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Notes on Tenthredinid® and Cynipid® ( continued ). — P Cameron 
Formica rnfa strengthening its nest by taking workers from other nests. 
C. 0. Bignell p f orq 
Descriptions of new species of Heterocera from West Africa. H. 
On Parthenogenesis and alternation of generations in Cynipid®. J. A. Fie c er 
What is meant by the term “Species” ? — H. T. Stainton , F.R.8., cfc. . ■••••* 
Notes on unknown or little-known larv® of Micro-Lepidoptera (continued). 
E . L. Ragonot • • 
New species of Alcidion, a genus of Longicorn Coleoptera. — H. W. Bates , r.L.b. 
Saprinns immundus and other beetles, &o., at Hunstanton, Norfolk. Lev. W. 
W. Fowler, M.A . , 
The rearing of Arctia caja in coloured light. — 0. Schoch (extracted) 
Description of the larva of Cidaria fulvata. — 0. T. Pomtt, F.L.8 
Papilio Hector, L., roosting in flocks. — Rev. A. E. Eaton , M.A 
Occurrence of Limnophilus subcentralis, Brauer, in Britain. — R. McLachlan , 
f.r.s . , ;;; 
Notes on two British Trichopterous insects. —J. E. Fletcher 
Abundance of Neinatus ribesii in 1380. — Id. ... 
Effoct of sudden change of temperature upon hive-bees. — A. H. Swinton 
Gastrodes abietis in Worcestershire. — J. E. Fletcher ••••"• * J 
Review: Notes on Observations on Injurious Insects. Report, 1879: by E. 
A. Ormorod 2/8 
Obituary : 8. C. Snellen van Yollenhoven 
E. A. H. von Kiosen wetter 
Index, Title-page, &c 
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