THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



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LARVJE] 



N. fulva Poa aquatica, and 



Carex, in the stems ; in damp 

 woods and fens 



,, neurica common reed, in 



the stems; a small hole is visible 

 in the stem of the plant tenanted 

 by a larva 



geminipuncta common reed, in the 

 stems. Holes covered with silk 

 from within are visible on stems 

 containing larvse 



cannoe on Typha latifolia 



lutosa from (Jet , in steins 



of common reed, below the 

 ground 



G. flavago marsh, and other 



thistles, burdock, alder, fox- 

 glove, &c. 



H. nictitans at r. of Tussilago, 



Cyperacese, &c. 



micacea at base of leaves of 



Carex, and inside stems and r. 

 of Equisetum, dock, &c. 



X. lithoxylea at r. of grass, and 



other plants 



polyodon low plants 



scolopacina ..wood rushes, and 

 grasses 



H. popalaris at r. of grasses 



L. cespitis grasses. Hides 



among the r. by day 



M. abjecta at r. of couch grass; 



the species generally occurs 

 on the coast, and in confine- 

 ment the food -plant should be 

 sprinkled with salt water 



brassicse cabbage, clock, Che- 



nopodium, and chrysanthemum; 

 eats into the heart of cabbages 



A. gemina from Aug., grasses ; 



hides at r. by day 



fibrosa in fl.-stemsof yellow 



flag 



,, oculea in stems of Dactylis 



glomerata, and other grass 



M. literosa slender foxtail grass 



furuncula in stems of Festuca, 



and slender foxtail gra<s 



arcuosa Aira cespitosa, at 



the crown of the root 



MAY 



C. Haworthii ... Eriphorum vagi- 



natum 

 G. trilinea greater plantain, and 



other plants ; hides amcng the 



r. by day 

 A. valligera from Oct., at r. of 



grasses, mostly on the ccast 

 suffusa at r. of grass, lettuce, 



radish, spimch, &c. 



saucia low plants 



exJamationis from Sept., at r. of 



cabbage, turnips, &c. 

 ,, corticea, b. ...from Sept., Cheno- 



podium album, and other plants 

 cinerea from Sept., at r. of 



low plants 

 cursoria Euphorbia esula, 



sand wort, sea violet, &c. 



,, nigricans plantain, clover, &c. 



aquilina plantain, cliickweed, 



cabbage, poppy, bedstraw, 



clover, &c. 

 obelisca Galium verum, and 



low plants 



agathina ... ) heath, found at night 

 porphyrea \ on heaths, or moors 

 prsecox sea-side sand wort, 



sea violet, chick weed, and other 



low plants on the coast ; also 



Salix repens, and other dwarf 



willows. May be traced, and 



dug up in the sand, in which it 



burrows 7 or 8 in. 

 ravida at roots of thistle, 



dandelion, &c. 

 Ashworthii ...fiom Oct., fescue 



grass, hawkweed, sun cistus, 



thyme, heath, harebell, &c. 

 T. ianthina from Aug , broom, 



chickweed, and other low plants 

 fimbria from Oct., birch, 



oak, sallow, broom, primrose ; 



may be found at night feeding 



on primrose fl. 

 orbona from Aug., broom, 



and low plants 

 pronuba from Aug., dock, 



and other plants 

 N. depuncta sorrel, and other 



low plants 



