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THE LEPIDOPTERIST S CALENDAR 



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MARCH 



A. derivata, e. ...on dog rose 



S. vetulata on buckthorn 



C. immanata ...probably on alder, 

 and other trees, and strawberry, 

 bilberry, &c. ; large 



prunata on currant, and 



gooseberry ; upon the bark ; 

 large 



testata on heath, birch, sal- 

 low, poplar, &c. ; singly, large 



populata on poplar, bilberry, 



whortleberry ; globular, large, 

 yellow 



fulvata on dog rose; rose 



pink, large [thorn ; large 



pyraliata on Galium, haw- 



dotata on black, and red 



currant ; large 



E. cervinaria ...on mallow 



C. spartiata on broom 



P. Cassinea on oak 



P. plumigera ...on maple, chiefly on 

 the twigs, in hedges not shaded 

 by trees. Best found this month 

 when the sun is shining, which 

 renders them clearly visible. 

 Often singly, but s. in clusters 

 of two, three, or many more. 

 Circular, smooth, brown above, 

 whitish beneath 



C. flavicornis, e. on birch ; red 



G. flavago on stems of marsh 



thistles, burdock, &c. ; in heaps 



S. satellitia on oak; upon the 



twigs 



D. rubiginea probably on apple, 



&c., and dandelion and other 



low plants 

 P. chi on dock, hawthorn, 



sallow, and probably lettuce, 



sowthistle, tea tree, &c. ; 



purplish brown 



flavocincta ...on dock, chick- 

 weed, groundsel, mint, &c. ; 



in gardens on everlasting pea, 



plum, &c. 

 D. templi on Heracleum sphon- 



dylium ; upon the leaves 

 T. subtusa on poplar; upon 



the twigs 

 retusa on sallow, willow, 



poplar ; upon the axils of the 



leaves 

 C. vetusta on various meadow 



and marsh plants, also poplar 

 X. conformis, b. on alder, birch 

 H. proboscidalis on nettle ; rather 



large, globular (slightly oval) 



indented on upper side ; pale 



yellow 



LARVJE] 



A good harvest is sure to reward the industrious worker this month, if 

 he persistently prosecutes his larva-searching, on mild evenings, in good 

 localities, there being so many species which have hibernated, and only now 

 seem to require a ramble before making a selection of their hiding place for 

 pupation. 



In the lists of larvae, the month of origin of hibernation has been 

 specified as far as possible. When a larva ceases to be mentioned, it may 

 be assumed that at the last period of its mention, it was nearly if not quite 

 full fed. 



S. -^geria from Sept., grasses 



Megsera from Sept., grasses 



R. cratasgata ...from Sept., haw- 

 thorn, sloe 



A. osseata... from Aug., dande- 

 lion, &c. 



S. belgiaria from Aug., heath 



O. filigrammaria bilberry and sallows 



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 H. auroraria ...from Aug., plantain E. tenuiata in sallow catkins 



