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H. Wallis Kew. 



Lincolnshire. 



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Lancashire and Cheshire Entomolocical Society. Lane, Cheshire. 

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B. LocKYER. Yorkshire, Cheshire. 



Notes on Lepidoptera [with reference to Argyjinis paphia var. valezina, A. 

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W. LOWENBERG. 



Etymology of *Oubit.' [The hairy caterpillars of the Tiger-moths {Ardiada) 

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John Mack ay. Cumberland, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland. 



Vanessa polychloros in . . . Argyllshire [with illustrative reference to 

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Philip B. Mason. Derbyshire. 

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T. Meldrum. Yorkshire. 

 Early Emergence of C[irrhoedia] Xerampelina [9th Aug. at Ripon ; all over 

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Thomas Meldrum. Yorkshire. 

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H. Murray. Furness. 



Breeding Botys terrealis [from Grange larvre]. Ent., Oct. 1886, xix. 255. 

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Breeding Cidaria reticulata and Penthina postremana [from Lake District 

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H. MuRRy\Y. Lancashire. 

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R. Newstead. Cheshire. 

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J. E. NowERs. Derbyshire. 

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