CONTENTS, 



Uniformity in Setting (with illustrations), J. H. Leech, 269. On Seasonal 

 Dimorphism in British Butterflies, W. Harcourt Bath, 272. Silk-producing 

 Lepidoptera, Alfred Wailly, 274. Notes on the Synonymy of Noctuid Moths, 

 Arthur G. Butler, 279. 



Notes and Observations. — Acherontia atropos : Notes on Larva, D. Sharp, 284. 

 Triphaena subsequa specifically distinct from T. orbona, Eobert Adhin, 285. 

 Plusia chrysitis: the Banded Form, J. ArMe, 285. Leucania straminea, 

 Gervase F. Mathew, 286. Enemies of Humble Bees, F. M. Webster, 286. 

 Collector v. Entomologist, Bev. W. Claxton, 286. Notes on Polia xanthomista 

 var. nigrocincta, John Thorpe, 287. 



Captures and Field Reports. — Vanessa C-album in Salop, Bev. Charles F. 

 Thornewill, 288. Euchloe cardamines in August, J. W. Shipp, 288. 

 Acherontia atropos in Lincolnshire, W. Lewington, 288 ; in Herts, F. Cornell, 

 288; in Co. Waterford, Ireland, L. H. Bonaparte-Wyse, 288; in Salop, Bev. 

 Charles F. Thornewill, 288. Coleoptera at Cirencester, J. W. Shipp, 288. 

 Agrotis ashworthii, B. Harvey -Jellie, 288. Plusia moneta in Hertfordshire, 

 J. W. Shipp, 288 ; in Kent, F. V. Theobald, 288. Acronycta alni and Aplecta 

 occulta in Lincolnshire, W. Leivington, 288. Parnassius apoUo in the 

 Pyrenees, W. Harcourt-Bath, 289. Aberrations of Argynnis paphia and 

 Limenitis sibylla, F. L. Blathivayt, 289. Abundance of Chcerocampa 

 porcellus, W. B. Thornhill, 289. Notes from North Wales, E. W. H. Blagg, 

 289. Early appearances of Lepidoptera in 1896, B. H. Crabtree, 291. 



Societies. — South London Entomological and Natural History Society, Hy. J. 

 Turner, 291. 



Communications Received. — H. W. Bell-Marley, F. Milton, A. T. Mitchell, 

 Dr. Percy Rendall, J. B. Smith, Rev. F. A. Walker, D.D., F. C. Woodforde, &c. 



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