. British journal of entomology and natural history. Natural history; Entomology. 180 BR. J. ENT. NAT. HIST., 1: 1988. Fig. Bilateral gynandromorph of Polyommatus icarus showed by Mr M. J. Simmons. Left: upperside, left side male. Right: underside, right side male. Mr G. W. Beccaloni showed 70 eggs of the lobster moth laid by a female that had emerged on 14 May. It emerged in a crippled state and was kept in a net cage where it laid the eggs before dying on 21 May. No male was available for mating but some of the eggs began to darken on 6 June as though larvae were developing. None had hatched
. British journal of entomology and natural history. Natural history; Entomology. 180 BR. J. ENT. NAT. HIST., 1: 1988. Fig. Bilateral gynandromorph of Polyommatus icarus showed by Mr M. J. Simmons. Left: upperside, left side male. Right: underside, right side male. Mr G. W. Beccaloni showed 70 eggs of the lobster moth laid by a female that had emerged on 14 May. It emerged in a crippled state and was kept in a net cage where it laid the eggs before dying on 21 May. No male was available for mating but some of the eggs began to darken on 6 June as though larvae were developing. None had hatched so far but neither had any of the eggs collapsed and the exhibitor asked if it was known if the lobster moth could reproduce by parthenogenesis. No-one knew of the lobster moth being able to produce viable eggs without mating. A further report on the fate of these eggs is awaited with interest. Mr R. V. GouLDiNG showed two pieces of fossilized wood derived from the cretaceous chalk at Heme Bay, Kent. One fossil showed signs of having been bored by what are believed to be insect larvae rather than bivalve molluscs. Dr I. F. G. McLean showed a specimen of the rhagionid fly Ptiolina obscura Fall, and gave details of its probable oviposition behaviour. On he had seen a single female at the base of a large dead standing beech trunk at High Standing Hill, Windsor Forest. Photographs were taken as the fly extended the tip of her abdomen and apparently attempted to place eggs into the dense covering of dry moss on the bark. Alan Stubbs had previously bred this species from dry moss at Windsor Forest, so this would appear to be the situation in which the larvae develop. Communications Mr E. Bradford said that his pond at Pean Hill, Kent, had received 58 great crested newts which had been rescued by the NCC from a site in Ashford. Apart from these newts, all the plants and animals in the pond had arrived by their own efforts. This has given rise to a well balanced pond and Mr Br
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