ADYEETISEMENTS. 



CONTENTS. 



Editorial 



To Conchologists 



Gossiping Not^s on British Coleoptera — G. A.Lewcock. 

 The DipterM of Dorsetshire— C, W. Dale, F.E.S. ... 

 jVliania Strigilis and Fasciuncula — J. E, Rohson, F.E.S. 

 Notes — 



Larvae — Spinx convolvuli at Sunderland ; Pieris brassicee ; Vanessa lo ; 

 Pygsera hucephala feeding on common la-Tel; Larvas of A. caj a hibernat- 

 ing ; Cymatophora fluctnosa ; Tryphaena orbona ; Tethia Retusa ; 



Dragon-flies — Preservation of 



Reports of Societies ... ... 



Notes on Helis nemoralis and H. hortensis — Rev. J. W. Horsley, M.A. 

 Subfossil Shells — Geo. Roberts ... ... 



Bibliography— T. D. A. Cockerell 



SrpprEE:MyT — Hewk Moths — C, W, Dale ... ... 



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