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The Pterophorina of Britain — J. W. Tutt,- F.E.S. . . . . 



21. 



Notes on the possible advantages of Melanic Variations to Lepidoptera — 



26 



Lord Walsingham, F.R.S., F.E.S. , &c. 



The Origin and Loss of the Wings of Insects — Linn/eus Greening 



.. 28 



Reports of Societies .. .... .. 



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Notes and Observations — Prionus Coriarius — R. Beck, Southampton 





Colias Edusa at Harrogate — Ben. Blades Thompson, Harrogate 



36 



Insects at Sugar at Derby— G. Pullen, Derby 





Curious visitors at Sugar — G. Pullen, Derby 



36 



Retarded Emergence — John E. Robson, Hartlepool 



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Hesperia Lineola, A British Butterfly— John E. Robson, Hartlepool .. 



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Emmelesia Affinitata var. Russata — J. W. Tutt, F.E.S. 



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Gossiping Notes on British Coleoptera — G. A. Lewcock 



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