304 THE entomologist's recoed. 



patience to obtain, as it is rather a sluggish insect and the colour is such 

 a good protection that unless the insect moves it is impossible to see 

 it. I also took from the same heap Microglossa suiuralis, Oxypoda 

 h(2morrhoa and a male Choleva angustata (I have taken this Choleva 

 several times before but they have always been females). 



On October 22nd I paid a visit to Wanstead Park with very 

 satisfactory results, the fact being, that I had taken a number of good 

 beetles at Loughton which I was anxious to obtain within the ten mile 

 radius, and as Wanstead Park seeriied the most likely spot I went there 

 with the following result. As soon as I got in the Park I took a series 

 of Frognaiha quadricorne under the bark of some sticks which were 

 piled up just by the entrance. There was a large quantity of ground 

 fungi growing in various parts of the Park, but no insects in it with the 

 exception of one specimen of Oxypoda alternans. I also took one 

 Hovmlota cequattr' from tree fungus, and under the bark of some felled 

 beech trees I found three Phlmcharis subiillisijna, three Epipeda plana, 

 one Coryphiuin angiisiicolle* and one Hotiiaiiuin piaictipenne* (Those 

 marked *are some of the Loughton insects referred to.)— H. Heasler, 

 17, Danby Street, Peckham. 



Explanations as to Liparis monacha. — Perhaps you will allow me, 

 in justice to myself, to make a few remarks re the melanic race of 

 Liparis mofiacha, which Mr. Clark described and figured. No doubt 

 Mr. Clark has been deceived in them, but Mr. W. Salvage could not 

 have been. Mr. Clark says {ante, p. 222) : — "In July, 1891, I received 

 from a correspondent at Scarborough a male and female of L. jnonacha, 

 which had been captured in that neighbourhood ; " and further states 

 that "the feinale laid a batch of eggs, numbering no." In the Ent. 

 Record ior 'i>\o\Qmber 15, there is a statement to the effect that Mr. 

 Clark " received them from Mr. Salvage, who received them from me, 

 and supposed them to be Scarborough specimens." As a matter of 

 fact, I never sold Mr. Salvage any living imagines of Z. monacha, and 

 did not send him any specimens in July, 1891. I supplied him with 

 some ova of L. monacha in October, and some set specimens in 

 November of that year, after which Mr. Salvage sent me a post-card 

 for the locality, which was duly answered. Had Mr. Salvage not been 

 informed of their origin, the ridiculously low price that I asked him 

 for them was sufficient, I should say, to convince any entomologist 

 that they were not true British specimens. With reference to my way 

 of doing business, I am under the impression that it is exactly similar 

 to other dealers in general. I believe it is not customary for any 

 dealers, when supplying specimens, to say where they have come from, 

 unless asked to do so. When my correspondents write me for British 

 specimens they are supplied with British specimens, and full data of 

 same are given when required. Had I known Mr. Salvage dealt only 

 in authentic British lepidoptera, I should not have sent him the L, 

 monacha; but he simply wrote to me for any varieties I had for disposal. 

 — H. W. Head, Scarborough. 



When I purchased the specimens and ova of Liparis monacha from 

 Mr. Head of Scarborough, he did not send me their history, and I very 

 naturally thought they were from that district and true British. 

 Indeed, I had no doubt of their authenticity until Mr. Clark wrote and 

 said that he had been attacked about their origin, and that it had been 



