CONTENTS. 



Page. 



The Life-Histories of the New York Slug Caterpillars. By Harrison G. Dyar, i 

 An Attempt to Classify the Holarctic Lepidoptera from the Specialization of the 



Wings. By A. Radcuffe Grote, 9 



Notes on the Development of Drasteria erechtea. By F. M. Webster, 27 



New American Moths and Synonymical Notes. By Harrison G. Dyar, .... 33 



Notes and Descriptions of Oscinidae. By D. W. Coquillett, 44 



Diptera from the Lower Eio Grande or Tamaulipan Fauna of Texas. By C. H. 



Tyler Townsend 1 50 



Notes on Siphonaptera, with Descriptions of New Species. By Carl F. Baker, 53 



Notes on Lepidoptera. By W. J. Holland, ... . 57 



Reply to Dr. Dyar's Note, 60 



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