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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SUBJECTS. 



Abraxas ulmata, description of the larva 

 of, 8243 



Acentropus niveus — does it belong to 

 the Lepidoptera or the Pbryganeina? 

 8085 ; its characters and affinities, 

 8216 



Acronycta Alni bred in February, 7972 ; 



at Tavistock, 8210 ; economy of, 82 11 ; 



at Worcester, 8244 

 Actinia Mesembryanthemum, 7858 

 Actinoloba Dianthus, 7857 

 iEthia emortualis, capture of, 8296 

 Agabus bipunctatus, musical powers of, 



7974 



„ uliginosus, curious habit of, 82 1 6 

 Agathidium rotundatum, capture of, 8084 

 Agelena subfusca, 7947 

 Agelenidae, 7947, 8049 

 Agrotis lucernea, 8292 



„ lunigera, 8291 



„ neglecta, 8292 



„ suffusa taken at sugar in April, 

 8052 



Ainos, among the, 8230 

 Alauda arborea, 7828 



„ arvensis, id. 

 Alces americanus, 7992 

 Anaitis plagiata, 7898 

 Anarta Myrtilli, 8076 

 Anemones, sea, of the Mersey and Dee, 



7857 ; notes on, 7977, 8263, 8264 

 Angerona prunaria, description of the 



larva of, 8206 

 Animals, Canadian suckling, economic 



uses of among the Chipewyau Indians, 



7989 



Anomalon Vesparum, note on, 7974 

 Ant, red, remarks and observations on, 

 8211 



Antherophagus silaceus, capture of, 8084 

 Anthomyia Betse, 7886 

 An thorny ia, mangold wurzel crops in- 

 jured by a species of, 7885 

 Anthribus albinus at Folkstone, 7853 

 Anihus pratensis, 7829 

 Apes at Gibraltar, 7985 

 Aphodius Zenkeri, 8300 

 Aplocerus montanus, 7996 

 Arachnological tour in Scotland, 8041 



Argynnis Aphrodite, note on the supposed 

 British specimen of, 7852; note on, 

 8021 



„ Cybele, note on, 8021 

 „ Lathonia in Suffolk, 7971 ; at 

 Swanage, 8204 ; in Britain, 8242 



Arrival, an unexpected, 7941 



Auk, little, in Norfolk, 7845 ; in the Isle 

 of Wight, 7847; at Sudbury, 7848; 

 occurrence of inland, 7883 ; near Lynn, 

 7939 ; great, abstract of Mr. J. Wol- 

 ley's researches in Iceland respecting, 

 8l"08 



Badgers, young, 8024 



Bear, barren-ground, 7990; black, id.; 



grizzly, id. 

 Bears, polar, birth of, in the Zoological 



Gardens, 7876 

 Beaver, 7991 



Bees, on the plan upon which they con- 

 struct their cells, 8009 



Bees and the art of queen making, 7907, 

 7973 



Belerophina, recent, capture of in the 

 Indian Ocean, 8200 



Bembidium nigricorne, notes on, 7981 



Bird, huge, allied to the moa, possible 

 existence of, 7847 



Birds, song of, 7825, 7930 ; small, weasel 

 fascinating, 7879 ; rare, in Hampshire, 

 7930; nests of, 7998; migratory, early 

 arrival of, 8026 ; small, protection of, 

 8027, 8088 ; killed by flying against 

 a clock, 8028 ; migratory, near Pen- 

 zance, dates of appearance and song 

 of, 8037; small, poisoned grain and 

 destruction of, 8087 ; dates of appear- 

 ance and nesting of, 8160; rare, near 

 Worcester, 8198 



Birds of Paradise at the Zoological Gar- 

 dens, 8005 



Bittern, common, in Norfolk, 8035 



Blabinotus, note on, 8144 



Blackbird, 7828 



Blackcap, id. 



Boarmia biundularia, description of the 

 larva of, 8027 



„ cinctaria, 7898 



„ repandata, food-plant of, 7971 



