CONTENTS. 



Argynnis paphia, ab., H. H. Tilney Bassett, 317. Vanessa antiopa, W. F. Kirbyy 

 318. Calophasia platyptera {Esp.) : a Moth new to Britain, John T. 

 Camngton, 319. On the Vertical Distribution and Derivation of the 

 Ehopalocera in the Pyrenees, W. Harcourt-Bath, 320. On Jumping Cocoons 

 from S. Africa, D. Sharp, 325. 



Notes and Observations. — Rearing Acherontia atropos, D. Sharp, H. W. Livett^ 

 Gervase F. Mathew, A. B. and B. H. Heath, 327. Vanessa c-album, W. 

 Harcourt-Bath, 329. Uniformity in Pinning and Setting Lepidoptera, D. P. 

 Tiirner, Walter Dannatt, 329. Entomologist v. Collector, W. Harcourt- 

 Bath, T. D. A. Cocker ell, 330. The Geographical Varieties of Parnassius 

 apollo, 331 ; Melitaea didyma var. alpina, 331 ; W. Harcourt-Bath. Com- 

 mittee for Protection of British Lepidoptera in Danger of Extermination, 332. 



Captures and Field Reports. — Larvae of Calligenia miniata eating Imagines of 

 the same Species, G. J. Boden, 332. Aporia crataegi in Kent, H. Douglas 

 Stochwell, 332. Chcerocampa nerii near Dartmouth, {Bev.) Arthur P. Morres, 

 332. Lycaena argiolus, T. B. Jefferys, 333. Leucania extranea, {Bev.) 

 Geoffrey Hughes, 333. Vanessa antiopa in Oxfordshire, W. Barnes, 333. 

 Vanessa antiopa in Lincolnshire, G. M. Ellison, 333. Aventia flexula at 

 Chichester, 333 ; Colias edusa at Chichester, 333 ; Sirex juvencus and S. gigas at 

 Chichester, 333 ; Joseph Anderson, Jun. Heliothis armigera imported with 

 Tomatoes, J. ArJcle, 334. Rhopalocera in Essex, G. B. Garland, 334. Ab- 

 normal Specimen of Nemeophila plantaginis, W. Woodward, 334. Uropteryx 

 sambucaria in October, Alfred Sich, 334. Emergence of Smerinthus populi 

 in August, J. ArMe, 334. Smerinthus populi in September, Bichard South, 

 334. Emergence of Eupithecia pnlchellata in August, J. ArMe, 334. Parasites 

 of Pachnobia alpina, C. W. Dale, 334. Hemiptera-Heteroptera at Light, 

 B. M. LeaJce, 334. A Fortnight in S. Devon, F. C. Woodforde, 335. Rare 

 Noctuae in the Isle of Wight, P. W. Abbott, 335. Captures at Lamp-light, 

 Savile G. Beid, 335. Acherontia atropos in England and Wales, 1896, 335. 

 RhojDalocera from Colwyn Bay, Augustas D. Imms, 336. 

 Societies, 337-340. Recent Literature, 340. 



Communications Received. — W. Harcourt-Bath, H. Hodge, A. P. Jenkin, 

 F. A. Newbery, B. Piffard, G. W. Smith, J. Thorpe, C. D. Wilkinson, &c. 



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