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Bred Ledcania l-album. —Mr. H. M. Edelsten exhibited 
a bred example of Leucania l-album of which he gave the 
following account:— 
“In the ‘Entomologist,’ vol. xlii, p. 322 (1909), Mr. E. P. 
Sharp recorded the capture of a $ specimen of Lmcania l-album, 
from which he obtained a few ova. On November 4, he noticed 
they had begun to turn colour and on the 5th they went 
quite black and begun to hatch in the evening. The larvae 
ate up the empty egg-shells anti some infertile eggs, but 
refused any other food, though he tried almost everything. 
They wandered about, and on being supplied with a section 
of an old reed stem they promptly entered it, and on finding 
their way into the inner lining commenced to hibernate. 
“ The larva was about 2^ mm. in length, of a brownish 
grey colour, head and plate on prothoracic segment yellowish 
browD, and it had a few small bristles from tubercles. 
“ Mr. Sharp very kindly sent me five larvae, and on 
February 22 I noticed three had come out of the reed 
and wex'e moving about (the other two had perished). They 
at once changed their skins, and when this was over they 
started to nibble some Poa atiuaa which I gave them. Two 
more died dui-ing the second moult, but the remaining one 
grew up slowly, pupated on June 11, and produced a fine 
$ on July 14. Mr. Sharp unfortunately lost all his. This 
species is double-brooded on the Continent, emerging in May- 
June and August-September. I think we may overlook the 
first brood in this country. The larvae seem hardy enough, 
mine were kept in an old outhouse facing north.” 
Variation of Luperina gueneei. —Mr. R. South showed an 
exceedingly interesting and rather variable series of Luperina 
gueneei, Doubleday,sent him by Mr. W. Yates, of St. Anne’s- 
on-Sea, who obtained them, chiefly this year, on the Lancashire 
coast. Commenting on his exhibit he said—“ The first 
specimen in the series (No. 1) agrees well with the original 
description of L. gueneei, the others show more or less of 
the typical ochreous coloration but are variable in marking. 
Mr. Yates considered the four specimens. Nos. 3-6, to be 
melanic forms of L. gueneei, but I find that they are certainly 
dark aberrations of L. testacea, probably referable to ab. 
