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THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



LARV^I] 



MAY 



G. geminana ...in shoots of Vacci- 



nium 

 H. cruciana in sallow and willow 



shoots 



B. angustiorana yew 



P. corticana hawthorn 



profundana ...oak 



ophthalmicana white poplar 



sordidana alder 



E. bimaculana ...alder, birch 



cirsiana from Sept., in thistle 



and knapweed stems, in woods 



,, Pfulgiana from Sept. , in thistle 



and knapweed stems, in open 

 places; the piece of stem con- 

 taining the larvae may be cut 

 off above and below the en- 

 trance-hole, and kept in damp 

 sand 



turbidana roots of butter-burr? 



foeniana from Oct., in r. of 



Artemesia 



signatana Cerasus padus 



grandaevana (?) in r. of Petasites, & 

 Tussilago 



,, populana sallows 



O. ulmana? bilberry 



S. spiniana? .. . hawthorn, sloe 



C. Hercy niana... spruce fir 



ustomaculana Vaccinium 

 P. mercuriana ...Dryas octopetala 



R. Buoliana Scotch fir 



pinicolana ...inshootsof Scotch fir 



sylvestrana .. in shoots of Scotch fir 



S. regiana under sycamore bark 



D. politana r. of Achillea mille- 



folium 



alpinana (?) ...tansy r. (?) 



Petiverana ...r. of Achillea mille- 

 folium 



acuminatana ox eye 



simpliciana ...Artemesia 



consortana ...shoots of chrysan- 

 themum 

 C. hypericana ...tops of hypericum 



maritimana ...Artemesia maritima 



S. vibrana Carduus acanthoides, 



and C. crispus 



E. dubitana Hieracium, fl., and 



other Composite 



E. ambiguana ..in fl.-buds of vine? 

 angustana ...heath 



veciisana Plantago maritima 



X. hamana has been bred from 



On on is repens 

 A. zephyrana ...in stems and r. of 



Eryngium maritimum 

 C. Francillonana from Oct., in stems 

 of wild carrot 



T. pubicornella on ?nearGrass- 



ington, Yorks 



pseudo-bombycella from October, 

 lichen, on oak, beech, &c. ; in a 

 long slender case 



THE PSYCHE. If a sharp look- 

 out is kept in likely localities, the case- 

 bearing larvse of some of the genus 

 Psyche may be found, though the per- 

 fect insect is rarely met with. Mr. R. 

 MITFORD, of Hampstead, who has 

 added much to our knowledge of the 

 English members of this unsatisfactory 

 group, writes to me of them as fol- 

 lows: They have had here few friends, 

 and in our List we have one or two 

 which do not agree with Bruand's 

 description of the insects. With the 

 exception of a few of the species, it 

 is utterly impossible to give the food- 

 plant, as many of them are not found 

 until they are crawling up tree-trunks,- 

 &c., to spin up, and others which may 

 be found feeding on leaf or lichen on 

 one tree or plant, will readily accom- 

 modate themselves to anything else 

 that falls in their way ; yet 1 have 

 found that nearly all the species I find 

 at Hampstead prefer the buckthorn 

 bushes, particularly when in blossom, 

 to anything else, whether for leaf, 

 blossom, or lichen, I know not, but 

 they will eat all the three. I have 

 found all these insects the easiest 

 things to rear in existence. 

 P. villosella (nigricans) e. grasses, 

 heath, furze, &c. ; New Forest, 

 &c. Probably 2 years feeding 

 up. This, and other low-plant 

 feeding case- bearers, may be 

 obtained by sweeping, or beating 



