THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



LARVJE] 



MARCH 



G. luculella in decayed wood C. 



bifractella ...from Oct., Conyza 

 squarrosa, Inula dysenterica ,, 



cerealella from Oct., in grains 



of wheat and barley 

 P. Metzneriella from Oct. , Centaurea 



nigra, heads 



carlinella ...from Oct., Centaurea L. 

 nigra, and thistle heads 



H. bracteella ...in decayed wood 

 CE. minutella ...on seeds C. 



pseudo-spretella from Oct., dried 



fruit, peas, and other seeds, also A, 

 hams, &c. 



A. glaucinella ...in bark of oak, E. 

 horse chesnut, &c. 



u Goedartella ...in bark of alder, 



birch, &c. 



,, Brochella birch shoots 



C. farinatella ...Scotch fir ,, 



,, Gysselinella ..Scotch fir, in a web T. 

 betw s en leaves 



O. pinariella Scotch fir 



G. tringipennella in plantain P. 



C. pyrrhulipennella from Oct., heath 

 discordella from Oct., Lotus cor- ,, 



niculatus 



genistsecolella from Oct., Genista 

 anglica 



lineolella Ballota nigra 



juncicolella ...from Oct., heath 



laricella from Sept., larch 



viminetella ...from Sept., sallow, 



and osier 

 solitariella ...from Oct., Stelkria 



holostea 



palludicolella Epilobium hirsutum 

 atra (hellerella) hawthorn berries, 



and shoots of apple 

 flavicapitella from Sept., in twigs 



of hawthorn, in which it bores 

 seratella ...from Oct., galls on 



knotgrass 



apicipunctella from Oct., in Aira 

 cinereopunctella from Sept., in 



Carex glauca 

 trapeziella . . .from Oct. , in Luzula 



pilosa 



subobscurella Holcus mollis 

 marginea (emyella) from Oct., in 



bramble 



dodonseella ..from Oct., in oak 

 trigonodactylus in coltsfoot, fl. 



stems 

 tephradactylus from Sept., golden 



rod, in shady places 

 osteodactylus from Sept., golden 



rod 



As other, and more attractive work will soon be crowding upon us, and 

 many species are beginning to emerge, the final search for winter pupae 

 should, if possible, be completed this month, if it has not been done long 

 before. 



P. Machaon on stems of Peuce- 



danum palustre ; in fens 

 P. brassicae ) 



rapoe > on palings, walls, &c. 



,, napi ) 



A. cardamines on stems of grass, &c. 



L. Alsus among Anthyllis 



vulneraria 



S. ocellatus sub., at willows, 



poplars, &c. 



populi sub., at poplars, 



willow, &c. [beech 



tilise 



.sub., at elm, lime, 



C. ligniperda ...at various trees ; 

 spun up, under bark, &c., but 

 s. buries 



L. asellus spun up, on a leaf 



L. rubricollis ...under moss, on 

 rotten trees, larch, &c. 



A. mendica under moss, on trees 



bordering ditches 



lubricepeda ) spun up, on trees, 

 menthrasti ) palings, &c. 



urticae under moss, on trees 



O. pudibunda . . .in dead leaves, under 

 moss, &c. 



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