CONTENTS. PAGE- 



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



recognition (continued) . — Jolin H. Wood, M.B ... 49 



Micro-Lepidoptera from Norfolk and Scotland : including an addition to the 



British List.— i?*. Hon. Lord Walsingham, M.A., F.B.S., Sfc 50 



Thermobia farnoram, Rovelli, a heat-loving Thysanuran, in London Bakehouses. 



—B.McLachlan,F.R.S 52 



Wing Expansion in a Butterfly delayed by low temperature. — T. A. Chapman, 



M.D.,F.E.S 54 



Musca (Calliphora) vomitoria in New Zealand. — W. W. Smith 54 



What are the specific limits of Aspidiotus destructor, Sign. ? — T. D. A. CocTterell, 



F.Z.S 57 



Do male moths require more energy than females ? — H. Guard Knaggs, M.D., 



F.L.8 60 



Grease in old specimens of Lepidoptera. — Sydney Webb ... 61 



Calocampa vetusta in January, — Rev. W. F. Johnson M. A., F.E.S 62 



Epunda lutulenta, var. sedi, in Cumberland. — F. H. Day 62 



Agriotypus armatus, Curtis, in Perthshire. — Kenneth J. Morton, F.E.S 63 



Andrena cineraria and fulva in the imago state in December. — R. 0. Bradley .. 63 



Rare Ooleoptera in 1893.— H. Domsi^orpe, i^.B.S 63 



Coleoptera at Maidstone. — W. H. Bennett 63 



Sub-aquatic Coleoptera in the Hastings District. — Id. 64 



Species of the Dipterous genus Diastata new to Britain. — A. Beaumont, F'.E.S. 64 



Lygua atomarius, Mey., and other Hemiptera in Ireland. — J. N. Halbert 64 



Obituary, — Major-General George Cardan, F.E.S.— H. Goss, F.L.S 65 



George Jonathon Hearder, M.D 65 



Societies. — Birmingham Entomological Society 66 



South London Entomological, &c., Society 66 



Entomological Society of London 68 



Supplement to Annotated List of British Tachiniidse. — B. H. Meade 69 



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