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Notodonta furva, sp . n . 



Fore wings brown mottled with paler ; ante- and postmedial lines 

 blackish, diffuse, the former outwardly oblique, the latter elbowed 

 above middle and terminating on inner margin near the antemedial ; 

 some blackish streaks on basal and outer marginal areas. Hind wings 

 pale fuscous brown. Under side pale brown ; fore wings suffused 

 with fuscous, postmedial line darker, almost straight ; a dusky medial 

 line on hind wings, almost parallel with outer margin. 



Expanse, 50 millim. 



One male specimen from Kanshirei (1000 ft.), April 29th, 1908. 



(To be continued.) 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Entomological Society of London (Conversazione). — We are 

 asked to announce that the Conversazione of the Entomological 

 Society of London, postponed from May last to December, has again 

 been unavoidably postponed until next year. Due notice will be 

 given as soon as a date has been fixed on some day either in May or 

 early June. 



Notes on Lipe-History of Leucania l-album. — In the ' Ento- 

 mologist ' for December, 1909, vol. xHi. p. 322, Mr. E. P. Sharp 

 recorded the capture of a female specimen of Leucania l-album. He 

 obtained a few ova. On November 4th he noticed they had begun 

 to turn colour; on the 5th they went quite black and began to hatch 

 in the evening. The larvae ate up the empty egg-shells and some 

 infertile eggs, but refused any other food, although he tried almost 

 everything. They wandered about, and on being supplied with a 

 section of an old reed stem they promptly entered it, and finding 

 their way into the inner lining commenced to hybernate. The larva 

 was about two and a half mm. in length, of a brownish grey 

 colour, head and plate on prothoracic segment yellowish brown, 

 and it had a few small bristles from tubercles. Mr. Sharp very 

 kindly sent me five larvse, and on February 22nd I noticed three had 

 come out of the reed and were moving about (the other two had 

 perished). They immediately changed their skins, and when this 

 was over, they at once began to nibble some Poa annua which I 

 gave them. Two more died during the second moult, but the 

 remaining one grew up slowly, pupated on June 12th, and produced 

 a fine female on July 14th. Mr. Sharp unfortunately lost all his 

 larvae. 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, as not many people work the south coast 

 then. The larvae seem hardy enough — mine were kept in an out- 

 house, facing north, and it was not a particularly mild winter. — 

 H. M. Edelsten ; October 12th, 1910. 



Notes regarding the Breeding op Chilosia grossa. — In 

 August, 1909, when searching for larvae and pupge of Gortyna 

 ochracea, I found, in stems of Cnicus palustris, some dipterous-look- 



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