CONTENTS. 



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Cnephasia sinuana, 97 



Coccmellidffi eaten by black-headed 

 gulls, 122,— by birds, 147 



Cocoon of Miselia oxyacantha, 71 



Ccelinius niger, 262 



Ccenonympha pamphilus, var. albes- 

 cens, 150 



Cold prospect, 126 



Coleoptera, 94, 262 ; on phytophagous 

 genus Liacantha, 236 



Colias edusa, 162, 228, — absent in New 

 Forest, 74, — and cyanide bottle, 

 163, — hind wings shot with rosy 

 violet, 179, — variation to helice, 

 170, — var. hehce, 211 ; electra, gy- 

 nandromorphous, 216 ; elis, 126 ; 

 hecla, 126; hyale, 84, 162, 228,— 

 absent in South Devon, 74, — dark, 

 150 ; myrmidone, 179 



Collix sparsata, 270 



Colour of Gronopteryx rhamni, effect of 

 cyanide of potassium on, 267 



Colour-varieties, fraudulent, 44 



Colours : — physical, 133, — replaced by 

 pigmental, 188 ; relation of, 138 , 

 black converted to definite brown, 

 137 ; red in one sp. replaced by blue 

 in closely-allied sp., 1=37 ; develop- 

 ment of orange, red and pink from 

 yellow, 138, — of reds from chestnut, 

 138 



Conchylis franciHana, 221 



Conurus immaculatus, new to Midlands, 

 78 



Coremia f errugata, hermaphrodite, 198 ; 

 quadrifasciaria, 221 ; unidentaria, 

 breeding, 172 



Coriscum brongniardellum, 271 ; citri- 

 nella, 271 



Cosmia aftinis, 71 ; diffinis, 71 ; pyralina, 

 246 



Cossus ligniperda, 222 



Crabro capitosus, 202 



Crambus margaritellus, 289 



Crossatosoma (Icerya) segyptiaca, 101 



Cuckoo, eating nauseous larvae, 77 



Cuculiia absinthii, in Devon, 298, — in 

 South Devon, 245 ; caninse, 153 ; 

 chamomillse at Christchurch, 171 ; 

 lychnitis, 145, 155, — var. rivulorum, 

 155 ; scrophularise, 154, — in Eng- 

 land, 146, — probably specifically 

 identical with lychnitis, 146; scroph- 

 ulariphaga, 153 ; thapsiphaga, 158 ; 

 verbasci, 145, — and allies, 153 



Cyanide bottle and Colias edusa, 163 ; 

 experiments with, 165 



Cyanide of potassium, effect on colour 

 of Gonopteryx rhamni, 267 



Cymatophora fiuctuosa, 70 ; ridens, 72 



Cymatophoridre, 237 



Cynipidse, 203 



Cynomyia mortuorum, 262 



Cyrtorrhinus caricis, 262 



Danais plexippus, ab. fumosus, 230 



Daphnis hypothous caught some years 

 since at Crieff, 78 



Dapsilarthra apii, 262 



Dasychira fascehna, 70 



Deilephila livornica near Norwich, 297 



Deiopeia pulchella, 213, — in the Trans- 

 vaal, 147 



Demas coryli, 3, 43, 72, 247,— Eulophus 

 damicornis bred from, 149, — ab- 

 normal emergence, 295 



Devonshike — Notes from Plymouth, 72 ; 

 Cuculiia absinthii in, 245, 298. 

 South : Colias edusa and C. hyale 

 not seen, 74 



Diacantha, notes on phytophagous ge- 

 nus, 236 



Diadema nerina, 212 



Diamond-back moth, 247 



Dianthoecia capsincola, 287 ; carpo- 

 phaga, 71,72, 288, — with five wings, 

 223 ; cucubali, 72, 218, 288 ; irre- 

 gularis, 221, 247 ; nana (conspersa), 

 43, — aberration, 45 



Dicranura bifida, 288 ; furcula, 74, 288 



Diptera, 203, 262 ; new British, 235 



Ditula semifasciana, 97 



DoBSETSHiKE — Carabus nitens at Wim- 

 borne, 45 ; Lepidoptera, 246, — in 

 Bloxworth district, 97 



Drepana binaria, 76, 260 ; hamula, 42, 

 97 ; harpagula (Platypteryx sicula) 

 at Clifton, 298 



Drymonia chaonia at Christchurch, 171 



Dytiscus marginalis, oviposition, 149, — 

 retaining larval head, 222 



Echinomyia fera ■ 151 ; grossa, 151 



Eggs of Endrom is versicolor, 176 



Elachista gleichenella, 98 ; monticola, 

 98 ; paludum, 98 



Elampis panzeri, 202 



Electric light, Notodonta trepida at, 

 170 ; captures at, 172, 222, 243, 260 



Emergence, late, of Pcecilocampa popu- 

 li, 100; of Hybernia progemmaria, 

 124 ; of imago after injury to larva, 

 171, 193 ; of Notodonta trepida, 217 

 abnormal of Demas coryli, 295 



Emmelesia decolorata, 288 



Emydia cribrum, 20, 70, 73 

 Enicodes fichtelii, 80 



Endromis versicolor, eggs, 176 



Ennomos (Eugonia) alniaria, 76 ; ero- 

 saria, 76 ; fuscantaria, 41 ; tiliaria, 

 75, 299 



Entomological myth, 123, 145 



Entomological Societies — London, 20, 



45, 77, 101, 126, 149, 174, 197, 222, 



249, 272, 304; Birmingham, 23, 78, 



103, 128, 151, 176, 252, 276, 307 ; 



