bombyx Callunse, variety 457 ; larvae 

 546 

 „ castrensis, variety 53 

 „ Cynthia 362 

 ,, neustria, habits 200 

 „ processionea 00; in Kent 

 487 



„ Quereus, hybernation 15 ; a 

 whole vear in the pupa state 521, 

 540 



Bombyx Eubi, breeding 3; hyberna- 

 tion 15, 83 

 ,, Trifolii, variety 53 



Boxes, posting 58, 82 



Bug, harvest 13 



Buprestidae, new 342 



Butalis chenopodiella 364 



Butterflies in the Club collection 14 ; 

 British, mistakes in 36 ; hyberna- 

 ting 100; European, new names for 

 108; and humming-bird hawk-moths, 

 early 112 ; one-third of the Bi'itish 

 in a wood near Watlington 134 ; 

 migrating 150, 330 ; and settling on 

 the sea 151; earliest and latest 

 dates of the appearance of some of 

 the rarer British 159 ; scai'city last 

 June 230 ; pairing of different spe- 

 cies 291; rare British 294; inha- 

 biting Guernsey and Sark, with 

 notes of their occurrence 324; con- 

 trolling sex in 372, 482, 553; inha- 

 biting Jersey, with notes of their 

 occuiTence 399 ; can they be tamed 

 to know the hand that feeds them ? 

 459 



Butterfly, fossil, in the Stonesfield 

 slate 294 



Cabera pusaria, black variety 264 



Callimorpha dominula, melanic va- 

 riety 321 



Hera 33; at St. Leo- 

 nard's 239 



Calosoma Syeophanta near Penzance 

 176, 224 ; at Plymouth 224 



Calosoter vernalis 226 



Campaign, opening the 29 



Camphor, substitute for 110 



Capiomout, death of M. Guillaume 32 



Captures in Norfolk and Suffolk 52 ; 

 Irish 74, 97 ; at light at Tonbridge 

 79; in the New Forest 120, 196, 

 476; during April, May and June 

 187; at Newcastle 283; in Epping 

 Forest 335 ; at Freshwater 470 



CariDocapsa pomoneUa 429 



Cateriiillai', processionist 39 



Caterjiillars in Belgium 13, 61 



Catocala Fraxiui near Canterbury 

 222, 241; at Ipswich 222; at 

 Shrewsbury 241 ; near Wisbech id. ; 

 at Sandown 335 



Cea pulicaris 225 



