CHAPTER VII. 



COLLECTOR'S CALENDAR. 



jS a help to the inexperienced collector the 

 following calendar has been drawn up, so 

 that he may always have at hand for refer- 

 ence a convenient list of the larvae, pupae, 

 and imagines that he may expect to meet 

 with on his excursions. It must be understood that 

 several of the names were included with a good deal of 

 reserve, but this will only spur on the genuine ento- 

 mologist to add new facts to those already known. In 

 consulting the calendar allowance must always be made 

 for the forwardness, or otherwise, of the season, as this 

 may make two or three weeks' difference in the time of 

 appearance of any particular insect, especially the early 

 ones. A further point to note is that eggs of .butterflies 

 that hibernate as imagines should not be sought for 

 till the spring. 



January and February. 



Butterfly-life is at a standstill during these months, 

 the winter being passed in a state of hibernation, which 

 may take place at either of the four stages egg, larva, 



