THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



MAY 



O. dilutata oak, and other trees E. 



L. didymata Chgerophyllum tern- C. 



ulum, cowslip, &c. 



csesiata, b. ...from Sept., bilberry, 

 whortleberry, heath; prefers the 

 fi. T. 



ruficinctata ...Saxifragagranulata, 



and S. hypnoides ; has been D, 

 also found on fruit trees, pepper- C. 

 mint, and sage 

 E. nanata from Aug. , heath, fl. P. 



minutata from Aug., heath, fl., 



scabious ; s. a cannibal 



,, subciliata, b. maple 



sobrinata juniper 



rectangulata... apple, and crab, 



buds, and fl. C. 



debiliata whortleberry, in 



curled-up leaves P. 



T. variata Scotch fir, larch, &c. 



,, firmata larch, and Scotch fir D. 



Y. elutata, e from Oct., nut, sal- C. 



low, bilberry, alder ; hides 

 among the seed-down of sallow B. 

 M. rubiginata ...alder 

 C. quadrifasciaria hawthorn, white 

 dead nettle, knapweed, and low 

 plants 



P. lapidata ? will eat cle- 

 matis 



S. vetulata buckthorn; between 



the leaves L. 



rhamnata buckthorn, birch; 



between united leaves |t 



C. immanata ...strawberry, bilberry, 

 alder, birch, &c. 



prunata currant, gooseberry, 



sloe, &c. 



testata birch, sallow, poplar 



,i populata bilberry, whortle- 

 berry, poplar, sallow 



fulvata dog rose 



pyraliata Galium, and haw- 

 thorn 



dotata .. black, & red currant 



E. mseniaria broom 



ft palumbaria ...Genista, broom, 



heath, clover T. 



bipunctaria ...from Oct., trefoil, 

 clover, &c. 



lineolata, s. ...Galium verum 



spartiata, e. ...broom; feeds soli- 

 tarily under the leaves, in which 

 it makes holes. Is a cannibal 

 in confinement 



chserophyllata Anthriscus sylves- 

 tris, and Bunium flexuosum fl. 



sicula oak, birch, lime 



spinula hawthorn, sloe, 



mountain ash 



Cassinea oak ; s. sallow, lime, 



elm ; grips its food-plant tightly 



nubeculosa ...birch; is difficult to 

 rearin-confinement; stale, dryish 

 food is stated to afford the best 

 chance of success 



curtula poplars, sallow ; 



webbed in the leaves 



plumigera, e. maple ; will also eat 

 sycamore [apple 



caeruleocephala hawthorn, sloe, 



diluta oak, birch ; between 



leaves 



glandifera ...from Sept., lichens, 

 on walls. (See last month.) 

 Towards the end of this month 

 glandifera and perla are full- 

 fed, and spin up in a crevice, 

 or in the larva cocoon 



perla from Sept. , lichens, 



on walls 



...couch, and other 



conigera . . 



grasses 

 lithargyria 



plantain, 



..grasses, chick weed, 

 &c. ; may be found 



feeding at night 

 littoralis, b. ...from Aug., Ammo- 



phila arundinacea, on the coast. 



Barrows 6in. or yin. in the sand. 



Will also eat Carex 

 impura from Oct., Dactylis 



glomerata ; may be found at 



night, feeding on the grass- 

 blades 

 phragmitidis from Aug., in the 



young stems of common reed ; 



in marshes and fens 

 elymi, m Elymus arenarius, 



on the coast ; may be shaken 



out of the plant 



