THE LEPIDOPTERIST S CALENDAR 



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APRIL 



But the only rare species is V. Antiopa, which, however, is but seldom seen 

 in the spring. Eggs may sometimes be obtained from the captured ? at 

 this and other periods of the year. The freshly emerged ? of many species, 

 particularly the Bombyces, can be used to attract the S, and large numbers 

 are sometimes thereby taken. Beating thatch is a mode of capture often 

 resorted to, and at this season many moths may be beaten out, particularly 

 hibernating Geometras. As the season advances, 



" and vernal airs breathe mild," 



large numbers of Tineoe may be thus captured. Depressarise, and some 

 other species, seem much commoner now than before hibernation. 



In the following list is given the species ordinarily to be found this month, 

 including those which have hibernated, but which have not generally before 

 put in an earlier appearance in the new year. 



L. sinapis, e. ...woods ; does not 



travel quietly if boxed 

 P. brassicse, e. ...gardens, &c. 



rapae gardens, &c. 



napi gardens, &c. 



A. cardamines ...fields, &c. 



S. JEgeria, e. ...woods and shady 



lanes 



T. rubi, m woods, &c. 



P. Phlseas fields and lanes, 



coast sandhills, &c. 

 L. argiolus, m amongst holly, and 



at fl. 



A. mendica, e 



D. coryli beech woods; may 



be beaten 



E. lanestris, b. ...at rest on hawthorn, 



&c. 



L. ilicifolia at rest on moors ? 



E. versicolora ...<J flies by day; 9 

 generally not till evening. A 

 bred ? in a roomy box is useful 

 for attracting the 6 of most 

 bombyces 



S. carpini heaths and open 



places ; fly in the sunshine 



R. cratsegata ...in hedges, &c. 



S. illunaria, b 



lunaria woods; comes to 1. 



illustraria, e... woods 



O. bidentata ...rests on tree trunks 



B. hirtaria in the squares of 



London 

 A. prodromaria, b. at rest on trees, &c. 



H. abruptaria, e. on palings, trees, 

 &c., and in gardens ; comes to 1. 

 T. crepuscularia... on trees 

 biundularia ...on trees and palings 



E. pendularia .. beaten from trees 

 C. temerata, e. ...among sloe, &c. 

 A . pictaria at sloe fl. 



N. pulveraria, e. 



F. carbonaria, e. 



A. asscularia on trees, &c. 



L. multistrigaria, may be found to- 

 wards the bottom of palings, 

 on the grass, &c. , being turned 

 away 



E. helveticata ...this species s. ap- 

 pears much earlier. Most of 

 the genus fly just before dusk 



irriguata on birch trunks 



pimpinellata 



vulgata 



dodoneata ...flies in the early 



morning sunshine 

 abbreviata . . . 



pumilata 



coronata on trees and palings 



L. hexapterata... woods 

 lobulata ...... on Scotch fir trunks, 



and gate posts, &c. 

 polycommata 



T. simulata 



M. fluctuata on walls, palings, 



and in gardens 



A. badiata at sallows, and fly- 

 ing over hedges at dusk 



