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THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



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 ild 



A. Niobe ......... from August, dog, H 



and sweet violet 

 ,, Adippe ......... from August, dog, 



and sweet violet ; in woods, 



&c. 

 Latona ......... from August, do 



and sweet violet, and wil 



heartsease 

 , r Euphrosyne, b. from July, dog, and 



sweet violet; feeds in the sun- T. 



shine; hides on the underside of 



primrose, and other leaves 

 Selene, b. ...from July, dog, and 



sweet violet ,, 



M. Cinxia ......... from July, Plantago ,, 



lanceolata 



Athalia ...... from August, Plan- P. 



tago lanceolata, foxglove, wild 



germander L. 



V. c-album, e. ...nettle, hop, elm, 



sloe, currant 



polycWoros ...elm, Salix vitelina, 



S. viminalis, S. caprea, Populus 



tremula, Pyrus aria, and fruit 



trees 

 L. sibylla ......... from August, honey- , r 



suckle ; prefers the plants which 



climb over bushes, and up the P. 



trunks of oaks 

 A. Iris ............ from August, sal- S. 



low, and poplar. Grips too tight- 



ly to shake off. Often hides in 



crevices of bark of trees, or 



under loose pieces 

 A. Galatea, b. ...from August, timo- 



thy, and other grasses ; may be 



obtained by sweeping. Some 



of the larvae are green, and 



some are pale drab 

 E. Epiphron ...... from August, grasses 



in mountain bogs (( 



Medea ......... from Sept., moor- 



land poa, and other grasses 

 H. Semele ......... from Aug. , quaking 



grass, couch grass, &c. , on dry 



hill-sides, and sea-side sand- 



hills 

 lanira, e ....... from Aug., meadow 



grasses 



, hyperanthus . . . from Aug. , annual 

 meadow, millet, and other grass- 

 es ; in and near woods ; may 

 be found at dusk, or at night, 

 feeding on the blades of grass, 

 in wood ridings 



Davus from Aug., Rhyn- 



chospora alba ; lives exposed 



Pamphilus ...grasses 



quercus oak; most abun- 

 dant in the upper branches. In 

 confinement s. eats the changing 

 pupa 



w-album wytch elm 



pruni sloe 



betulae sloe, birch 



Phlaeas from Oct., sorrel, 



dock, ragwort 



^Egon Ornithopus perpu- 



sillus 



Artaxerxes (var.) b., sun cistus; 

 hides on the underside of the 

 leaves 



Adonis, b. ...from Oct., Hippo- 

 crepis comosa, &c. 



Corydon from Oct., Hippo- 



crepis comosa, &c. 



sylvanus, b. ...grasses, inrolled-up 

 blades 



myopseformis in stems of apple, 

 pear, plum, hawthorn; in old 

 gardens 



formicseformis from Sept., in withy 

 stems; may be found in the old 

 stumps 



chrysidiformis inside r. of sorrel 

 and dock ; at Folkestone and 

 Eastbourne, and probably other 

 places on the S. and E. coasts; 

 supposed to be 2 years feeding 



cynipiformis...in the bark of un- 

 healthy-looking oaks, and in old 

 stumps 



ichneumoniformis in the stems of 

 stinking hellebore, growing on 

 cliffs, under-cliffs, and land- 

 slips, on the coast 



bembeciformis from Sept., in the 

 stems of poplar, and sallow, and 

 s. in the stumps of osiers 



