' ADVERTISEMENTS. 



* CITY OF LONDON 



&*g0%miMlCAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 



^ ^L^S^ >^ LATE 



HAGGERSTON ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 

 PATRONS :— Eight Hon. Lord Walsingham; Sir J. Lubbock, Bart., M.P.; H. T. Stainton, Esq.; 



W. E. Bailey, Esq., Penzance. 



The above Society has been re-organized in order to meet the wants of London Ento- 

 mologists and lovers of natural history. Among the more importaut changes are the 

 following : — 



Place of Meeting — ALBION HALL, LONDON WALL, E.C., from 8 to 

 10 p.m., on the First and Third Thursdaj' in each month. 

 Subscription, 5/- per annum; Entrance fee, 2/- 



The support of all London Naturalists is requested, and Visitors will be welcome at 

 the meetings. Any information gladly given by either of the Secretaries: — 



J. RUSSELL, 57, Chetwynd Road, Highgate, N. 

 E. ANDERSON, 16, Devonshire Road, Hackney, E. 



NOW READY, PART V. Price 6d. ; by post, yd. 



THE NATURALISTS' MONTHLY: 



A JOURNAL FOR NATURE LOVERS AND NATURE 

 THINKERS. 



Edited by Dr. J. W. WILLIAMS, M.A. 



" A sound journal, the monthly advent of which will be awaited with feelings of satis- 

 faction and pleasure."— Bath Chronicle. 



" It will certainly secure a large measure of support from naturalists.' ' — Hampshire 

 Telegraph. 



London: WALTER SCOTT, 24, Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row. 



NOW READY, Price 6cL ; or printed on one side only, for Reference 



or Annotation, Is. 



A LIST OF 

 BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA 



AND THEIR 



NAMED VARIETIES. 



BY 



JOHN E. ROBSON and JOHN GARDNER. 



( Dedicated by Special Permission to the Members of the Haggerston 



Entomological Society.) 



PART I. MACRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 



THE LIST CONTAINS— 



1. The name of each species in ordinary use in Britain, and the authority for it. 



2. The name or names that have been preferred by different writers, and the authority. 



3. The date at which each name was given, when there are more than one. 



4. The names given to varieties, and the authority for them. 



5. A brief description of the difference between each variety and the type. 



LONDON : John Kempster & Co., Bolt Court, Fleet Street, E.G. ; Ernest Anderson, 

 x6, Devonshire Road, Hackney. Post free from John E. Robson, Northgate, Hartlepool. 



