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The Classification of Coleoptera : Historically Considered (concluded). — W. E. Sharp 65 

 The Determination of Species of Lepidoptera by examination of their Anal Appen- 



dages. — C. A. Briggs and J. Jenner Weir .. .. .. ..70 



Reports of Societies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 



Our Pterophori. — R. South, F.E.S., and J. W. Tutt, F.E S. . . . . 77 



Notes on some Micro-Lepidoptera bred during 1888.— Geo. Elisha . . . . 78 



Review. — " The Naturalist in Siluria, by Capt. Mayne Reed." .. .. ..83 



Notes and Observations. — The Great Northern Diver at Hartlepool. .. 84 



On the Wings of Insects. — Chas. H. H. Walker .. .. .. ..84 



Supplement: History of our British Butterflies (concluded). — C.W.Dale .. 225 to 228 



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