THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



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LARV.E] 



MAY 



T. subtusa poplar, between the A 



leaves 



retusa, e sallow, poplar, wil- H 



low ; between the leaves. The ,, 

 skin is very delicate,' so that the 

 lines look as if raised ; head 

 small, yellowish green, or black- C. 

 ish brown. These characters 

 distinguish it from E. viminalis, C. 

 which it otherwise resembles 



D. oo oak; between united 



leaves 



C. trapezina oak, birch, horn- 



beam, &c. ; also 'other cater- 

 pillars X 



,, pyralina pear, plum, &c. ; 



between united leaves 



diffinis ) elm; between united 



,, affinis ) leaves ,, 



E. ochroleuca ...Dactylis glomerata C. 



D. capsophila ...Silene maritima, & 



S. inflata (seeds) 



P. chi hawthorn, sallow, A. 



hawkweed, dock, Sonchus, A. 

 lettuce, tea tree, &c. 



D. templi Heracleum sphon- 



dylium, inside the stem and root P. 



E. nigra Galium mollugo, 



plantain, grass 



viminalis sallow. Occurs with 



T. retusa, which it resembles, 

 but the head is pale grey, with 

 the lobes outlined in black ; 

 the lines more sharply denned, tf 

 and two pairs of whitish dots on (l 

 the back of each segment A. 



lichenea from Nov. , ragwort, 



and various low "plants, on the 

 coast 



V. oleagina sloe, in shady places, M. 



and skirts of woods 



M. bimaculosa ...elm T. 



oxyacanthas... hawthorn, sloe C. 



A. Aprilina oak 



P. empyrea from Nov., pile- 

 wort, c. 



A. occult a primrose, plantain, 



and other low plants 



nebulosa from Oct., sallow, 



hawthorn, birch, &c. E. 



2 



tincta from Sept., birch, 



grass, and low plants 



. protea oak 



dentina roots of dandelion 



peregrina Chenopodium, and 



ijalsola kali 

 solidaginis ...bilberry; will also 



eat hawthorn 

 vetusta poplar, and various 



meadow and marsh plants 

 exoleta scabious, campion, 



rest harrow, dock, Eryngium 



maritimum, turnip, asparagus, 



&c. 

 Lambda (Zinckenii) Myricagale; 



on moors 



furcifera alder, birch 



rhizolitha oak 



petrificata, e. oak. lime, birch 

 chamomillae...chamomile, fl., Py- 



rethrum inodorum, and P. 



maritimum 



myrlilli, s. ...from Oct., heath 

 luctuosa small convolvulus; 



feeds by night, chiefly on the 



fl.-buds 

 bractea Eupatorium canna- 



binum 

 festucse Carex, reeds, and 



grasses, near the sea 

 iota nettle, dead nettle, 



honeysuckle, groundsel, &c. ; 



may be easily found at night 



v-aureum nettle, &c. 



interrogationis nettle 



pyramidea ...oak, elm, birch, 



willow 

 tragopogonis hawthorn, larkspur, 



and low plants 

 maura from Sept., dock, 



chickweed, ivy, &c. 



pastinum Vicia cracca 



nupta Salix fragilis, and 



poplar; hides under bnrk during 



the day; may be found at night 



crawling up the tree trunks to 



feed 



promissa oak 



sponsa oak 



mi Melilotus 



