A collection of 2,464 insects made by Bracy Clark was found in an antique shop and purchased for the NHM by Dr Easton. It included paintings of insects by Clark pinned into a drawer and specimens from J.G.Children, Forsstroem and, possibly, Dru Drury. Smith, A.Z. (1986) p.71 notes a letter to Westwood, 1842, in the HDO together with a MS list of Oestrus by Westwood. (MD 3/02)