CONTENTS. 



Vll 



Leioptilus nricrodactylus, 259; habits 

 of larvae, 259 



Lepidoptera at Nottingham, 8 ; at Cam- 

 bridge, 16 ; abnormities in, 16 ; in- 

 fluence of meteorological conditions 

 upon, 25 ; exotic, reared in 1883, 

 notes on, 28, 103 ; at Abbot's Wood 

 and Eastbourne, 35 ; birds in rela- 

 tion to, 37 ; irregular emergence, 

 39, 94 ; early spring, 67 ; hyme- 

 nopterous parasites, 67 ; the late 

 Dr. Harper's, sale of, 88 ; in Cam- 

 bridgeshire, in 1883, a Bank holiday 

 amongst, 91 ; European variation 

 of, 97 ; of London suburbs, 108, 

 186 ; retarded emergence, 108, 164 ; 

 nocturnal, colour preferences in, 

 109 ; hybernating, effect of artificial 

 heat upon, 110 ; setting unpinned, 

 131 ; of the South-east Coast, con- 

 tributions to a list of the, 136 ; near 

 London, 139 ; local list of, 144 ; 

 influence of mild winter on, 164 ; 

 reared in captivity, 201 ; in the 

 Fens, 210 ; New Zealand, random 

 notes on, 217, 247, 266 ; near 

 Portsmouth, 234 ; effect of the hot 

 summer on, 280 



Lepidopterous pigments, action of am- 

 monia upon some, 204 



Limenitis disippus, 32 



Liparis chrysorrhcea, urticating proper- 

 ties of the hairs of, 256, 275 



Lycama argiolus in N. Warwickshire, 

 141 ; variety, 41 ; compared with 

 the American L. pseudargiolus, 

 193, 232 ; L. arion, 208 ; L. phla?as 

 var. americana, 50 



Macrogaster arundinis at Sutton, 

 Surrey, 184 ; stellatarum, late oc- 

 currence, 273 



Macro -Lepidoptera of Unst (coloured 

 plate), 1 ; British, larvas, 114 



Maniola (Erebia) discoidalis, 51 



Megasternum boletophagum, 59 



Melanippe montanata, 3 



Melitam artemis in Shropshire, 182 



Meteorological conditions, influence of, 

 on Lepidoptera, 25 



Micro -Lepidoptera, notes on some reared 

 in captivity, 201 ; abundance of, 212 



Micromelus pyrrhogaster, 46 



Middlesex : — 



Colias edusa in Hackney, 250 

 London suburbs, Lepidoptera of, 108, 

 186 ; collecting in south of, 1883, 

 63 ; Entomology in south of, a good 

 season, 89; Lepidoptera near, 139 



Minehead Valley, a voice from the, 11 



Moth, a congregating, remarkable nest, 92 



Nepticula centifoliella, 166; new to 

 Science, 281 



New Zealand, note on Aphis in, 169 ; 

 random notes on Lepidoptera in, 

 217, 247, 266 



Nisoniades brizo, 51 



Noctua augur, abnormal emergence, 65 ; 

 festiva, 2 ; glareosa, 2 ; xantho- 

 grapha, 2, 42 



Noctuae near Cambridge, 92; near 

 Bromley, 278 



Nocturnal Lepidoptera, colour prefer- 

 ences in, 109 



Nomenclature, paronymic, 94; scien- 

 tific; 18 



Norfolk : — 



Captures in West, 33 ; King's Lynn, 

 Vanessa antiopa, 250 ; Ephestia 

 ficulella and E. passulella, 93 



Notes from Witherslack, 4, 165 ; on 

 exotic Lepidoptera reared in 1883 ; 

 28, 103 ; on the past season, with 

 captures in West Norfolk, 33 ; on 

 Lepidoptera-Khopalocera of Hud- 

 son's Bay, 50; on the past season 

 in Cos. Deny and Donegal, 59 ; on 

 certain Tinea, 113 ; on Boletobia 

 fuliginaria, with description of 

 larva, 153 ; on a New Zealand 

 Aphis, 169 ; on some Lepidoptera 

 reared in captivity, 201 ; random, 

 on New Zealand Lepidoptera, 217, 

 247, 266 



Notodonta trilophus at Southwold, 

 253 



Nototrachys, 180 



Nottinghamshire : — 



Lepidoptera at Nottingham, 8 



Nyssia zonaria in Ireland, 61 



Obituary : — 



Buckler, William, 47 



Forster, Arnold, 287 



Harper, Alfred, 264 



Prest, William, 119 



Saunders, Sir Sidney Smith, Knt., 

 C.M.G., 117 

 Octhebius, Hydrochus, and Hydraena, 



genera, 156 

 (Ecophora woodiella, the story of, 52 

 CEneis jutta, 51 

 Ophion, 178 

 Ophionidae, 122 

 Orgyia leucostigma, 30 



Pachnobia hyperborea, 3 



Pamphila peckius, 51 



Papilio machaon in Surrey, 140 



Parasites, hymenopterous, of Lepi- 

 doptera, 67 



Peronea comparana (read comariana) 

 double-brooded, 20, 184 



Petasia nubeculosa three years in pupa, 

 111 ; retarded emergence, 142 



Physianthus albens, an insectivorous 

 plant, 71 



