Ai)VERT[8EMENl\S. 



CONTENTS. 



PA at: 



The Dipteni'of Doi-set.shire.—C. W. Dale, r.H.s. ... ... 202 



The Kyinenoptera-Aculeata of Laiics. and Cheshuv. — '»V. Gardnei*, p.r.G-.s. 205 



Tlie .Secondary Sexual Characters of the British Coleoptera. — J.^W. Ellis, b.a, ... 20b) 



-Mollusca Notes ... ... ... ... .. . . .. 212 



Coleoptera Notes .. ... ... .. ... ... ... ... 214 



Reports of. Societies ... ... . ... , ... ... ... 216 



General Notes ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... 218 



Spiders of a Holly Hedge ... ... ... ... 220 



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