THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



OVA] JANUARY 



P. plumigera ...on maple, chiefly on P. chi on dock, hawthorn, 



sallow ; and probably lettuce, 



the twigs, in hedges not shaded 

 by trees. Often singly, but s. 

 in clusters of two, three, or 

 many more. Circular, smooth, 

 brown above, whitish beneath 



G. flavago on marsh thistles, 



burdock, &c. ; in heaps 



O. lota on willows, & sallow 



T. subtusa on poplar ; upon the 



twigs 



retusa sallow, willow, pop- 

 lar ; upon the axils of the leaves 



sow thistle, "tea tree," &c. 

 purplish brown 



,, flavocincta . . .on dock, chickweed, 

 groundsel, mint, &c. ; in gar- 

 dens on everlasting pea, plum, 

 &c. 



H. proboscidalis on nettle ; rather 

 large, globular, (slightly oval) 

 indented on upper side ; pale 

 yellow 



LARVJE] 



The following are among the larvae which may be found this month : 



L. lithargyria ...chickweed, plantain, 

 grasses, &c. 



A. saucia from Nov., plantain, 



dock, and other low plants 



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

 sel, and various low plants 



S. anomala grass, in open parts 



of woods 



P. farella Anthyllisvulneraria; 



may be found hibernating in 

 balls of sand during the winter 



E. elutella nuts, cocoa nibs, 



figs, dog biscuit, &c. 



ficella figs 



,, artemesiella . Artemesia vulgaris, 

 and A. absynthium ; through 

 the winter inside the r. stalks 



M. cephalonica...from Nov., dried 

 currants, c. 



P. gentiana teazle heads 



O. antiquana ...Stachys arvensis, r. 



E. gallicolana ...oak apple galls 



C. cosmophorana bark of spruce and 



Scotch fir 

 R. resinana in twigs of Scotch 



fir ; and it is said in the resinous 



exudation 

 N. aurella... .bramble; may be 



found almost throughout the 



year, mining bramble leaves 

 S. corollana shoots of aspen 



D. tanacetana (?) tansy 



A. Schreibersiana bark of elm 



seniana in r. of ragwort 



C. Dipoltana ...seeds of Achillea 

 millefolium 



T. rusticella on cloth, &c. 



(E. pseudo-spretella in dried peas, &c. 



E. fenestrella ...all the year round ; 



on waste substances in houses 



B. grandipennella furze 



Besides the above there are a large number of other larvre which have 

 hibernated. These, however, will be found specified under the next, and 

 following months, by which time their food-plants are beginning to be 

 obtainable. 



If the winter is a very mild one, some of the species set out under February 

 and March may be found this month, and some portion of the work falling 

 due in those months may now be performed. 

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