THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



LARVJE] MARCH 



T. variata Scotch fir, larch, &c. 



M. montanata, e. from Oct., prim- 

 rose 



C. munitata ...from Sept. , groundsel 



C. bilineata grasses, chickweed, 



dock 



C. suffumata ...full fed in the au- 

 tumn ; turns to a pupa about 

 this time 



E. palumbaria ...broom, Genista, 

 heath, clover, &c. 



B. glandifera ...from Sept., lichens 

 on walls 



,, perla from Sept., lichens 



on walls 



L. conigera couch, and other 



grasses. This, and other species 

 of Leucania may be s. found 

 by pulling up conspicuous tufts 

 of grass, and gently beating 

 them 



,, turca grasses, in woods 



lithargyria ...chickweed, plan- 

 tain, grasses, &c. 



pudorina . . grasses, common reed 

 straminea ...reed, and coarse 

 grasses, in damp meadows and 

 borders of streams 



impura from Oct., Carex, 



and Dactylis glomerata 



pallens from Oct., Des- 



champsia cespitosa 



S. ulvse from Sept., common 



reed 



X. rurea generally on grasses 



hepatica from Aug., grasses, 



chickweed, &c. 



A. australis from Oct., Cicho- 



rium, Poa annua, and other 

 plants 



L. testacea on the lower part of 



grass stems 



M. furva- Aira canescens 



A. basilinea from Aug., various 



plants ; before hibernation on 

 immature grains of wheat 



,, unanimis from Sept., grasses. 



Full fed in autumn ; hides under 

 bark of willows or poplars, or 

 among the soil at their roots ; 

 C 



towards the end of this month 

 wanders about for a few days, 

 then changes to a pupa in a 

 slight cocoon, at the foot of a 

 tree, or under bark 



M, strigilis grasses, and other 



plants 



C. alsines from Sept., dock, 



chickweed, plantain 

 cubicularis ...from Sept., in corn 

 ricks, on grass, pulse, and 

 grain 



R. tenebrosa from Sept., various 



plants 



A. corticea from Sept., Cheno- 



podium, &c. 



cinerea ."...from Sept., r. of 



low plants 



lucernea dandelion, harebell, 



&c. 



Ashworthii ...from Sept., fescue 

 grass, hawkweed, sun cistus, 

 thyme, heath, harebell 



T. ianthina from Aug., broom, 



chickweed, &c. 



fimbria from Oct., birch, 



sallow, oak, ash, broom, prim- 

 rose, &c. [&c. 



interj ecta dock, mallow, grass, 



subsequa from Oct., low plants 



orbona from Aug., broom 



and low plants ; when young 

 on sallow buds 



pronuba from Aug., dock, 



and various other plants 



N. festiva from Aug., violet, 



sallow, foxglove, &c. 



umbrosa from Sept., dock, 



and low plants 

 xanthographa from Oct., grasses 



and low plants 



C. xerampelina, s. from Oct., ash ; 

 hides in crevices of bark 



E. lutulenta from Oct., Lithos- 



permum arvense, and other low 

 plants 



lichenea from No v ., ragwort, 



and various low plants 

 P. empyrea from Nov., pile- 

 wort, &c. 



