THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



LARV^I] 



MAY 



E. adscitalla in Sesleria cserulea, 



and Aira caespitosa 

 rhyncosporella in Eriphorum, and 



Car ex 

 eleochariella...in Eriphorum, and 



Carex 



biatomella ...in Carex glauca 

 triatomella ...in a fine grass 

 pollinariella...Brachypodium syl- 



vaticum 

 cygnipennella Dactylis glomerata, 



and other grasses 

 T. dodon^ella from Oct., in oak 

 L. quinqueguttella in dwarf sallows 

 vacciniella ...in whortleberry 

 L. Clerckella ...in sloe, apple, 



cherry, hawthorn, &c. 

 C. spartifoliella under bark of broom 

 Wailesella ...in Genista tinctoria 



O. auritella in fl. stalks of Caltha 



palustris 

 B. aurimaculella on Chrysanthemum, 



and ox eye 

 maritimella ...Tripolium vulgare 



cristatella on yarrow 



artemisiella... Artemisia campestris, 



and yarrow 

 T. immundella . . . under bark of broom 



A. Bennetii Statice limonium 



P. Bertrami Achillea millefolium, 



and A. ptarmica 

 ochrodactylus yarrow shoots 

 isodactylus ...in shoots and stems 



of Senecio aquaticus, &c. 

 Zetterstedtii? in steins of Senecio 



sylvaticus 

 parvidactylus thyme, and Hiera- 



cium pilosella 

 ,, phseodactylus rest harrow 



serotinus Galium mollugo 



plagiodactylus Scabiosa, and Ve- 

 ronica chamaedrys 

 lithodactylus Inula dysenterica, & 



I. conyza 

 tephradactylus from Sept., golden 



rod ; in shady places 

 galactodactylus burdock 

 spilodactylus Marrubium vulgare 

 tetradactylus thyme 

 ,, pentadactylus convolvulus, &c. 

 dichrodactylus tansy 

 Lienigianus, e. Artemisia vulgaris 

 brachydactylus Lactuca muralis, &c. 

 fr baliodactylus Origanum vulgare 

 aridus on the Continent on 



fl. buds of Coris monspeliensis 



PUPJE] 



Although the practice of searching for pupoe has never been recommended 

 during the summer months, the number of kinds, as proved by the subjoined 

 list, shows that it should not be omitted from our programme, at least when 

 we are in quest of any particular species, or when circumstances prevent our 

 following out any other plan of operations. 



M. Athalia, e. ...suspended, among S. myopoeformis in wood of branches 



and trunks of apple, and pear 



trees 

 culiciformis ...in stumps of felled 



birch 

 formicseformis in withy stumps. 



Pupae of clear-wings are best 



plantain, &c. 



S. Megsera, b. ...on grass stems, &c. 

 L. Alexis, b. ...under stones, &c. 

 Adonis, m. ...sub. at, or among 



Hippocrepis comosa 

 S. populi sub., atr. of poplar, 



willow, &c. 

 tilise sub., at elm, lime, 



beech 



C. porcellus sub., near Galium 



elpenor sub., near willow 



herb, &c. 



sawn out of the wood 

 cynipiformis in oak stumps 

 muscseformis in the heart of 



withered plants of sea pink 

 tipuliformis ...in wood of currant 



bushes 



