THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



LARVJE] 



MAY 



N. augur from August, low O. 



plants, hawthorn, sallow, &c. A. 

 ,, ditrapezium ...low plants &c.] 

 triangulum, b. sallow, bramble, 

 rhomboidea...from Sept., chick- 

 weed, when young, afterwards 



on sallow, hawthorn 



,, brunnea sallow 



,, festiva from Aug., violet, 



sallow, foxglove, &c. 



,, conflua from Aug., Silene 



acaulis, and many other plants 

 Dahlii from Sept., low plants; C. 



found at night on heaths, &c. 



subrosea M y rica gale, sallow 



umbrosa from Sept., dock, 



and other low plants S. 



baia low plants 



neglecta from Oct., heath, 



birch, sallow, and low plants ; D. 



found at night on heaths, &c. 

 xanthographa from Oct., plantain, H, 



&c. ; hides under stones, &c. X. 

 T. gothica sallow, hawthorn, 



oak, &c., also dock, nettle, 



laurel, broom, lilac, &c. 



rubricosa dock 



instabilis sloe, sallow, willow, 



oak, dock, and other low plants 



opima willow, sallow, rose 



populeti poplars, especially 



Populus nigra ; between united 



leaves [&c. 



,, stabilis oak, elm, hawthorn, (l 



gracilis willow, sallow, low 



plants 



miniosa oak, and birch, 



when young, then hawthorn, 



and low plants C. 



munda oak, elm, poplar; 



hides in the bark crevices, and 



under detached pieces 

 crucla oak, nut, sallow; 



also other caterpillars 



O. suspecta birch, poplar 



,, upsilon willow, poplar; hides 



under loose bark, or grass at 



the r. 

 lota willow, sallow; hides 



in the bark crevices 



macilenta beech, birch 



rufina oak 



pistacina buttercups, dock, 



&c. Spins a tight, neat earthen 

 cocoon, in which it remains 

 some weeks before pupation 



litura meadow sweet, and 



other low plants ; also oak, 

 willow, alder 



lunosa, b from Oct., grasses 



in elevated places ; concealed 

 under stones 



spadicea sloe, hawthorn, and 



honeysuckle, when young; later 

 on various low plants 



erythrocephala low plants 



satellitia oak, &c., between 



the leaves ; also other cater- 

 pillars 



rubiginea apple, plum, dan- 

 delion, and other low plants 



croceago oak 



citrago lime 



cerago sallows, when young; 



later on low plants. Larvae 

 feeding on Salix capreae and S. 

 aurita, Mr. Gregson says, almost 

 always produce the typical 

 species ; while those which feed 

 upon the catkins and leaves of 

 S. viminalis often produce the 

 lemon-coloured variety and its 

 variations 



aurago beech; hides in the 



chinks of the bark 



gilvago wytch elm (seeds) 



ferrbginea ...sallow, Populus tre- 

 mula (buds), wytch elm (seeds) 



xerampelina, b. from Dec., on 

 ash; may be found at dusk, 

 crawling up ash trunks ; con- 

 cealed in chinks of bark, and 

 among grass at the base of the 

 tree, during the day. Towards 

 the middle or end of the month, 

 having become full-fed, the 

 larva spins under ground a very 

 neat and compact boat-like co- 

 coon, in which it remains some 

 time before changing to a pupa 



