C O N T E N T S. 



Melitaea cinxia, Aberrations (with illustration), F. W. FrohawJc, 225. Among the 

 Spring Butterflies in the Ardennes, W. Har court-Bath^ 226. Fungi Parasitic 

 on Butterflies, J. C. Bickard, 229. Uniformity in Pinning Lepidoptera (with 

 illustration), N. F. SearancJce, 231. A Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Ireland, 

 W. F. de Vismes Kane, 233. Silk-producing Lepidoptera, Alfred Wailly, 235. 

 New Experiments on the Seasonal Dimorphism of Lepidoptera, Dr. August 

 Weismann, 240. Notes on the Synonymy of Noctuid Moths, A. G. Butler, 252. 



Notes and Observations. — The Light Form of Vanessa c-album, W. Harcourt- 

 Bath, 257. Another Use for Naphthalin, F. Hilton, 257. Euchloe cardamines 

 at rest, 257 ; Dragonflies caught by Drosera, 257 ; W. J. Lucas. Notes on the 

 Early Stages of the Larva of Polia chi, N. F. Searanche, 258. A Hymenopterous 

 Parasite, Bose Haig Thomas, 258. Larva of Dicranura vinula and its Weapon 

 of Offence, W. H. Shepheard-Walwyn, 259. The late Mr. J. A. Cooper's Sale, 

 Thos. Wm. Hall, 259. 



Captures and Field Reports. — Collecting in the New Forest, H. 0. Wells, 

 C. J. Nash, 260. Lepidoptera of Argyllshire, W. M. Christy, 262. Plusia 

 moneta in Surrey, A.J. Eldred, J. B. Morris, Bev.J.E. Tarbat, 263; in 

 Kent, Lewis F. Hill, 263 ; in East Berks, M. J. Mansfield, 264. Bombyx 

 quercus ab., C. F. Johnson, 264. Sesia myopaeformis, H. W. Bell-Marley, 

 264. Thecla w-album at Eeading, W. E. Butler, 264 ; at Chalfont Road, 

 Bucks, Richard South, 264. Vanessa c-album in Staffordshire, E. W. H. 

 Blagg, 264. Abundance of Chcerocampa porcellus, C. J. Nash, 264. Lycaena 

 arion in the Cotswolds, W. Harcourt-Bath, 265. 



Societies, 265. Recent Literature, 268. 



Communications Received. — J. Arkle, E. W. H. Blagg, T. T>. A. Cockerell, 

 B. H. Crabtree, C. W. Dale, J. W. Shipp, W. D. Thornhill, John Thorpe, &c. 



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