THE LEPIDOPTERIST*S CALENDAR 



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APRIL 



A. strigilata from Aug., Stachys 



sylvatica, &c. 



aversata ...from Sept., primrose, 

 nut, gooseberry, Geum urbanum, 

 &c. 



degeneraria ...from Aug., ? 



will eat knotgrass, bramble, B. 

 Cerastium, Veronica 



S. clathrata from Oct., saintfoin, L. 



lucerne, &c. 



S. belgiaria from Aug., heath; M 



may be found at night on heaths, 

 &c. 



F. pinetaria bilberry, &c. 



A. ononaria rest harrow 



O. filigrammaria bilberry and sallow 



L. didymata Chaeropohyllum 



temulum, cowslip, &c. 



csesiata from Sept., bilberry (| 



and whortleberry 



olivata from Oct., Galium 



mollugo ; very sluggish 



E. tenuiata in sallow catkins 



,, rectangulata apple and crab, buds 



and fl. 



debiliata whortleberry ; in 



curled-up leaves S. 



T. variata Scotch fir, larch, &c. 



,, firmata larch and Scotch fir N. 



M. montanata ...from Oct., primrose 



C. quadrifasciaria hawthorn, white 



dead nettle, knapweed, &c. 



C. bilineata grasses, chickweed, 



dock; hides under stones, at r. of 

 herbage, &c., by day X. 



P. lignata from Sept., Galium 



palustre, &c. 



C. russata from Oct., straw- 

 berry, birch, hawthorn, sallow, A. 

 &c. 



dotata currant H. 



E. palumbaria ...from Aug., broom, 



&c. P. 



,, lineolata, s. ...Galium verum 



A. plagiata from Oct., Hyperi- C. 



cum perforatum 



B. glandifera ...from Sept., lichens, L. 



on walls ; local. Both glandi- 

 fera and perla build a cocoon of A. 

 silk and earth, mortar, or crum- 



bled stone, like a blister on paint, 



in which they live, except when 



they come out to feed, in the 



night, or early morning, especi- 

 ally in wet weather, when the 



lichens are soft, 

 perla from Sept., lichens 



on walls 

 conigera couch grass, & other 



grasses 

 lithargyria ...grasses, chickweed, 



- plantain, &c. 

 littoralis from Aug., Ammo- 



phila arundinacea, on the coast ; 



burrow seven or eight inches in 



the sand. Will also eat Carex 



pudorina grasses, reed 



comma grass, &c. 



straminea coarse grasses and 



common reed, in damp meadows, 



and borders of streams 

 impura from Oct., Carex, & 



Dactylis glomerata, inside the 



stem 

 pallens from October, Des- 



champsia cespitosa 

 ulvse from Sept. , common 



reed 

 neurica in stems of common 



reed ; a small hole is visible in 



the stem of the plant, tenanted 



by a larva 

 lutosa from Oct., in stems 



of common reed, near the r. 



rurea generally on grasses 



polyodon low plants 



hepatica, b. ...from Aug., grasses, 



chickweed, &c. 

 australis ...from Oct., Cichorium, 



Poa annua, and other plants 

 popularis grasses, amongst the 



roots, &c. 

 leucophaea ...from Oct., tufts of 



grass on commons, and in woods 

 Cytherea from Sept., grass, in 



dry and stony places 

 cespitis grasses; hides at r. 



by day 

 gemina from Aug. , grasses ; 



hides at r. by day 



