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CONTENTS. 



PAGR 

 Explanation of the Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . viii 



Errata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii 



List of Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix 



MEMOIES. 



I. The Staphylinidce of Japan. By David Sharp, M.B. I 

 II. ^X^zPselapli'idce SM^ Scydmanid(eoii».]iVCQ.. By David 



Sharp, M.B 105 



III. Notes on the Habits of PapiUo Mcrope, with a description 



of its Larva and Pupa. By J. P. Mansel Weale, B. A. 131 

 IV". Observations on the Case of PapiUo Merope, Auct. ; with 

 an account of the various known forms of that Butterflv. 

 By Roland Trimen, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c., Curator of 

 the South- African Museum . . . . . . . . 137 



V. Descriptions of Fifteen new species of Diurnal Lcp'idop- 

 tera, chiefly from South America. By Herbert Druce, 



F.L.S., F.Z.S 155 



VI. Catalogue of the Phytophagous Coleopiera of Japan, with 



descriptions of the species new to science. By Joseph /^ 



S. Baly, F.L.S. (continued from page 99, vol. for 1873) 161 

 VII. Supplement to the Longicorn ddeoptera of Chontales, 



Nicaragua. By H. W. Bates, F.L.S 219 



VIII. Notes on Mynes Guerini, Wallace. By W. H. MiSKix . . 237 

 IX. Note on "A Catalogue of the described Diurnal Lepidop- 

 tera of Australia, by Mr. George Masters, of the Sydney 



Museum." By W. H. Miskin 241 



X. Monograph of the Genus Xylocopa, Latr. By Frederick 

 Smith, Assistant in the Zoological Department of the 



British Museum 247 



XI. Notes on the Biiprestidce collected by Professor Semper in 

 the Philippine Islands ; with descriptions of the new 



species. By Edward Saunders, F.L.S 303 



XII. On some new species of South African Lyccenidtp. By 

 Roland Trimen, F.L.S,, &c., Curator of the South 

 African Museum . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 



XIII. Descriptions of new species of LyccBmdte, from his own 



Collection. By W. C. Hewitson, F.L S 343 



XIV. Illustrations of several additional species of Lticamdce in 



the Collection of Major F. J. Sidney Parry. By J. 0. 



Westwood, M.A., F.L.S. 357 



XV. Further descriptions of Lucanoid fy^eo/>^e?"«. Bv Major 



F. J. Sidney Parry, F.L.S.. . . . .'. . . 365 



XVI. Descriptions of new species of Tenthredinidce, Ichneumo- 

 nidcB, Chrysididce, Formicidee, &c., of Japan. By 

 Frederick Smith . . . . . . . . . . 373 



XVII. Descriptions of new species of Lucanid(P. By ^lons. 

 Henri Deyrolle. Communicated bv Major F. J. 



Sidney Parry, F.L.S .' 411 



XVIII. Some Additions to the Coleopterous Fauna of Japan. By 



D.Sharp, M.B 417 y 



XIX. Descriptions of some new species and a new genus of 

 Diurnal Lepidoptcva, in the Collection of Herbert 

 Druce, Esq. By A. G. BuTLER, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c... 423 



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