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CONTENTS. 



EASTER ENTOMOLOGY ON THE RIVIERA. By G. H. Bryan, Sc.D., F.R.S. .. 



THE PRESERVATION OF WICKEN FEN. By Herbert Goss, F.L.S 



BRITISH FRESHWATER MITES. By Charles D. Soar, F.R.M.S. Illustrated 



SEAWATER-MITE FOUND IN FRESH WATER. Illustrated 



WATKIN'S MOUNTAIN ANEROID 



EXPLOSIVE VALUE OF ACETYLENE. By F. Winstone 



LAND AND FRESHWATER MOLLUSCA OF ISLE OF WIGHT. By the late Charles 

 MICROSCOPIC SLIDE CEMENTS AND VARNISHES. By Charles F. Rousselet, 

 LEPIDOPTERA IN SOUTH-EAST ESSEX. By F. G. Whittle. Illustrated 

 COLOUR IN NATURE. By Wilfred Mark Webb, F.L.S. 

 SOME NEW PHYSICAL APPARATUS. By James Quick. Illustrated . . 



INSTINCT. By R. Dickson-Bryson, B.A., F.P.S., F.R.As.S 



BRITISH INFUSORIA. By E. H. J. Schuster, F.Z.S. Illustrated 



COUNTRY LORE 



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