MARCH 



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During this boisterous month, 



"whose Spring is but the child 

 Of churlish Winter in her froward moods, 

 Discovering much the temper of her sire," 



many fine days are often available for entomologising. As many species set 

 forth in the accompanying list will ere long cease to be found in the egg 

 form, it is desirable the collector should clear off his arrears of work in this 

 section as soon as possible. The remarks on egg-hunting under previous 

 months should be re-perused. Wherever a species is known to have occurred, 

 there is a possibility of finding the eggs in likely situations. 



T. quercus on oak C. 



,, w-album on wytch elm 



,, pruni on sloe 



L. ^Egon on Ornithopus per- 



pusillus ; white ; generally hatch 

 this month E. 



H. comma on trefoil, and other 



Leguminosse 



L. dispar on the trunks of sloe, 



hawthorn, and various fruit 

 trees ; in a conical heap, covered n 

 with down 



,, monacha on oak, beech, birch, 



fir, apple, &c. 



T. crataegi from Oct., on haw- 

 thorn ; also s. sloe, sallow, H. 

 birch, oak A. 



P. populi from Nov., on oak, 



poplar, lime, ash, hawthorn F. 



B. neustria from July, on sloe, H. 



hawthorn, and fruit trees ; in 

 batches spirally round twigs 

 and branches |( 



castrensis ...from July, on Arte- 



mesia maritima, Daucus mari- C. 

 tamus, &c. 



E. vespertaria ...on nut [sallow 



,, apiciaria on poplar, willow, O. 



N. zonaria on sea reed, or ma- 

 rum (Ammophila arundinacea) E. 

 and other sand-hill plants ; in 

 clusters in the interstices ; long, M 

 bright-green A. 



elinguaria ...on oak, honey- 

 suckle, hawthorn, sloe ; also 

 heath, bilberry, &c. ; brick- 

 shaped, large, purplish slate 

 colour 



alniaria on alder, birch, 



saHow, beech, &c. ; brick- 

 shaped, like all the Ennomos 



tiliaria on oak, sallow, 



birch, alder, &c. ; purplish 



fuscantaria ... on ash, privet ; upon 

 the twigs, in small batches 



erosaria on oak, birch, &c. 



angularia ...on oak, birch, beech, 

 &c. 



pennaria on oak 



prodromaria...in bark crevices of 

 oak, birch, elm, nut 



pinetaria on bilberry 



leucophearia .on oak 



aurantiaria ...on oak, birch, haw- 

 thorn, &c. 



defoliaria . . . .on oak, nut, sloe, 

 hawthorn, birch, elm, lime, &c. 



..on oak, and other 



,.on birch 



,.on oak, and other 



brumata 

 trees 



boreata..., 



dilutata 

 trees 



subciliata ...on maple; at foot- 

 stalk of leaf 

 . rubiginata ...on alder; large 



badiata, e. ...on dog rose 



