Published 27th July 2012

Peer-reviewed Papers:

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Temperature determines the presence of Micropterix calthella L. (Lep.: Micropterigidae) in flower-heads of Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens. Adrian Spalding153-160

Scythris crassiuscula (Herrich-Schäffer) (Lep.: Scythrididae) bivoltine in the Cotswolds. G. H. J. Meredith 167-169

Notes on the distribution and ecology of the Gatekeeper Butterfly Pyronia tithonus (L.) ab. excessa Tutt in Britain and Europe (Lep.: Nymphalidae). Rupert Barrington 185-194

Two new species of Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera) from Ireland. Peter Neerup Buhl and James P. O’Connor 195-200

Notes

Batrachedra praeangusta (Haw.) (Lep.: Batrachedridae) new to the Isle of Wight. Martin C. Harvey 160

The Isle of Wight Wave Idaea humiliata (Hufn.) (Lep.: Geometridae) in Huntingdonshire: A correction. Kevin Royles and Barry Dickerson 161

Hypenodes humidalis doubleday (Lep.: Noctuidae) new to the Bulgarian fauna. Colin W. Plant, Stoyan Beshkov, Tony Pickles and Boyan Zlatkov161-162

Coleophora frischella (L.) (Lep.: Coleophoridae) and other interesting new moth records for Northumberland. Tom Tams163-164

Adaptation of the hind legs for display by the male Gold Swift Hepialus hecta L. (Lep.: Hepialidae). Nicholas Picozzi165-166

Spruce Carpet Thera britannica (Turner) (Lep.: Geometridae) in late March in devon. Miss S. D. Beavan and R. J. Heckford 166

A very early record of Brindled Pug Eupithecia abbreviata (Steph.) (Lep.: Geometridae). Duncan W. W. Davidson 170

Lycia zonaria d.&S. Belted Beauty (Lep.: Geometridae) in Britain and France. Graham Wenman170-172

Some noteworthy moth records from Werrington, Peterborough, in 2011. Paul Waring.172-176

New County and interesting Lepidoptera records in devon in 2011. Roy McCormick 177

Two unusual Psocoptera – Pteroxanium kelloggi (Ribaga) and Badonnelia titei Pearman indoors in Northamptonshire. R. Colin Welch 178-179

Oak Eggar Lasiocampa quercus (L.) (Lep.: Lasiocampidae) larva recorded on foodplant previously unrecorded in Sussex (VC14). Steven M. Teale 179-181

Moths and hay bales. Martin Corley 181-183

Philophorus cinnamopterus (Kirschbaum, 1856) (Het.: Miridae) in Edinburgh – a new species for Scotland. Nick A. Littlewood 183-184

Mompha jurassicella (Frey) (Lep.: Momphidae) – some recent records. David Manning184

Phycitodes saxicola (Vaughan) (Lep.: Pyralidae) in mid-April. R. J. Heckford and B. P. Henwood 194

Dichrooscytus gustavi Josifov (Hem., Miridae) doing well in the Chiltern Hills. Rob Ryan .201-202

Moths new the Isle of Wight in 2011. Sam Knill-Jones 203

A very early sighting of the Small Blue butterfly Cupido minimus (Fuess.) (Lep.: Lycaenidae) in 2012. Sam Knill-Jones 203

An Irish male of Craspedolepta nebulosa (Zetterstedt) (Hem.: Psyllidae). James P. O’Connor 204

Stephanitis takeyai drake & Maa (Hem., Tingidae) new to Oxfordshire. Rob Ryan 204-205

New host record for Paraperithous gnathaulax (Thomson, 1877) (Hym.: Ichneumonidae) of Pyrochroa coccinea (Linnaeus, 1761) (Col.: Pyrochroidae). Yikai Zhang 206-207

Request

Call for Notes on the 2012 season. Editor 205

Book Reviews

Moths of Europe, Volume 3: Zygaenids, Pyralids 1 207-208