306 THE entomologist's record, 



matter may fairly be left to public opinion, to settle who, and in what 

 degree each has offended. To the scientist who finds his data crumbling 

 from beneath his feet, such matters are more than disgusting. — Ed.] 



Ephestia kuhniella in Jamaica, — To-day I examined a lot of 

 larvae of Ephestia kuh?iiel/a, found in oatmeal bought here. No doubt 

 they came out with the oatmeal from England, or at least their 

 ancestors did. — T. D. A. Cockerell, Institute of Jamaica, Kingston. 

 August ()t/i, 1892. 



Erratum. — Page 232, line 13 from bottom, for " adippe" read 

 ^^ as'laiay 



Scientific notes. 



Cannibalism. — Apropos of cannibal Scopelosoma {Ent. Rec, p. 153), 

 there is, in Natural History Notes, vol. ii. (1882), pp. 7-8, an account 

 of cannibalism in this species. But it so happens that the author of 

 the article showed me one of the supposed Scopelosoma, and it was 

 Mamestra brassicce. It may be worth while to note this correction 

 while the matter is under discussion. — Theo. D. A. Cockerell, 

 Institute of Jamaica, Kingston, August ()th, 1892. 



^URRENT NOTES. 



Tanyzo/ms bolitophilce., the name given by the Rev. T, A. Marshall to 

 a species of ^^/)'//y^ {E.M.AI., p. 275), sinks under the earlier name of 

 Belyta fulva {Mem. Manch. Lit. a?id Philos. See, vol. ii., 1889) of 

 Cameron, 



Mr. Luff records {E.M.M.) that Mrs. Boley bred from eggs of C. 

 edusa var. helice two fine female var. helice, and five or six males of 

 the normal type. The remaining chrysalides died, "probably from the 

 effects of cold." 



Mr. Eustace R. Bankes records Micra parva, captured on June 8th 

 last on a saltmarsh on the edge of Poole Harbour. This is another 

 addition to the few recorded localities for this species in Britain. A 

 full account of the British records is to be found in The British Noct. 

 arid their Vars., vol. iv., pp. 10, 11. 



A " Life-history of Lanpronia capitella," by Dr. Chapman, appears 

 in the E.M.M. The eggs are laid in red currants rather more than 

 half grown, the moth penetrating the lateral region of the currant. Two 

 eggs appear to be laid at each penetration. This takes place in May. 

 At end of June the larva leaves the currant, and hybernates in a small 

 firm white cocoon, placed among the dead scales at the bases of the 

 buds. It mines the shoots in spring and, unlike Bicurvaria muscalella^ 

 does not make a case. Dr. Chapman also makes some critical remarks 

 on the Adelid^. 



Mr. W. G. Blatch describes a new species of Rhizophagus under the 

 name of oblongicollis, which he found in Sherwood Forest, October, 

 1886, and June, 18S9; also in Bagot's Park, Staffordshire, June, 1892. 



