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Lithosia pygmaeola, 8389 



unita, 8388 

 Lizard's tails, 8539 



Lobophora lobulata, description of the 

 larva of, 8700 



Lycaena Bauica, 8603 



„ Dorylas, S. V., in England, 

 8402; tbe late J. F. Stephens' speci- 

 mens of, 8467 



Lycosidfe, 8597 



Macroglossa Steliatarum, description of 



tbe larva of, 8607 

 Magpie, food of, 8762 

 Magpies breeding in confinement, 8632 

 Maigre at Carmarthen, 8771 

 Mamestra Brassicae, description of tbe 



larva of, 8787 

 Martin, house, late breeding of, 8846 

 Megalaema nuehalis, 8804 

 Melanthia albicillata, description of the 



larva of, 8468 

 Melitaea Cinxia, description of the larva 



of, 8606 ; dates of appearance of, 



8647 



Mew Island, a visit to, 8522 

 Micro-Lepidoptera, mounting mines of 



on card-board, 8648, 8734 

 Micropteryx, species of bred, 8528 

 Milvus govinda, 8621, 8739 

 Moa, reported discovery of the, 8558, 



8559, 8560 ; on the Western coast of 



New Zealand, 8847 

 Mongoose and cobra, fight between, 



8771 



Monkeys, marmoset, 8546 

 Monohammus dentator — is it British ? 

 8735 



Moorhen in Shetland, 8494 

 Motacilla boarula, 8758 

 Moth trap, the York, 8731 

 Moths, spring, 8467 

 Munia acuiicauda, 8803 



„ topela, id. 

 Mycetoporus longicornis, 8611 



„ nanus, 8612 ; capture of 



in Northumberland, 8652 

 Mygale, supposed new British, 8528 

 Myiagra azurea, 8747 

 Myiophonus insularis, 8752 

 Natural History, uniformity in size of 



pamphlets on, 8325 

 * Naturalist on the River Amazons,' 



8537 



Nematus viminalis, 8473 



Nemeobius Lucina, description of the 



larva of, 8402 

 Nepticula eeueella, 8355 



„ seneofasciella, S362 



„ Agiimoniella, 8378 



„ aluetella, 8366 



Nepticula angulifasciella, 8380 

 „ arcuatella, 8381 

 „ atricapilella, 8356 

 „ atricollis, 8379 

 „ aurella, moulting of the larva 

 of, 8452 



„ basiguttella, 8358 

 „ betulicola, 8369 

 „ contiuuella, 8368 

 „ distinguenda, 8371 



dulcella, 8367 

 „ fragariella, 8363 

 „ glutinosae, 8373 

 „ hemargyrella, 8376 

 „ inaequalis, 8369 

 „ latifasciella, 8360 

 „ luteella, 8374 

 „ royrtillella, 8383 

 „ nitidella, 8357 

 „ Nylandiiella, 8359 

 „ obliquella, 8382 

 „ pomella, 8353 

 „ Poterii, 8371 

 „ pretiosa, 8361 

 „ rubivora, 8381 

 „ samiatella, 8356 

 „ simplicella, 8385 

 „ speciosa, 8364 

 „ turicella, 8375 

 „ ulmivora, 8364 

 „ Weaveri, 8384 

 Nepticulae, descriptions of several new 

 species of, with critical remarks on 

 others, 8353 

 Neriene abnormis, 8598 

 „ anomala, 8585 

 „ bicuspis, 8588 

 „ bifida, 8587 

 „ conigera, 8583 

 „ dentata, 8598 



dentipalpis, id. 

 „ innotabilis, 8582 

 „ parvula,8598 

 „ subtilis, 8584 

 Nest of the blackbird, 8325, 8679; of 

 redstart, young cuckoo in, 8328; of 

 hedgesparrow, early, 8445 ; of green- 

 finch, 8679; of linnet, id.', of missel 

 thrush, id. ; of treecreeper, 8679, 8681 ; 

 of goldcrest, 8680 ; of common wreu, 

 id. ; of hawfinch, 8681 ; of water rail, 

 id. ; of common snipe, five eggs in, 

 8691 ; of linnet, cuckoo's egg in, 8720; 

 of jay, built in common ling, id.; of 

 barn owls, 8818; of robin in a car- 

 penter's basket, 8842; of pied wagtail, 

 8844 ; of rook's eggs in October, 

 8846 



Nests of wheatears, two together, 8719 ; 

 of the creeper, 8720 ; of the rock pipit, 



