2 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



colour on the fore wings being confined to the costal margin, 

 and a series of vague, ill-defined, and amorphous blotches, 

 parallel wilh the hind margin ; the hind wings are black, with 

 a double series of vague, ill-defined, amorphous, sienna-brown 

 blotches, parallel with the hind margin ; all the wings have a 

 considerable fulvous area at the base, which is due to the 

 presence of long fulvous hairs. The figure very effectively 

 represents the markings of the upper surface ; the under 

 surface is without a trace of the usual black spots, but there 

 is a blackish cloud near the middle of the fore wings ; the 

 hind wings are of a greenish silvery gray, with a decided 

 silvery wash near the base, and a broad but very vague band 

 of silver tinged wilh purple, parallel with the hind margin. 

 This insect was kindly lent me by Mr. James A. Tawell, 

 purposely for figuring in this journal; it was taken during 

 the past summer. 



The Genus Plalypteryx. — In answer to Mr. Raynor 

 (Entom. V. 455), I may state that with us the larva of Falcula 

 is more common in September and October than in June ; in 

 fact, 1 never took one myself in either May or June. We take 

 the imago in May and June, and sometimes, not often, in 

 July or the beginning of August. The larvae are pretty 

 common here on birch and alder. — Wm. Prest ; Holgate 

 Road, York. 



Thera Jirmaria in October. — It is no new fact thatFirmaria 

 is taken in October (Entom. v. 456). I have been in the 

 habit of taking that species for the last ten or twelve years. 

 In October of last year I took a very fine series along with 

 Mr. Carrington. We took them both at sugar, and on the 

 boles of fir and larch trees, just out of pupa. In my opinion 

 the species is double-brooded, for 1 took the larvae in May of 

 this year, along with Fasciaria, and bred them in June. — Id. 



Entomologicdl Pi)is. — In reply to your correspondent, Mr. 

 Buckton (Entom. v. 452), I beg to suggest that we have pins 

 made in the British style of the same material as those used 

 by many continental entouiologists, and are made in Vienna; 

 and are to be had of Mr. Mann, Hunds thurmerstrasse. No. 7. 

 The price of these pins is about Is. Sd. per 500 pins. — E. G. 

 Meek; 4, Old Ford Road, E., December 2, 1871. 



Beetle parasitic in Wasp's Nests. — Can any of your 

 readers inform me if they have met with beetles in the cells of 



