THE FLORA OF LIVERPOOL. 



14. PYJRUS. Linn. Featy Apple , Service, 

 Icoaand. Pentagon. L. 



1. P. COMMUNIS. L. (Wild P.) April, May. »?. 



Sparingly in woods and hedges near Liverpool and in 

 Wirral, but not native. 



" The Urvs of Smerinthut ocellatut (the Ejed Hawk), JEgeria Culiei/ormU, and 

 Mgeria Formiciformit (the Flame-tipped Red Belt), feed on this tree." 



2. P. MALUS. L. (Crab A.) May. ^ 



Common in hedges and woods in Wirral and Lancashire. 



3. P. AUCUPARiA. Gsertn. (Mountain Ash or Rowan Tree.) 



May, June. ^ 



Common on Bidston Hill, apparently quite wild. Common 

 on the southern side of Simmons-wood Moss, very 

 dwarfish and undoubtedly wild, — W.H. It is also found 

 in many other situations in the neighbourhood, but 

 probably planted there, 



" JEcidiun comutum is very frequent on the inferior surface of the leaves in Sum- 

 mer and Autumn; and on bofii sides may be found Erineum Sorhi." — With. The 

 larva of Acronycta strigosa may be found occasionally on this plant. 



4. P. Aria. Sm. (White Beam-tree.) May, June. ^ 



Occasionally found in woods and hedges in Wirral and 

 Lancashire but evidently planted there. 



5. P. TORMiNALis. Sm. (Wild S.) May, June. ^ 



On the rocks of Knots'-hole near Liverpool, in a situation 

 quite exposed to the salt water, and where it must occa- 

 sionally be washed by the spray of the sea, — Dr. Bostock, 

 in With. Recently obsened there by Mr. H. Shepherd. 



" On the different species may be observed the larvee of the following lepidopterons 

 insects :~FaneMa polychloros (the large Tortoise Shell), V. Antiopa (the Camber- 

 well Beauty), Smerinthut ocellatus (the Eyed Hawk), JEgeria Culiciformit ; JE. 

 Formiciformis (the Flame-tipped Red Belt), these two feed under the bark. Noto- 

 donia dromedariiu, var. (the small Iron Prominent), Chaonia dodotuea (the Marbled 

 Brown), Clisiocampa Netutria (the Tree Lackey), Hypogymna dispar (the Gipsy), 

 Datychira fascelina (the Dark Tussock), D. pudibunda (the Pale Tussock), Orgyia 

 aniiqua (the Vapourer), Nudaria munda (the Muslin), Caradrina atnbigua (the 

 Dotted Rustic), Miselia compta (the Marbled Coronet), Harpalyce rubidata (the 

 Flame). Beating the blossoms in spring, affords to the Entomologist the richest 

 harvest in Coleoptera and Dlytera. The larva of Pyrochroa rubens and coccinea 

 feed upon the decaying roots." — Bai.vbs. 



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