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THE LEPIDOPTERIST S CALENDAR 



at birch 

 amongst 



PUP^E] 



E. versicolora ...spun up, 

 S. carpini cocoon 



leaves, heath, &c. 

 E. dolobraria ...under moss, on oak, 



&c. 

 S . illunaria sub. , at willow, oak, 



&c. 



0. bidentata ...under moss, on 



various trees 



N. zonaria sub. , at sandhills on 



the coast 



B. hirtaria sub., at elm, lime, 



ash, and fruit trees 

 A. betularia sub., at oak, elm, 



birch, and other trees 

 H. abruptaria ...spun up, on twigs, 



&c., of lilac, rose, or privet 

 T. consonaria ...under moss at r. of 



beech, oak, birch 

 biundularia ..spun up, on oak, 



and birch 

 punctulata ...under moss, on birch 



and alder, or in bark crevices 



1. lactearia spun up, among 



leaves of oak, and birch 

 E. porata fastened to leaf of 



oak 

 punctaria fastened to leaf of 



oak, or birch 

 l( trilinearia fastened to leaf of 



beech 

 pendularia 



birch 



E. heparata .. 



on alder 



C. exanthemaria spun up, under 



leaves of sallow, and alder 

 M. liturata at larch, rarely 



within 2 ft. of the tree 

 N. pulveraria ...in withered sallow 



leaves 



F. carbonaria ...among dead leaves 



of sallow, and birch 

 piniaria At Scotch fir, and 



larch ; in open places in woods, 



rarely within 2 ft. of the tree, 



at I y 2 to 2 in. deep 

 L. multistrigaria, sub., about Galium 

 E. albulata within the spun-up 



sepals of yellow rattle 



MARCH 



...fastened to leaf of 

 ....among moss, &c., 



E. decolorata 



E. venosata .. 



Lychnis 



,, consignata 



. . .about Lychnis dioica 

 ...about Silene, and 



...probably under 



moss, and loose bark, in apple 



orchards 

 pulchellata ...among the seeds, 



and dead fl. of foxglove 

 isogrammata, about Clematis 



vitalba 

 fraxinata ...... on ash, under moss, 



and loose bark 

 nanata ......... about heath 



vulgata ......... sub., about various 



plants and trees 

 minutata ...... about heath 



assimilata ...in crevices, about 



currant and hop 

 exiguata ... ..about oak, &c. 

 ocellata ...... among Galium ; 



spun up, near the ground 



M. 



A. sinuata ......... in earthen cocoon; 



on the ground, among Galium 

 badiata ......... in earthen cocoon, 



on the ground, beneath dog 

 rose bushes 

 derivata ...... sub. , at dog rose 



C. sagittata ...... spun up, among 



Thalictrum ; or on the ground 

 near ; in fens 



suffumata ...changes to a pupa 

 this month among bedstraw or 

 ragwort 

 E. lineolata ...... cocoon attached to 



Galium verum under the surface 

 on coast sandhills 



D. bicuspis ...... spun up, on birch 



trunks in the south ; alder in 



the north ; rarely above 2 ft. 



from the ground 

 ,, furcula . . ....... spun up, on trunk of 



willow, or sallow 

 bifida ......... spun up, on trunk of 



poplars 

 ,, vinula ........ spun up, on trunk of 



willows, poplars, and sallow ; 



three or four feet from the 



ground 



