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CONTENTS. 



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Butt rfly Life before leaving the egif. —H. H. Higgius (concluded) ... 137 



Tlie Secondary Sexual Characters of the British Coleoptera. — J. W. Ellis, b.a, 138 



Lepidoptera of Aberdeeushire, &c.— V. Heid. ... ... ... ... 141 



I'he riynienoptera-Aculeata of Lanes, and Cheshire. — 'V. Gardner, f.k.g s. ... 145 



Reports of Societies ... ... ... ... ... ... 147 



General Not ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... 149 



Coleoptera i otes ... ... .. .. .. 152 



Molhisca Notes. ... ' ... ... ... 153 



Naturalists of the Day ... ... ... .. ... 156 



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