ADVERTISEMENTS. 



CONTENTS. 



The Pteroplierina of Britain.— J. W. Tutt, F.E.s. 



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

 Random Notes on British Lepidoptera. — J. E. Robson, f.e.s. 

 The Diptera of Dorsetshire.— C. W. Dale, p.e.s. 



The Hymenoptera-Aculeata of Lanes, and Clieshire — 'A'. Gardner, f.k.g s.- 



Naturalists of the Day 



Reports of Societies ... ... 



General Notes ... ... - . . • • • • • • ■ 



Molhisca Note. .. •. ••• 



A Catalogue of the Slugs of the British Isles.— Walter E. Collinge. 



SuPPLEMKNT. — Britisii Spiders. — Rev. Fred. (). P. Cambridge. 



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