. British journal of entomology and natural history. Natural history; Entomology. 90 BR. J. ENT. NAT. HIST., S: 1992 1991. The spider-infested cavities beneath the bark also contained larvae of Ctesias serra (F.) and Attagenus pellio (L.), as well as an adult Ptinus sp. The history of this site is unclear, but the appearance of the old oaks suggests an old deer park. My thanks to John Gorrod, Warden at Crickley Hill, for his encouragement to investigate the deadwood fauna of Short Wood.—K. N. A. Alexander, 22 Cecily Hill, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 2EF. References Atty, D. B. 1983.
. British journal of entomology and natural history. Natural history; Entomology. 90 BR. J. ENT. NAT. HIST., S: 1992 1991. The spider-infested cavities beneath the bark also contained larvae of Ctesias serra (F.) and Attagenus pellio (L.), as well as an adult Ptinus sp. The history of this site is unclear, but the appearance of the old oaks suggests an old deer park. My thanks to John Gorrod, Warden at Crickley Hill, for his encouragement to investigate the deadwood fauna of Short Wood.—K. N. A. Alexander, 22 Cecily Hill, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 2EF. References Atty, D. B. 1983. Coleoptera of Gloucestershire. Published privately, Cheltenham. Carter, I. S. 1986. Exhibit. 1985 BENHS Annual Exhibition. Proc. Trans. Br. Ent. Nat. Hist. Soc. 19: 50. Oviposition and hatching in the mantid Tenodora sinensis.—While rearing large numbers of the mantid Tenodora sinensis for a research project, the opportunity was taken of photographing some of its activites. Figure 1 shows a female about half-way through the process of ovipos- ition and the making of the ootheca. This she does by producing the froth, which later hardens, and swirling it around with her abdomen. From time to time she stops this activity and carefully inserts her ovipositor into the centre and is obviously then depositing a layer of eggs. In all cases observed the entire process, which lasts about an hour, took place 'upside-down' with the ootheca hanging from the twig to which it is attached and the mantid facing downwards. When the nymphs hatch it appears that the last to be laid hatch fractionally before the first, which are of course at the 'bottom' of the ootheca and as they hatch they appear to be in a tangled pile chnging to each other, the last to hatch clambering over those just emerged. This is shown in Plate IV, Figure 2. They gradually disentangle themselves and one can be seen to the left in the figure, clear of its companions and making its way upwards; others fall off onto the
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