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25 JUN 2Q i 



V ADVERTISEMENT!?.' 



CONTENTS. 



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On the Wings of Insects {continued). — Chas. H. H. Walker .. .. ..89 



On the Periodic Abundance of certain Lepidoptera. — W. E. Sharp . . .. 96 



Reports of Societies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 100 



Gossiping Notes on British Coleoptera, No. 1. Synomony.— G. A. Lewcock .. 104 



Notes and Observations. — Early Nesting; Entomological Nomenclature and 

 Hufnagel's Descriptions ; Epunda lichenea ; Nyssia hispidaria near Coven- 

 try ; First Captures 

 Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . ■ 



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

 dages. — F. N. Pierce . . .. .. 



Our Pterophori.— C. A. Briggs 



Notes on the probable origin of last year's Dcilephila gain, W.V. — W. H. Tugwell. 

 The Wallflower (Cheiranthus cheiri). — J. P. Soutter .. . . 



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