CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



Explanation of the Plates ix. 



Errata ix. 



List of Members • . x. 



MBMOIES. 



I. Descriptions of Nine New Species of BupresUdce. By 



Edwakd Saunders 1 



II. Description of a New Species of Eestina. By Arthur 



G. Butler, F.L.S., F.Z.S 9 



III. Description of a New Genus and Species of PrionidcB. 



By Edmund Thomas Higgins .... 11 



IV. On a New Genus and some New Species of Coleo'ptera 



belonging to the family LucanidcB. By Chas. 0. 



Watekhouse 13 



v. On Insects and Insectivorous Birds ; and especially on 

 the relation between the colour and the edibility of 

 Lepidoptera and their Larv^. By J. Jenner Weik, 



F.L.S 21 



VI. Eemarks upon certain Caterpillars, &c., which are un- 

 palatable to their enemies. By A. G. Butler, 



F.L.S., &c 27 



VII. Descriptions of two New Species of Pwpilio from Ecua- 

 dor. By W. C. Hewitson, F.L.S. ... 31 

 VIII. Descriptions of six New Species of Diurnal Lepidoptera 



from Nicaragua. By W. C. Hewitson, F.L.S. . 33 



IX. Contributions to an Insect Fauna of the Amazon 

 Valley {Coleoptera, Prionides). By H. W. Bates, 



F.Z.S., Pres. Ent. Soc 37 



X. Synopsis of the Species of Panorpa occurring in 

 Europe and the adjoining countries; with a descrip- 

 tion of a singular New Species from Java. By B. 

 MacLachlan, F.L.S., Sec. Ent. Soc. ... 59 



XI. Descriptions of New Species of Diurnal Lepidoptera. 



By W. C. Hewitson, F.L.S 71 



XII. Notes on Eastern Butterflies. By A. R. Wallace, 



F.Z.S., V.-P. Ent. Soc 77 



XIII. Characters of some undescribed Species of Phytophaga 

 belonging to the families Cassididcp^ and Hispidc. 

 By J. S. Baly, F.L.S 83 



