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THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



PUPJE] 



MARCH 



C. lychnitis in earthen cocoon, 



near white and black mullein ; 

 s. 2 yrs. in pupa 



asteris near golden rod, &c. ; 



s. 2 yrs. in pupa 



gnaphalii near golden rod 



umbratica ...sub., near Sonchus, 



&c. 



H. marginata ...sub., near Ononis 

 procurrens 



dipsacea among melilot, and 



probably Silene otites, and 

 Linaria 



E. venustula at r. of Tormentilla 



rep tans, and grass 



B. argentula among grass, on the 



ground 



B. parthenias ...at birch, in crevices 



of bark, or on the ground 

 A. urticce spun up, among nettle 



leaves 

 , , triplasia spun up, among nettle 



leaves, hop, &c. 

 P. oenea amongst Polygala 



vulgaris 

 E. sambucalis ...spun up, in crevices 



in palings, walls, &c., near 



elder 



G. canella among Salsola kali 



H. prasinaiia .. under moss at base 



of oaks 



Lmasculella } mongdead leaves 

 Zinckenella > n- i j i 

 I,' Oehlmanniella } of birch and oak 



IMAGOS] 



If the season should be a forward one, the sallows will be in bloom this 

 month. They are found to be a great attraction to most of the moths on 

 the wing at this period, more especially the Teeniocampae, and the hiber- 

 nating Noctuae. These, having 



"skimmed the dusk fields," 

 we shall find feasting on the sparse blossoms, 



"In the retired quiet of the night." 



If the sallow bushes we are in the habit of visiting are awkwardly situated 

 for the capture of moths, branches of them may be cut before dark, and 

 stuck into the ground at convenient places. If they should afterwards take 

 root in these places, they may save the trouble of the process being repeated 

 next season. 



The following are the freshly-emerged species which ordinarily appear 

 this month : 



P. rapse 



E. lanestris 



&c. 



E. versicolora .. 

 S. illustraria 

 P. pilosaria .... 

 N. hispidaria .. 



B. hirtaria 



A. prodromaria 

 T. crepuscularia 

 H. leucophearia 

 progemmaria 

 A. sescularia ... 



month) 



.gardens, &c. 



.at rest on hawthorn, 



.in birch woods 



at 1. ; 9 on tree trunks 

 .on oak trunks 



s. on oaks 



on tree trunks 

 rest on tree trunks ; 

 fly at dusk ; s. come 

 to sallows (See last 



L. multistrigaria 



E. abbreviata ...among oak 



L. lobulata on Scotch fir trunks 



A. badiata at sallows, and fly- 

 ing over hedges at dusk 

 ,, derivata 



P. polygrammata damp meadows ; 

 very local 



P. nubeculosa 



N. carmelita on birch trunks, and 



palings near. Flies in the sun- 

 shine ; may be taken at sallows ; 

 and is attracted by puddles 



C. flavicornis ...at rest on birch twigs 



