CON T E N;T S, 



Aberration of Arctia caia (with illustration), F. W. FrohawJc, 1. Carpocapsa 

 pomonella a Nut-feeder, Robert Adhin, 2. The Killing and Preservation of 

 Insects, H. Guard Kyiaggs, 3. Descriptions of some New Species of Phyto- 

 phagous Coleoptera from the Loo-Choo Islands, Martin Jacoby, 5. Contribu- 

 tions to the Geographical Distribution of the Khopalocera in the Alps, 

 W. Har court-Bath i 9. Note on Diadema misippus in Tenerife, Sidney 

 Crompton, 12. Sawfly LarvsB in 1895, E. F. Chaivner, 14. A Catalogue of 

 the Lepidoptera of Ireland, W. F. de Vismes Kane, 16. On a New Variety of 

 Proagoderus ritsemae, Lansb. (Onthophagidae), John W. Shipp, 20. 



Notes and Observations. — A Proposed New Work, 20. Tenacity of Life in 

 Insects, Edward Ransom, 20. Alpine Variety of Hesperia comma, W. 

 Harcourt-Bath, 21. Note on Bombyx trifolii, Geo. A. Harker, 21. Entomo- 

 logical Club, 21. 



Captures and Field Reports. — Xylina zinckenii in Suffolk, John H. HocTcing^ 

 21. Xanthia ocellaris in Britain, Richard South, 21. A Successful Moth- 

 trap, C. J. Nash, 22. Notes on Sugar in the Cotswold District, C. J. Nash^ 

 23. Sphinx convolvuli in Hampshire, A. Druitt, 23 ; in Essex, 1895, Gervase 

 F. Mathew, 23. Colias edusa in Somerset, 1895, Gervase F. Mathew, 24. Colias 

 edusa, &c., in Jersey, 1895, F. H. Wag staff, 24. Pyrameis cardui, 1895, 

 Gervase F. Mathew, 24. Glowworms in October, S. G. Reid, 24. Leucania 

 viteUina in Hampshire, A. Druitt, 24. 



Eecent Literature. — ' Frail Children of the Air : Excursions into the World of 

 Butterflies,' 24. 



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