THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



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APRIL 



D. templi Heracleum sphon- 



dylium, inside the stem and r. 



E. lutulenta from Oct., Lithos- 



permum arvense, and other low 

 plants 



viminalis sallow 



lichenea from Nov., ragwort 



and other low plants, on the coast 

 P. meticulosa ...from Nov., ground- 

 sel, and various low plants 



empyrea from Nov. ,pilewort, 



&c. 



A. herbida from Aug., dock, 



and other low plants 



,, occulta primrose, plantain, 



and other low plants ; can only 

 be found in the evening 



nebulosa from Sept., sallow, 



hawthorn, birch, &c. 



tincta from Sept., grass, 



and low plants ; also birch, and 

 other trees 



advena from Aug., various 



plants 



C. vetusta poplar, and various 



meadow and marsh plants 



,, exoleta scabious, campion, 



rest harrow, dock, Eryngium 

 maritimum, turnip, asparagus, 

 &c. 



X. furcifera alder, birch 



A. myrtilli, s. ...from Aug., heath; 

 gently clear away the bottom 

 of the heath, and shake it into 

 the net 



P. chrysitis from July, burdock, 



thistle, nettle, dead nettle, &c. 



,, iota nettle, dead nettle, 



honeysuckle, groundsel, &c. 



gamma nettle, hop, and 



most low plants [plants 



M. typica from Sept., low 



,, maura from Sept., ivy, 



dock, chickweed, &c. 



C. sponsa oak 



H. probscidalis from July, nettle 



H. derivalis from Aug., among 



dead oak leaves 



barbalis from Sept, birch 



catkins 



H. tarsipennalis from Aug., rasp- 

 Will eat knotgrass and 



berry ? 



sallow 

 cribralis 



Carex 



pilosa 

 flexula lichen 



from Aug., sallow, 



sylvatica, and Luzula 



A 



P. farinalis 



A 



straw, com, &c. 



pinguinalis ...greasy horse cloths, 

 rubbish in houses, &c. 



E. cingulalis from Sept., Salvia 



pratensis 



A. nemoralis . . . Chrysosplenium alter- 



nifolium 

 C. lemnalis aquatic, in a case 



filled with air, feeding beneath 



the leaves (fronds) of duckweed 

 P. stratiotalis ...aquatic, on Calli- 



triche verna, Stratiotes aloides, 



&c. 

 H. nymphaealis aquatic, in a flat 



case, under the leaves of yellow 



water lily, and Potamogeton 



pectinatus 

 stagnalis .... 



geton 



B. terrealis .... 



rod, fl. 



asinalis from Oct., madder 



E. crocealis Inula dysenterica, 



between the leaves 



S. olivalis ground ivy, 



other low plants, in ; 

 under the leaves 



prunalis sloe, and low plants 



S. ambigualis ...moss 

 ,, mercurella ...the mosses Hypnus 

 elegans and Jungermannia dila- 

 tata 



resinea the lichens on ash, 



Stigoneura mammillosa, and 

 Oscillatora autumnalis 



C. hortuellus ...moss 



C. phragmitellus...from Oct., reed 

 A. lotella in the stem and r. of 



Festuca ovina, and Aira canes- 



cens, in a silken tube 

 P. abietella from Sept., young 



shoots of Scotch fir, and decayed 



wood and cones 



.aquatic, on Potamo- 

 .from Aug., golden 



and 

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