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The Common Smooth Newt— W. H. Warner .. 

 The Entomological Year [continued).— Albert H. Waters, B.A. 

 Catalogue of British Lepidoptera and their Named Varieties [continued) — J. 

 Entomological Nomenclature. — G. Coverdale 



Are Butterflies Disappearing from the British Isles ? - J. E. Robson . . 

 The Herring. — J. Osborne .. .. .. . . 



Lepidoptera in the Ne'ghbourhood of Oldham, 1884. — J. T. Rodgers . . 

 Pezomachus Zonatus. — G. C. Bignell . . .. 



Our London Letter . . . . . . 



Notes and Observations 



Supplement: Label List of British Lepidoptera .. .. .. 



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