CONTENTS. PAGE 



A Synopsis of British Psychodidae (concluded) .—Rev. A. E. Eaton, M.A., F.E.8. 25 



Notes on some British aud Exotic Coccidee (No. 27). — J. W. Douglas, F.E.8.... 28 

 LithocoUetis triguttella, Stn., a variety of L. faginella. — E. R. Bankes, M.A., 



F.E.8 30 



Note on Platycephala OUvieri, Montr.— D. Sharp, M.B., MA., F.R.8 31 



On new species of Trogositidse from Japan. — G. Lewis, F.L.S 32 



Additions and corrections to the List of British Aculeate Hymenoptera. — E. 



Saunders, F.L.S 35 



Grease. — Richard Freer, M.B , 37 



'LepidoY>teraoi Cornwall.— W. E. Bailey, F.E.8 37 



Vanessa Atalanta and urticae at Christmas. — W. Watkins 38 



Lepidoptera at Armagh in 1893.— Eev. W. F. Johnson, M.A., F.E,8 38 



Psyche albida v. Millierella, B.— F. Bromilow, F.E.S. ... 38 



Cave-frequenting habit of Bittacus chilensis. — R McLachlan, F.R.8 39 



Syrphus guttatus, Fall., new to Britain. — Coryndon Matthews, F.E.S, ... 39 



Great abundance of Aleurodes brassicae, Walk. — E. R. Bankes, M.A., F.E.S. ... 39 



Aleurodes proletella, &o. — J. W. Douglas, F.E.S .. 40 



Chirotica maculipennis, Gr., a species of Ichneumonidse new to Britain. — A. 



Beaumont, F.E.S 40 



Mesoleius Bignellii, Bridgm., at Pitlochry. — Id .. 40 



Societies. — Birmingham Entomological Society 40 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society 41 



South London Entomological, &c., Society .., 41 



Entomological Society of London 43 



Notes on the earlier stages of the Nepticulse, with a view to their better 



recognition (contmwetZ). — John H. Wood, M.B 43 



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