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Smith, Frederick, M.E.S., * Catalogue of 

 British Hymenoptera,' 4877 



Smolt, May, what is the age of? 4794 



Snake, great American, caught, 4896 



Snake and child, 4810, 4836 



Snipe, jack, memorandum on the habits 

 of, 4656 ; supposed new, 4704 ; soli- 

 tary, near Penzance, 4895 



Society of British Entomologists, pro- 

 ceedings of, 4572, 4644, 474 1 , 4820, 

 4911 



Spaalotis cataleuca near Beddgelert,4654 

 „ valesiaca near Beddgelert, id. 



Species or race, on the relation of to 

 genus or natural family, 4837 



Specific names, use of initial capitals to, 

 4739 



Sphinges, 4652 



Spider, Australian, inquiry respecting the 

 name of an, 4561 



Spiders, list of, found at Piercefield, near 

 Chepstow, in 1853,4561 ; Australian 

 trap-door, note regarding the name 

 of, 4765 



Spiraea Ulmaria, insects feeding on, 4893 



Stainton, H. T., ' Entomologist's Annual 

 for 1855,' 4689 



Stauropus Fagi, capture of the larva of 

 at Devon port, 4903 



Stellaria Holostea, insects feeding on, 

 4553 



„ uliginosa, insect feeding on, 

 4554 



Stint, little, near Warrington, 4560 



Swallow, white, obtained in East Kent, 

 4559; at Epping, 4871 



Swallows, note on the congregation of, 

 4558 ; destruction of, by the severity 

 of the weather, 4808 



Swan, Polish, at Hornsey Mere, 4661 



Swans, black,breeding in confinement, id. 



Tachyporus nitidicollis of Stephens, note 

 on, 4655 



Tadpole fish, memorandum of, 4673 



Teal, curious act of auto-surgery in, 4661 , 

 4704 



Tetrodon Pennantii on the coast of Ire- 

 land, 4560 



' The Aquarium : an unveiling of the 

 Wonders of the Deep Sea,' 4690 



Tilia europaea, insects feeding on, 4555 



Tinea granella, note on, 4905 



Tineidae, habits and food of, 4742 



Tineina, small genera of, occurrence of 



in tropical countries established, 



4747 

 Toads long known to be enemies of the 



hive-bee, 4738 

 Tortricidae, natural history of, 4742 

 ' Transactions of the Entomological So- 

 ciety of London,' 4592, 4828 

 1 Transactions of the Linnean Society of 



London,' 4590 

 Trifolium, insects feeding on, 4776 



„ arvense, insect feeding on, id. 



„ medium, insects feeding on, id. 



„ pratense, insects feeding on, id. 

 Trochilium chrysidiforme, note on, 4811 



„ scoliaeforrae, occurrence of 



in Wales, 4928 

 Trout, estuary, some observations on, 



4662 ; early spring or gray, 4714 

 Tunny stranded in the estuary of the 



Tees, 4594 

 Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club, 4821 

 Ulex europaeus, insects feeding on, 4772 



„ nanus, insects feeding on, 4773 

 Vanessa Antiopa in North Wales, 4814 



„ Io, unusual abundance of, 4903 

 Variety of the woodcock, 4631 ; of Cynthia 



Cardui, 4744 

 Vendace, 4712 



Vicia Cracca, insects feeding on, 4843 

 „ Sepium, insects feeding on, id. 

 „ sylvatica, insects feeding on, id. 

 Vinegar polype, 4873, 4926 

 Visitors, winter, to the Norfolk coast 



during severe weather, 4660 

 Vitis vinifera, insects feeding on, 4680 

 Vivaria, marine, 4768 ; short directions 



for the management of, 4816 

 Vulture, great, of California, 4632 

 Wagtail, Continental, near Scarborough, 



4631 

 Wing-rays of insects, office of, 4752 

 Woodcock, remarkable variety of, 4631 

 Woodpigeon, electric property in the 



feathers of, 4661 

 Wrasse, supposed new, in Swanage Bay, 



4913 

 Wren, effects of severe weather on, 4702 

 Zoology, inquiries into the philosophy 



of, 4777 ; contributions to the philo- 

 sophy of, 4837 

 1 Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. 



Herald,' 4589 



