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s 42li^^ ADVERTISEMENTS. 



CONTENTS. 







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Notes on the Eocene Formation. — Geo. E. East, Junr. . . 



,-, 41 



Notes on the Collecting Season of 1887.— G. A, Lewcock 



48 



Is Zygtena Meleloti a Good Species. — W. H. Tugwell . . 



53 



Reports of Societies 



55 



Nature in March. — Albert H. Waters, 13. A. 



. . 59 



Newspaper Entomology. — F. N. Pierce 



62 



Notes and Observations . . . . . . . . 



.. 63 



Myrtilli (Poetry) . . .... 



64 



Supplement : History of our British Butterflies. — C. W. Dale . . 



121 to 128 



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