THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



IMAGOS] 



MAY 



M. fuciformis ...flies in the sunshine, R. 



and hovers over fl., generally V. 



from 9 till II a.m., and 3 to 4 E. 



p. m. 



bombyliformis flies in the sunshine S. 



and hovers over fl. , seldom after 



I or 2 p.m. ; may be found at O. 



rest on the ground in dull weather B. 

 S. myopDeformis on apple, and pear 



trees, particularly if old, and A. 



unhealthy, and bushes, &c. , near H. 

 ,, culicifcrmis, e. on birch 



cynipiformis, e. on oaks ; s. in B. 



coppices T. 

 sphegiformis on low plants near 



alder, and hovers over fl. ; also 



flies in the evening 



apiformis, e. on poplars ; s. mis- 



taken for a hornet N. 

 H. lupulinus, e. flies just before dusk 



P. geryon on grassy hill-sides ; I. 



flies in the sunshine 



N. confusalis, e. at rest, on trees, &c. E. 



L. aureola rests on larch trunks, 



high up, and may be beaten 



from trees 



rubricollis ...flies in the sunshine, ,, 



over the tops of larch, &c. 



D. pulchella has been taken in 



fields, flying by day ,, 



C. plantaginis, e. hills, and the ridings H 



of hilly woods ; flies by day A. 



A. fuliginosa ,, 



,, mendica ,, 



lubricepeda ...gardens, &c. 



,, menthrasti ...gardens, &c. 



O. pudibunda ...gardens, &c. ; s. A 



found hanging to the undersides 



of bramble and hop leaves ; C. 



flies about II p.m. 



D. coryli beech woods, &c. 



B. rubi heaths, &c., in bright C. 



weather often flies about 3 p.m. ; 



also in the evening 



L. ilicifolia on moors 



S. carpini heaths, and open M 



places ; flies in the sunshine 



E. advenaria, e. hides in grassy rid- 



ings of woods, among bilberry ; S. 

 easily disturbed 



crataegata ...beaten from hedges 



maculata woods ; flies by day 



dolobraria ...woods; beaten from 

 oak 



lunaria woods ; comes to 1. 



illustraria woods 



.rests on tree trunks 

 .in the squares of 



..on trees 



..on trees, palings, 



bidentata .. 

 hirtaria, b. 



London 

 betularia ... 

 abruptaria 



&c. , and in gardens ; comes to 1. 



cinctaria 



consonaria . . at rest, on trees ; in 



beech woods 



crepuscularia, b. on trees 

 biundularia ...on trees, and palings 

 punctulata ... 

 viridata mosses and fens; 



fades soon after appearing 

 lactearia, e. ...woods; flies by day; 



soon fades 



porata woods 



punctaria woods 



trilinearia beech woods, flies in 



the sunshine 

 omicronaria... woods; beaten from 



maple 



orbicularia ...may be beaten from 

 pendularia ...woods, &c. [birch 



. auroi*aria in fens, &c. 



luteata woods 



canclidata woods 



Blomeraria ...on wooded hillsides, 



near wytch elms, at rest on 



larch, and other trees 



. ornata on grassy hills, &c. 



remutata, e. ...woods 



pusaria woods 



rotundaria ... 



exanthemaria woods 



temerata woods, &c., in the 



neighbourhood of wild cherry, 



and buckthorn 



taminata woods 



notata woods; on birch 



trunks 



liturata in larch woods 



clathrata in, and near saint- 



foin fields 



