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India — Geometrid moth, alteration in 

 name, 316 



Information wanted, 384 



Ino geryon, 259, — in Berkshire, 264 



Insect-colours, contributions to the che- 

 mistry of, 128, 155, 167, 181, 200, 

 217, 234, 247, 283, 309, 338, 370 



Insect-fauna of Middlesex, 368 



Insect-galls, evolution of, 73 



Insecticide, London-purple as, 265 



Insects, collecting by means of light and 

 sugar, 22 ; influencing sex of, 120 ; 

 observed on Lundy Island, July 13, 

 1888, 140 ; taken in Faroe and 

 Westmann Isles and in Iceland, 

 1890, 374 



Iolaus contractus, n. sp., 39 ; luculentus, 

 n. sp., 38 



Ieeland — Sphinx convolvuli in Co. 

 Cork, 18 ; captures at sallows, 262 



Iris pseudacorus (yellow iris), larvae of 

 Arctia caia feeding on, 319 



Jana mandarina, n. sp., 112 



Karenia caelatata, n. sp., 91 



Katha moorei, n.sp., 81 



Kent — Coleoptera at Chattenden, 104 ; 

 Lepidoptera, 292, — in Thanet, 139 ; 

 Heliothis armigera at Chatham, 

 344 ; Oxyptilus lretus on coast, 346 ; 

 Argynnis euphrosyne, banded var., 

 from Chattenden, 351 [142 



Labkadoe — Polyommatus phlceas from, 



Lamiomimus gottschei, Eolbe, 246 



Lamprochromus elegans, 153 



Lancashibe — Colias edusa in 1889, 16 ; 

 Sphinx convolvuli at Grange-over- 

 sands, 18 ; Deilephila livornica near 

 Manchester, 203 ; notes from, 385 



Laphygma exigua, 67 



Larentia ohvata at Rickrnans worth, 291 



Larva, protective colouring, 55 ; of Spi- 

 losoma fuliginosa, vitality, 205 ; of 

 Notodonta dictsea, brown form, 379 ; 

 of Acronycta alni at Clifton, 383 



Larvae, of hybernating Noctuse forcing, 

 143 ; of Triphsena fimbria, 263 ; of 

 Bombyx neustria, abundant at 

 Stokes Bay, 319,— rubi, 137; of 

 Arctia caia feeding on Iris pseud- 

 acorus, 319 ; young, of Apatura 

 iris, 326 ; certain, abundant, 347 ; 

 of Eupithecia oblongata, subnotata, 

 abundant, 347 ; of Hadena cheno- 

 podii abundant, 347 ; of Liparis 

 monacha abundant in Southern 

 Germany, 347 ; autumnal, 347 ; 

 Eupithecia absynthiata, 350, — 

 abundant, 347 ; of Trichiura cra- 

 taegi, 350 ; in 1890, 383 



Lasiocampa quercifolia, 100, 349 



Lasiops semicinerea, 122, 150 



Lathrobium angusticolle, 237 [101 



Laverna lacteella, 101 ; subistrigella, 



Leia elegans, 152 



Leioptilus scarodactylus, 289 



Lema chinensis, 85 



Lemiodes pulveralis, 276 



Lepidoptera, in Wales, 5 ; irregular 

 emergence, 19 ; new species from 

 China, 26, 81, 109 ; taken in Dor- 

 setshire, 1889, 101 ; dwarfing in 

 captivity, 120; in Thanet, 139; 

 in Aberdeen and Kincardineshire, 

 168 ; certain species occasionally 

 abundant in British Islands, 177 ; 

 attracted by light at Shepherd's 

 Bush, 261 ; of Kent, information 

 wanted, 292 ; of Shetland, addition, 

 293 ; urticating hairs, 293 ; abun- 

 dant in New Zealand, 305 ; sexes, 

 337 ; scarcity, 346 ; -Heterocera, 

 377 ; Macro-, additions to Newbury 

 list, 140, — in New Forest, 320 ; 

 Micro-, two species new to British 

 list, 119 



Leptarthra dohrni, 194 ; grandipennis, 

 Fairm., 194 ; intermedia, n. sp., 

 194 ; longicornis, n. sp., 194 



Leptida brevipennis, Mils., 266 



Leria ruficauda, Zett., 123, 150 



Lethe cyrene, n. sp., 27 ; labyrinthea, 

 n. sp., 28 ; nigrifascia, n. sp., 28 ; 

 occulta, n. sp., 26 ; trimacula, n. sp., 

 27 



Leucania impudens, 321 ; littoralis, 365 ; 

 propria, 10 



Leucophasia gigantea, n.sp., 45; sina- 

 pis, 57, — var. lathyri, 79 



Libellula caarulescens, 362 



Life-history of Declana floccosa, 241 ; 

 of Bombyx quercus, var. callunae, 

 259 



Light, and sugar, collecting insects by 

 means of, 22 ; electric at Taunton, 

 100 ; Lepidoptera attracted by, at 

 Shepherd's Bush, 261 ; captures by, 

 in Devon, 262 



Limacodes (Heterogenea) asella in De- 

 von, 264 



Limenitis pratti, n. sp., 34 ; sibylla, 68, 

 229, 288, 320, 379, — black var., 

 291 



Limnas chrysippus, 23, — from Natal, 

 with white spot on under wings, 24 ; 

 dorippus, from North Africa, 24 



Limnobia stigma, 153 



Limnophora albifrons, 154 



Limosina cilifera, 126, 152 ; fenestralis, 

 126, 152 ; pusilla, 126, 152 



Liparis monacha, larvae abundant in 

 Southern Germany, 347 



Liroetes aeneipennis, Weise, 216 ; fulvi- 

 pennis, n. sp., 2)5; leechi, n.sp., 

 215 



Lita costella, 102 



Lithocolletis bistentella, 138 ; cavella, 



