488 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



beginning of June : some of the larvae began to pupate on 

 July 21st, and from these two moths emerged, — a male on 

 August 2nd, and a female on August 3rd ; the female laid a 

 number of eggs, which hatched in less than ten days, the 

 larvae from which are now feeding well. Coryli is, I believe, 

 frequently double-brooded, but 1 think it rather unusual for 

 two broods of Adustata to occur in the year. A female of this 

 species, taken on the wing on June 16th, deposited fifteen 

 eggs in a chip-box ; the larvae emerged on June 27th, and all 

 turned to pupa on the same day, July 24th. 'I'he first imago 

 emerged on August 11 th, but 1 did not attempt to obtain 

 eggs, as I have found that the larvae are not easily brought 

 through the winter. — Gilbert H. Raynor ; Hazeleigh Rectory, 

 Maldon, August 22, 1873. 



Plati/pteryx Sicula near Bournemouth. — I obtained a 

 larva of this species in this neighbourhood, feeding on alder, 

 on August the 12th, 1873: it made up in an aider-leaf on 

 August the 15lh. — \Rev^ A. C. Hervey ; Pokesdown, Bouvjie- 

 mouth. 



Information of Instructors. — I went a few days since to 

 the Bethnal Green Museum, and looked over the cases of 

 Economic Entomology. I found it stated against the speci- 

 mens exhibited of Vanessa lo, — "Feeds on various plants;" 

 and of Vanessa Atalanta, — " Feeds on all kinds of plants." 

 My own experience of both species is that the larvae feed 

 only on nettles. Will you therefore ask the question 

 in the pages of the 'Entomologist?' It appears to me 

 that in an educational museum the information given by 

 the curator on the labels should be scrupulously correct, 

 but I often find the reverse to be the case. It is a crotchet 

 of mine that the instructor should be well informed on the 

 subject which he undertakes to teach, but in practice I find 

 that those best competent are not instructors. — J. Jenner 

 Weir ; 6, Haddo Villas, Blackheath, S.E., August 7, 1873. 



Long Continental Entomological Pins. — I should be very 

 much obliged if you would inform me where I can get those 

 extremely long, thin pins, so much used on the Continent. — 

 George J. S. Easthani ; Spring Bank, Pendleton, near 

 Manchester. 



[I am unable to give the desired information, having never 

 seen any purchased in England. Will any correspondent 

 kindly answer the query ? — Edward Newman.] 



