CONTENTS. 



Notes on Early Man— The Pliocene Period — Joseph Smith, F.R.S.A., M.R.I.A 

 Gossiping Notes on British Coleoptera — G. A. Lewcock 

 Lepidoptera in the Neighbourhood of York, 1893 — W. Hewitt 

 Reports of Societies... 



The Grey Phalarope— John H. Still, F.E.S. ... 



Notes — The Greater Spotted Woodpecker — Ccleoptera at Carlisle — Sphodrus 

 Leucophthalmus — Lepidoptera at Sallows — Early appearance of Pieris 

 Rapae — Early Flowers — Ihe Coal Tar Product — The effects of Cold 

 on Insect Pests— On Acipitilia Migadactyla ; Haw — Geological Photo- 

 graphs — The Aurora Borealis ... . ... 



Obituary — William Pengeily, F.R.S.— Charles George Pouchet 



Books Received 



Notices to Correspondents ... 



Exchanges ... ... ... ... ... . ... 



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The following are some of the Papers which will appear in 

 "THE BRITISH NATURALIST" during the year:— 



Phagocytes. Professor A. H. Young, M.B., F.R.C.S. 



The Hessian Fly in South Devon. Fred. V. Theobald, M.A., F.E.S. 



Evolution of Sen^e Organs. Hy. Langdale, M.D. 



Some Curious Aquatic Larvae. Geo. Swainson, F.L.S. 



Geology and Scenery of Killarney. Chas. White, Esq. 



Sexual Distinction of Insects. C. W. Dale, F.E.S. 



An Entomological Trip to the Canary Islands^ Mor el-Devi lle. 



Extracts from " Sylva Sylvarum." A. E. Hall. 



Sugaring Notes. 



Recent Investigations in the Currant Bud Mite — Phylophus ribzs. A. Newstead, F 



Habits of Larva and Parasites on Orthosia Upsilon. j. Collins. 



The Band- Variation of Helix nemoralis, and H. hortensis in the British Isl 

 T. D. A. Cockerell, F.Z.S. 



Bibliography of British Spiders. Rev. F. O. Pickard-Cambridge. 



List of Irish Coleoptera. Rev. W. F. JOHNSON, F.E.S. 



Rhopalor-ra of the Isle of Man. H. Shortridge Clarke, Esq. 



Synonymic List of British Spiders. Rev. F. O. PlCKARD-CAM BRIDGE. 



Water. E. Bowden, M.R.C.S. 



