THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



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LARVJE] 



MAY 



M. arundinis, b. in stems of com- 

 mon reed 



Z. gesculi from Aug., in the 



wood of ash, elm, or pear trees; 

 s. in hawthorn, lime, or box. 

 The larvae feed in the interior of 

 the smaller branches, and are 

 generally found in the upper 

 branches of the highest trees. 

 Their presence is indicated by 

 the pellets of pink frass lying 

 about, under the infected trees. 

 They may be reared if the in- 

 fected branch is sawn off, and 

 kept damp. If the infected tree 

 is marked, or known, it may 

 be visited when the imago is due, 

 and large numbers be s. taken 

 at rest upon it 



H. hectus from Aug., in r. of 



brake fern; two seasons feeding 



lupulinus from Aug., in r. of 



dead nettle, &c. 



velleda from Aug., in r. of 



brake fern 



P. statices sorrel, Cardamine 



impatiens, &c.; mine in the 

 leaves while young 



geryon sun cistus ; mine in 



the leaves while young 

 globularioe ... ? 



Z. minos trefoil, vetch 



,, trifolii from July, trefoil, 



vetch 



lonicera ......from July, clover, 



grasses 



filipendulae ...from July, crowfoot, 

 trefoil, &c. 



S. phegea from Sept., dande- 

 lion, scabious, plantain, &c. 



N. cucullatella ...sloe, apple, haw- 

 thorn, &c. 



confusalis oak 



strigula oak 



albulalis ? bramble ? ash ? 



N. senex lichens, in fens and 



bogs 



mundana lichens, on or under 



the top stones of old loose 

 stone walls 



S. irrorella ground lichens on 



the coast, just above the tide. 

 The larvae will feed equally well 

 on tree lichens if sprinkled with 

 salt water every morning, and 

 the pan in which they may be 

 kept is placed in the sun 



C. miniata from Aug., lichen 



on oaks (Lichen caninus) ; also 



withered sallow, oak, alder 

 L. mesomella ...from Aug., lichens ; 



will also eat sallow and heath ; 



has been taken among r. of heath 

 muscerda lichens, on sallow, 



in fens 

 aureola, e. ...from Sept., lichens, 



on larch, oak, &c. 



it pygmseola ...lichens, amongmoss 

 lurideola from Aug., lichens; 



will also eat crab 



molybdeola ...from July, lichens 

 complana from Aug., lichens, 



on sloe and fir 

 ,, griseola from Aug., lichens, 



on poplar ; Lichen caninus the 



supposed proper food, will also 



eat withered sallow, &c. 

 quadra lichens, on oak, 



beech, apple &c., mostly old 



trees [mugwort 



E. grammica fescue grass, heath, 



cribrum from Aug., heath, 



bilberry 



D. pulchella Myosotis arvensis 



E. jacobese .. ragwort, and groundsel 

 C. hera from Sept., bugloss, 



and low plants 



dominula from Aug., Cyno- 



glossum officirrale, &c., on hilly 

 places, gravel pits, &c. 



E, russula from Sept., plantain, 



Erica cinerea, Hieracium, dan- 

 delion &c. Feeds well on lettuce 

 in confinement 



C. plantaginis ...from Sept., violets, 

 plantain, &c. 



caia from Sept., nettle, 



and various other plants. Dark 

 varieties may be s. got by feed- 

 ing on coltsfoot or lettuce 



