124 DISCOVERY OF MALE OLIGONEURIA DOBBSI 
Caught one snake under a sack ; it was a young wolf snake. 
There were some fine large Elater beetles quite If inches in 
length, and they made a very loud clicking when secured. 
DISCOVERY OF MALE OLIGONEURIA DOBBSI 
By C. M. Dobbs 
On June 7, 1915, while camped about ten miles from 
Kericho about 7 p.m., another specimen of the Oligoneuria 
Dobbsi was discovered on our camp table in a state of collapse. 
It was apparently uninjured, and had been overcome by the 
heat or light of the lantern. We sent the specimen home 
at once to the Imperial Bureau of Entomology, and a letter 
has just been received stating that it is the unknown male 
of the Oligoneuria Dobbsi, of which the female was described 
in No. 6, vol. iii. of the Journal of July 1918, p. 58. It 
seems a most remarkable thing that in the course of four years’ 
residence in this district only two specimens of this insect 
should have been discovered at places fifty miles apart. Both 
specimens were discovered accidentally, and we have never 
seen another, although we have constantly been on the watch 
for them. 
A PRIMITIVE FERRY 
By H. R. Montgomery 
While on safari on the Tana river in July 1915, with Mr. 
Barton, I came across a very primitive ferry at Kwa Ngombe 
ford on a road between Mumoni and Embu. 
The ferry is owned by two Embee who live some distance 
from the river and only come down periodically, or on appoint- 
ment, so we were lucky to be at the place the day they were 
working. 
A description of the ferry may be of interest ; unfortunately 
