THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



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LARVJE] MAY 



B. roboraria from Sept., oak 



G. obscurata from Sept., thyme, 



sun cistus, Potentilla reptans, 

 Poteriam sanguisorba. &c. ; hides 

 under r. &c., by day 



D. obfuscata from Sept., heath, 



vetch, &c. 



M. cineraria lichens, on walls 



P. cytisaria broom, and Genista 



anglica, on heaths, forests, and 

 waste plact-s on the coast ; may 

 be found at rest, stuck up like 

 twigs on broom plants 



G. papilionaria ..from Oct., nut, birch, 

 beech, &c. 



,, smaragdaria.. ? on the S. E. 



coast ; covers itself with frag- 

 ments of leaves, &c. 



I. vernaria from Sept., Clematis 



vitalba 



P. baiularia, b. from Aug., oak ; 

 covers itself with fragments of 

 leaves, &c., after every moult, 

 until nearly full-fed 



H. thymiaria hawthorn, oak 



H. auroraria from Aug., plantain 



A. rubricata from Aug., ? 



will eat knotgrass, Lotus cor- 

 niculatus, Medicago lupulina, 

 Thalictrum minus, and the 

 smaller trifoliums 



scutulata from Aug., fl. of 



Anthriscus sylve^tris, and dande- 

 lion, preferring the withered 

 leaves 



contiguaria ...from Aug., Empe- 

 trum nigrum; will also eat haw- 

 thorn buds, and knotgrass 



herbariata from Oct., dried 



plants in herbaria, & herbalist-,' 

 shops, &c. Tansy found to be 

 eaten where it occurred 

 rusticata from Aug., haw- 

 thorn ; will also eat ivy, lilac, 

 and withered bramble. Very 

 local 



interjectaria...from Aug., dande- 

 lion, scarlet pimpernel, withered 

 holosericata ...from Aug., sun cis- 

 tus, withered 



A. promutata ...from Aug., Achillea 

 millefolium, Artemesia vulgaris, 

 1'otentilla reptans 



straminata ..from July, ? 



will eat knotgrass 



,, immutata from Aug., some 



ma-sh plant; common in fens; 

 will also eat knotgrass 



furrata from Aug., heath 



strigilata from Aug., clematis, 



Stachys, &c. ; on the coast 



,, emutaria from Aug., Triticum 



repens; in salt marshes on the 

 coast; will also eat Medicago 

 Lupulina, mint, Chenopodium, 

 Lotus corniculatus, knotgrass, 

 &c. 



aversata from Sept., prim- 

 rose, gooseberry, nut, Geum 

 urbanum, &c. 



inornata various plants 



T. amataria from Oct., dock, 



knotgrass, and other plants 



H. vauaria gooseberry, &c. , in 



gardens 



S. belgiaria from Aug., heath 



S. plumaria heath 



F. atomaria ...from July, Centaurea, 

 trefoils, &c. 



pinetaria bilberry 



S. dealbata from Sept., grasses 



A. strigillaria ...from Aug., heath, 

 broom ; found at night on heaths, 

 &c. 



gilvaria from Sept., Achillea 



millefolium, &c. 

 A. grossulariata... gooseberry, currant, 



sloe, &c. 



P. hippocastanaria from Sept., heath 

 H. rupicapraria...oak, hawthorn, sloe 

 leucophearia...oak, maple. Vary 



very much 



progemmaria oak, birch, horn- 

 beam, nut 



,, defoliaria oak, nut, sloe, haw- 

 thorn, birch, elm, lime, &c. 



A. asscularia oak, elm, lime, sloe, 



hawthorn, horse chestnut, apple, 

 privet, &c. 

 C. brumata oak, and other trees 



