THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



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APRIL 



S. scoliaeformis in birch ; seems to E. 

 prefer the stem of a tree which 

 has been felled A. 



,, sphegifonnis in young suckers of 

 alder, where the old tree has 

 been cut down. The larva eats E. 

 a gallery up the centre of the P. 

 shoot nine or ten inches, then 

 turns aside, and eats through the 

 bark, where it assumes the pupa 

 state C. 



,, asiliformis ...in r. of poplar and 



ash. Wait till the pupae are B. 

 bedded near the entrance of the 

 burrow 



apiformis from Sept., in stems 



of poplar ; often 2 yrs. feeding. 

 Wait till the pupse are bedded M 

 near the entrance of the burrow 



M. arundinis in stem of common M 



reed ; often causes the plant to 

 look unhealthy M 



H. hectus from Aug., in roots G. 



of brake fern ; two seasons 

 feeding 



lupulinus from Aug., in roots 



of dead nettle, &c. 



velleda from Aug., in roots H. 



of brake fern, &c. A. 



humuli from Aug., in roots A. 



of burdock, nettle, dead nettles, 

 &c. 



Z. nubigena from July, thyme 



L. pygmseola ...lichens, among moss ,, 



C. plantaginis ...fromSept, plantain, 



violet ; best found at night 

 villica from Sept., chick- 

 weed, furze, and other plants ,, 



A. fuliginosa .. from Sept., dock, 



nettle, plantain, borage, &c., 

 often hides under the leaves 



L. chrysorrhaea...from Sept., sloe, 



hawthorn, &c. 



B. roboris from Sept., haw- 



thorn, dogwood, bramble, broom, 

 heath, &c. 



,, quercus from Sept., bilberry, 



&c. ; also eats dogwood 



O. potatoria from Sept., coarse 



grasses 



apiciaria nut, poplar, willow, 



alder 



prunaria from October, sloe, 



beech, broom, bramble, sallow, 

 hawthorn, plum, &c. 



fasciaria ...from Sept., Scotch fir 



syringaria ...from Sept., lilac, 

 privet, elder, honeysuckle ; may 

 be found at night hanging from 

 its food 



lichenaria from Sept., lichens, 



on oak 



repandata bramble, sloe, birch, 



plum, spindle, and upon almost 

 all sorts of underwood 



rhomboidaria from Sept., ivy, birch, 

 oak, plum, rose, lilac, elder, &c. 



perfumaria ...ivy, lilac, clematis, 

 &c. 



abietaria from Sept., larch, 



spruce, and Scotch fir 



roboraria from Sept., oak 



obscurata from Sept., Poten- 



tilla reptans, Poteriam sangui- 

 sorba, thyme, grass, sun cistus, 

 &c. ; s. found concealed by day 

 among stones 



auroraria from Aug. , plantain 



candidata . . . hornbeam 



rubricata from Aug., ? 



will eat knotgrass, dandelion, 

 Lotus corniculatus, Medicago 

 lupulina, Thalictrum minus 



scutulata from August, An- 



thriscus sylvestris, fl. and dande- 

 lion, preferring the withered 

 leaves 



bisetata from Aug., dande- 

 lion ; will also eat knotgrass and 

 withered bramble 



trigeminata ...from July, some low 

 plant ? will eat knotgrass 



osseata from Aug. , dande- 

 lion, &c. 



interjectaria ..from Aug., dande- 

 lion, scarlet pimpernel, withered 



ornata, s from Sept., thyme 



remutata from August, low 



plants ? will eat knotgrass 



fumata from Aug., heath 



