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Sugaring . . . . . . 



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

 Mr. Dale on Entomological Nomenclature — Dr. Buckell 



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



General Notes— The derivation of Bellargus ; Doubleday's List, ist Edition ; The 

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Random Notes on British Lepidoptera — John E. Robson, F.E.S. .. .. 



A Coleopterist's Holiday among the Hills — W. E. Sharp 



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



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