CONTENTS. 



Periplaneta australasiae and P. americana (with illustration), 97, 124. Dragonfly- 

 Season of 1895, W. J. Lucas, 98. Meteorological and other conditions influ- 

 encing the Appearance of Moths, B. N. MenshootJcin, 101. New Experiments 

 on the Seasonal Dimorphism of Lepidoptera, Dr. A. Weismann, 103. Plusia 

 festucae and its Second Brood, J. ArJcle, 113. Irrorhotides : a New Genus of 

 Ateuchidae, with a Description of a New Species, J. W. Sliijjp, 116. Collecting 

 in New England, W. F. FisTce, 118. A Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Ireland, 

 W. F. de Vismes Kane, 121. 



Notes and Observations. — Periplaneta australasiae and P. americana, W. J. Lucasy 

 124. Nomenclature of the " Bee Hawk-moths," N. C. Rothschild, 124. Captive 

 female Chcerocampa elpenor attracting male, W. B. Smith, 124. Setting Lepi- 

 doptera, W. Claxton, 125. Scarcity of Pieris brassicae, W. Grover, 126. Larva 

 of Pieris brassicae in December, G. B. Garland, 127. Wingless or partially 

 wingless Females, 127 ; Note on Vanessa urticae, 127 ; A. T. Mitchell. Aplasta 

 ononaria, C. A. Briggs, 127. Sesia andreniformis, jR. South, H. Mc Arthur, 

 127. A Further Note upon the Larva of Colias hyale, Herbert Williams, 128. 

 Vanessa urticae in Januai-y, A. J. Hoare, 129. Retarded Emergences, A. T. 

 Mitchell, 129. Parasites Bred, C. W. Dale, 129. Recent Additions to the 

 British List of Lepidoptera, 130. 



Captures and Field Reports. — Hybernia rupicapraria, Bev. C. F. Thornewilly 

 130. Eugonia alniaria (tiliaria), Hybernia defoliaria, &c., E. B. Bishop, 130. 

 Variety of Lycaena bellargus (adonis), E. M. Montgomery, 130. Callimorpha 

 hera in South Devon, A. T. Mitchell, 131. Moth-traps during 1895, E. F. 

 Studd, 131. Lepidoptera at Bloxworth in 1895, Bev. 0. P. Cambridge, 131. 

 Macro-Heterocera in the Guildford District, W. Grover, 133. 



Societies, 134. Recent Literature, 142. 



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