CONTENTS. 



Mesogona acetosellae, Fah. (witli illustration), Bobert Adkin, 317. A New Classi- 

 fication of Lepidoptera, T. A. C, 318, On the Vertical Distribution of the 

 Ehopalocera in the Alps, W. Harcourt-Bath, 322. A Catalogue of the 

 Lepidoptera of Ireland, W. F. de Visnies Kane, 327. " The Killing and 

 Preservation of Insects," B. Stafford- Cliope, 331. Notes on Orthoptera, 

 C. W. Dale, 333. 



Notes and Observations. — On Breeding Arctia caia for Varieties, J. Arkle, 334, 

 A Convenient Ammonia-bottle for Field u=;e, N. F. SearancTce, 335. 



Captures and Field Eeports. — Larvae of Sphinx convolvuli from Cornwall, 

 W. T. Stiirt, 336. Sphinx convolvuli in Surrey, Bev. J. E. Tarhat, 336; in 

 Gloucester, B. W. Fitzgerald, 336 ; in South Wales, T. B. Jefferys, 336 ; in 

 Lincolnshire, W. Lewington, 336. Catocala fraxini in N. Devon, 0, F. E, 

 Cooke, 336. Accidental Aberration of Euchelia jacobfeae ? Frank Bromilow, 



336. Acherontia atropos in Lincolnshire, W. Letuington, 336. Hesperia 

 comma, &c,, in Lancashire, J. B. Hodgkinson, 336. Pieris daplidice in Kent, 

 C. Swinhoe, 337. Colias edusa in 1895 — Additional Records, 337 : Bev. J. E. 

 Tarhat, W. J. Lucas, H. Douglas Stockwcll, Miss M. Wilson, W. J. Lucas, 

 H. M. Edlesten. Late specimens of Colias edusa in Britain, Bichard South, 



337. Second Brood of Nemeobius lucina, Walter A. Pearce, 338. Larvae in 

 Surrey and Kent, E. A. Brackenbury, 338. Sugaring in the Cotswolds, 1895, 

 B. W. Fitzgerald, 338. Notes on Crambites, 1895, Albert H. Waters, 339. 

 Notes from Shropshire, F. C. Woodforde, 339. Notes on the Season, W. H. 

 Blaher, 339. Collecting in the South, C. T. Nanli, 340. Collecting in 1895, 

 A. B. and B. H. Heath, 341. Societies, 342. 



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