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CONTENTS. 



7 . ' I' AGE 1 



The Pterophorina of Britain— J. W. Tutt, F.E.S. .. .. . ; .. 113 



Demoiselles and Agrions (with Illustration) — W. Harcourt Bath ... .. 117 



Reports of Societies.. .. . . -. . , .. .. .. .. 119 : 



The Genus Rissoa (continued) — Brockton Tomlin -.. .. ., . . 122 



Sugaring— John E. Robson .. .. .. .. .. .. 124 I 



General Notes — Moisture and Melanism, Notes from the London District . . 125 

 Post Card Notes — The Early Season, in Aberdeenshire, in Durham, in Dorset, in 



Somerset, in Devon ; Query — Locusts, Query — Lycaena argiolus . . . . 127 



Publications Received . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 128 



The Genus Silpha, Linne— Rev. W. F. Johnson, M.A., F.E.S., and G. A. Lewcock 129 

 SUPPLEMENT— British Spiders— Rev. Fred O. P. Cambridge. 



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