THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



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APRIL 



A. unanimis from Sept., grasses, T. 



at the base of willows, &c. ; 



hides at r. by day N. 



fibrosa in fl. stems of yellow ,, 



flag 

 oculea grasses, principally ,, 



Dactylis glomerata, feeding on ,, 



the undeveloped fl. 

 M. strigilis grasses, and other 



plants 



,, furuncula in stems of Festuca 



G. trilinea greater plantain and 



other plants ; hides among the ,, 



r. by day 

 C. alsines from Sept., dock, 



chick weed, greater plantain. In 



feeding be careful to give the 



same food as found on, as the ,, 



larva is easily injured by shifting 



its food ,, 



,, blanda chickweed, &c. ,, 



cubicularis ...from Sept., in corn 



ricks, on grass, pulse, and grain O. 



A. valligera from Oct., grasses, r. 



,, segetum from July, in r. of A. 



turnip, &c. ,, 



corticea from Sept., Cheno- 



podium, and other plants 



agathina heath X. 



porphyrea ...from Aug., heath 



fl ravida thistles, dandelion, ,, 



&c. 

 .. lucernea harebell, dandelion, 



&c. C. 



Ashworthii ...from Sept., fescue 



grass, hawkweed, sun cistus, 



thyme, heath, harebell, &c. 

 T. ianthina from Aug., broom, 



chickweed, and other low plants 

 fimbria from Oct. , primrose 



and other low plants; also birch, 



oak, sallow, broom ; concealed 



by day ; found feeding at night T. 

 interjecta dock, mallow, grass, C. 



&c. 

 subsequa 



plants 

 Orbona 



..from October, low 



.from Aug., sallow 

 buds, when young ; afterwards 

 on broom and low plants 



pronuba from Aug., dock, & 



various other plants [plants 



depuncta sorrel, and other low 



augur from August, low 



plants, hawthorn, sallow, &c. 



plecta low plants 



c-nigrum from Sept., low 



plants 



triangulum . . . sallow, bramble, &c. 



rhomboidea...from Sept., chick- 

 weed, sallow 



brunnea sallow 



festiva from Aug., violet, 



sallow, foxglove, &c. 



Dahlii from Sept., low 



plants ; in mild winters s. feeds 

 up without hibernating 



umbrosa from Sept., dock, 



and other low plants 



baia . . .low plants 



xanthographa from October, plan- 

 tain ; hides under stones, &c. 



lota willow, sallow 



macilenta beech, and s. birch 



pistacina buttercup, dock, &c. 



lunosa from Oct., grasses, 



more especially in elevated 

 places ; concealed under stones 



cerago sallow catkins; later 



on low plants 



silago sallow catkins 



ferruginea ...sallow and aspen 

 buds, wytch elm seeds 



xerampelina from Dec., on ash ; 

 may be found, at dusk, crawling 

 up ash trunks ; concealed in 

 chinks of bark, and among 

 grass at the base of the tree, 

 during the day ; very retired 

 and sluggish in its habits, and 

 feeds sparingly on ash shoots 

 and hawthorn [leaves 



subtusa poplar ; between the 



trapezina oak, birch, horn- 

 beam, &c. ; also other caterpil- 

 lars 



pyralina plum, pear, &c. 



chi hawthorn, sallow, 



tea tree, dock, lettuce, hawk- 

 weed, Sonchus, &c. 



