C O N T E NT S, 



TJropteryx sambucaria Ab. (with illustration), R. South, 25. Descriptions of Pre- 

 viously Undescribed Species of Dismorphina in the Natural History Museum^ 

 A. G. Butler, 26. Lepidopterous Larvae in Walnuts, F. V. Theobald, 28. 

 New Experiments on the Seasonal Dimorphism of Lepidoptern, Dr. A. Weis- 

 mann, 29. On the Synonymy of the British Bee Hawk-moths, W. F. Kirhyy 

 39. The Nomenclature of the " Bee Hawk-moths," L. B. Prout, 40. Senses 

 of Insects, G. A. K. Marshall, 42. Entomology in October, C. W. Dale, 48. 

 On the Abundance of Orthoptera in the Alps, W. Harcourt-Bath, 50. A New 

 Scale-insect Infesting Date-palms (with illustration), T. D. A. Cockerell, 52. 

 Lepidoptera at Light at Ipswich, C. A. Pyett, 53. A Catalogue of the Lepi- 

 doptera of Ireland, W. F. de V. Kane, 55. 



Notes and Observations. — Some Recent Auction Sales : — Second portion of Dr. 

 Wheeler's Collection, 57 ; Mr. W. Farren's Sale, 67 ; Mr. W. H. Tugwell's 

 Sale, 58; T.W.Hall. Palsearctic Rhopalocera, W. Harcourt-Bath, Ql. Polia 

 chi and its var. olivacea bred from the Egg, 61 ; Polia nigrocincta bred from 

 the Egg, 62 ; J. ArHe. Some Continental Varieties of British Species recently 

 recorded, W. Mansbridge^ G3. Glowworms in October, C. Morley, 64. 



Captures and Field Rkports. — Hawk Moths in East Kent in 1895, F. V. Theo- 

 bald, 65. Vanessa antiopa at Epsom, E. H. Lancaster, 65. Eupithecia albi- 

 punctata bred in December, G. F. Matheiv, 65. Eugonia alniaria (Ennomos 

 tiliaria), 66 ; Hybernia defoliaria abundant, 66 ; G. JR. Garland. Xanthia 

 ocellaris in Suffolk, J. W. Corder, 66. Lepidoptera of Ireland, D. H. Pearsouy 

 66. Sphinx convolvuli in W. Africa, G. A. Harker, 66. Locusta peregrina, 

 OHv., in London, F. W. Bell-Marley, 66. 



Societies, 67. Recent Literature, 71. 



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