C O N T E n:t s. 



Varieties of Vanessa iirticffi (with illustration), F. W. FroJtawk, 73. New Experi- 

 ments on the Seasonal Dimorphism of Lepidoptera, Dr. August Weismann, 74. 

 The Synonymy of tlie British Bee Hawk-moths, C. W. Dale, 80. A Catalogue 

 of the Lepidoptera of Ireland, W. F. de Vismes Kane, 81. 



Notes and Observations. — On Setting Lepidoptera, F. C. Woodforde, 83. 

 Vanessa m-tiese ab., A. E. AUworthy, 86. Tenacity of Life in Insects, 

 J. C. Warburg, 86. Important Sale of British Lepidoptera, Bichard South, 86. 



Captures and Field Reports. — Notes on the Lepidoptera of 1895, Ernest Baylis, 

 87. Stray Notes on the Diurni during 1895, E. M. Prideaux, 89. Macro- 

 Heterocera in the Guildford District, W. Grover, 92. Additional Notes, with 

 Dates, from Reading, /. Clarice, 93. Larv* of Choerocampa porcellus, 

 C. A.E. Bodgers, 94. 



Recent Literature. — *A Handbook of the British Macro-Lepidoptera,' 95. 

 'British and European Butterflies and Moths' (Macrolepidoptera), 95. 'The 

 Label List of British Lepidoptera,' 96. 



Communications Received. — J.Arkle, L.C. Benton, W.F.Fiske, G.R.Garland, 

 A. J. Hoare, E. A. Laxon, W. J. Lucas, F. M. A. Mackinnon, B. N. Menshootkin, 

 F. J. Rasell, W. Shipp, W. R. Smith, C. F. Thornewill, H. J. Turner, 

 C. J. Waiuwright, C. W. Williams, &c. ; Reports of Societies. 



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