ADYET^TISEMENT8. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Spiders of a Holly Hedge ... ... ... ... "^22 



Tlie Pterophorina of Britain.— J. \V. Tiitt, F.E.s. ... ... ... 226 



Calliuiorpliti Heni in South Devon. — G. C. Bignell, F.i:.S. ... ... ••• ^29 



Naturalist of the day. — Kev. Octiivius Pickard-Cambridg-Ls M. A., r.E.s ... -•• 231 



Mollusca Notes ... .. .. ... ,.. .. 232 



The Secondary Sexual Characters of tlie British Coleoptera.— .1 . W. Ellis, B.A, 233 



Reijorts of Societies ... ... ... ... •. 23o 



Obituary. — How;n-d Vaughan, p.k.s , etc ... ... ... ••• •■• 23^ 



Random Notes on British Lepidoptjira. — John E. 'iobson ... ... ... 240 



GeneralNotes ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... 244 



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