266 THE entomologist's record. 



two exceptionally fine specimens of this insect (male and female), 

 which were captured that day by one of the gardeners in his grounds 

 at Marathon, nr, Douglas. I happened to be off the Island at the 

 time when the box containing them arrived at Sulby, and consequently 

 did not receive them until a few days subsequently, when they were 

 more or less damaged. The female insect deposited 38 eggs in the 

 box, and these hatched on the 13th July. The young larvte, shortly 

 after emergence, took readily to the leaves of ash and lilac. They 

 were also supplied with privet, but seemed to prefer the ash, which I 

 thought somewhat strange, considering that privet is generally regarded 

 as the customary food of this species. At the present time 22 of the 

 larviT3 are alive, and nearly full-fed, the rest having died oft', from 

 some unknown cause. I may say that -^S'. Ugustri is exceedingly local 

 and rare here ; a specimen was caught at Orry's Dale, Michael, some 

 years ago, but until the capture of the two insects named above, I 

 had never heard of any specimen being taken since, either in the 

 larval or imaginal state, although I have made diligent search for the 

 species for many seasons past. — H. Shortridge Clarke, F.E.S., Sulby 

 Parsonage, Isle of Man. September 7th, 1898. 



URRENT NOTES. 



Mr. W. J. Lucas, of 278, King's Eoad, Kiugstou-on-Thames, 

 would be glad to receive well authenticated lists of localities of 

 British dragonflies, for his forthcoming book on that group of insects. 

 Date and notes as to quantity, where these can be given, will be of 

 value. 



We were astonished to see, in The Westminster Gazette of Sept. 

 13th (vol. xii., no. 8725), an account of the funeral of Lord Walsiug- 

 ham. As we knew Lord Walsiugham was at the time in Yorkshire, 

 we concluded that the name was an error for Lord Winchelsea. At 

 any rate, the entomologists of this country are not so anxious for the 

 death of Lord Walsiugham as Tlie Westminster Gazette seems to be to 

 bury him. 



Mr. F. Clark has recently been exhij^iting photographs of eggs of 

 lepidoptera at the South London Entomological Society. They are 

 beautifully done, and we trust that tliose of our readers who have eggs 

 at disposal will send a specimen or two to Mr. Clark, Paddington In- 

 firmary, Harrow Eoad, W. 



Mr. West, of Greenwich, has recently taken Forficida lesnei com- 

 monly at Box Hill and Reigate. 



Mr. W. Reid, of Pitcaple, Aberdeen, has recently been engaged in 

 breeding the various forms of Taeniocampa gothica, with the view of 

 ascertaining how far the various forms show hereditary tendencies to 

 perpetuate their own kind. He has succeeded in producing some eight 

 or nine distinct races, that will apparently breed almost true. These 

 were exhibited l)y Mr. R. Adkiu at the last meeting of the South 

 London Entomological Society. We should like to have a numerical 

 analysis of the various broods. 



Erratum. — p. 17G, line 10, and p. 177, line G, for Hypopliloens Uiicari:^, Linn., 

 read H. linearis, Fab. 



