THE LEPIDOPTERIST S CALENDAR 



IMAGOS] 



APRIL 



A. derivata 



P. polygrammata, b. damp meadows; 



very local 

 suffumata ...flies at dusk X. 



P. lacertula beaten from birch 



D.unguicula, e... among beech ; flies C. 

 in the day time ,, 



D. bicuspis ...at rest on tree trunks B. 

 P. nubeculosa ...birch woods in 

 Perthshire 



C. curtula... ,, 



N. carmelita on birch trunks, and 



palings near. Flies in the sun- p 



shine ; may be taken at sallows; p' 



and is attracted by puddles 



trepida, e. ...on oaks S. 



Chaonia, e. ... S. 



C. rid ens ... atl., at sugar, and L. 



at rest on tree trunks 



X. conspicillaris, at rest on trees ; P. 



also beaten, and has been taken S. 



at sugar C. 



T. piniperda at sallows, and at O. 



rest on fir trees P. 



T. gothica at sallows. The P. 



notes under March in reference 

 to this genus also apply to 

 April. Laburnum, and other 

 early fl. also attract the genus 



gothacina a var. of gothica, C. 



which is found in Finland and 



Lapland, and has been taken 



in Morayshire, &c. H 



leucographa... T. 



rubricosa L. 



instabilis remarkable vars. of D, 



this species, and also of stabilis E. 

 often appear 



opima S. 



populeti 



stabilis 



gracilis I. 



miniosa M, 



n munda 



cruda 



V. oleagina ..... 



P. meticulosa. This species occurs 

 all the summer, there appearing 

 to be, as is the case with several 

 other common species, a sue- ,, 



cession of broods, but it is 

 most abundant in Sept. and 

 Oct. 



lithoriza at sallows, and on 



trees, walls, &c. 



verbasci 



chamomilke, s. at rest, onrails, &c. 



parthenias ...in and near birch 

 woods ; flies on sunny morn- 

 ings round sallows, &c. 



notha on aspens, flies in 



the sunshine round sallows, &c. 



~ A J fly in the sun- 

 gamma, to Oct. >. & hoyer 



a2nea ' e (overn. 



augustea from Aug. 



Revayana ...from Sept., woods 



literana on oak trunks 



niveana at sallows 



mixtana from July, moors 



pauperana ...among wild rose 



musculana ...hedges 



rusticana moors, fens, mosses 



comptana chalk downs, &c. 



tetraquetrana, among birch 



immundana ...among birch and 

 alder 



crenana from Sept. ; most 



heaths in the N. 



splendidulana, on oak trunks 



pygmseana, b. among spruce 



vaccinina 



fimbriana ...oak woods, in the S. 



hyemana oak woods 



salicella among dog rose ? 



fagella on trees 



avellanella ... 



Steinkellneriella 



triquetrella ...moors in the N. 



inconspicuella, b. at rest on pa- 

 lings, &c. 



Zinckenella, e. among birch. 



purpurella ...among birch and 

 Scotch fir ; may be obtained 

 by sweeping the twigs ; most 

 of the genus fly on sunny 

 afternoons, and at other times 

 may be shaken from trees 



salopiella ...among birch 



semipurpurella, among birch 



