THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



IMAGOS] 



MARCH 



.at rest on oaks, 

 to 4 ft. from the 



C. ridens 



at I ft. 



ground 

 L. lithargyria, s. 

 X. conspicillaris, e. at rest on tree 



trunks, especially where the 



bark has been stripped ; has 



also been beaten 



C. chamomillas...has been taken at 

 rest on iron bars, and various 

 materials, probably h. 

 B. parthenias ...birch woods ; flies 

 on sunny mornings over birch 

 trees, and round sallows 



notha rests on aspens ; flies 



in the sunshine round sallows, &c. 



T. piniperda at sallows, and at A. prodromana, e., on moors 



rest on fir trees 



T. gothica 



gothacina... 

 leucographa 

 rubricosa . . , 



The whole of this 

 genus visit the sal- 

 low blossoms at dusk 



S. pauperana ...among wild rose 



P. crenana moors, &c. 



C. vernana, e. 



pygmoeana, e. among spruce 



and remain feasting H. fimbriana, e. oak woods in the 



upon the honey they contain for 



some hours 



,, instabilis ...^ If the situation is 

 ,, opima .. 

 lr populeti 

 stabilis .. 

 gracilis.. 

 , t miniosa 

 ,, munda .. 

 ,, cruda .. 



blooming sallow may be cut 



before dark, and fixed in the 



ground 

 V. oleagina 

 X. lithoriza at sallows, and on 



trees, walls, &c. 



S., at rest on the branches ; 

 darts to the ground when dis- 

 turbed 



favorable the great- T. hyemana" 1 oak woods, at rest 



est number may be on the branches 



^captured by a sheet D. fagella, e. ...on tree trunks and 

 ^ being spread under palings 



the bushes. Where E. avellanella, e. among birch 

 they are difficult to T. biselliella ...to Oct. 

 reach, branches of D. arenella 



ciniflonella 



.Rannoch 



,, rhodochrella beaten from thatch 

 B. incongruella on moors, &c. 

 E. consortella 



N. aurella to August, on tree 



: trunks and palings 



The following hibernating species have been taken this month : 



C. Edusa, C. Hyale, at rest in hollow trees, outhouses, &c. ; V. c-album, 

 V. urticae, V. polychloros, V. Antiopa, V. lo, V. Atalanla, V. cardui, at rest in 

 outhouses, &c. and s. flying about on sunny days ; M. stellatarum, hovers over 

 fl. in the sunshine, and also flies in the evening; E. fasciaria, and T. variata, 

 among Scotch fir; C. fluviata, and S. dubitata, at 1. ; C. psitticata, C. miata, 

 and C. silaceata, in hollow trees, outhouses, &c. ; A. auricoma, L. lithargyria? 

 A. puta, A. suffusa, and A. saucia ; C. vaccinii, C. spadicea, C. erythroce- 

 phala? S. satellitia, D. rubiginea, and H. croceago, at sallows ; D. templi, 

 under stones ; C. vetusta, C. exoleta, X. furcifera, X. rhizolitha, X. semi- 

 brunnea, X. petrificata ; C. chamomillse, at rest on iron and other fences ; G. 

 libatrix, in cellars and hollow trees ; H. rostralis, in gardens and outhouses ; 

 E. ocellea, conies to 1. ; P. mixtana, P. caudella, D. liturella, D. pallorella, 

 D. umbellella, D. arenella, D. propinquella, D. subpropinquella, D. alstrae- 

 meriella, D. ciniflonella, D. vaccinella, D. conterminella, D. ocellella, D. 

 applanella (flying over hedges), I), ciliella, D. albipunctella, D. chgerophylli- 

 vorella, D. heracliella, A. autumnitella, Z. hepariella, Z. insignipennella, G. 

 stigmatella, G. stramineella, G. populetella, G. phasianipennella, C. cuculipen- 

 nella, L. epilobiella, P. suffusella, P. pterodactylus. 



