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THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



IMAGOS] 



MAY 



P. petraria E. 



N. pulveraria ... ,, 



S. belgiaria, e. ...heaths 



F. carbon aria ... 



atomaria .fields, woods, fens, 



heaths ,, 



piniaria flies in the sunshine, 



round fir trees; flies high after 



the first week 



M. euphorbiata woods ,, 



S. sacraria flies by day; has 



been taken at fl., at sugar, and L. 

 at 1. 



L. purpuraria ...in the north; flies by 



day, on dry hills 



A. ononaria, e. among, or near rest T. 



harrow Y. 



A. citraria. m. ...among wild carrot, 



chiefly on the coast M. 



L. adustata among spindle 



L. marginata ...woods M, 

 P. hippocastanaria flies after dusk, 



among heather 

 L. pectinitaria ...in hedges ; comes 



to sugar 



E. albulata among yellow rattle ,, 



,, blandiata 



E. venosata among Silene, and 



Lychnis, and on palings near ,, 



consignata ...in apple orchards, A. 



rests on the trunks, just below 



the first branches C. 



linariata among toadflax 



pulchellata ...among foxglove ,, 



,, centaureata ...on palings, &c., and C. 



among ragwort, &c. P. 



,, plumbeolata, e. M 



,, pygmseata ...flies in the sunshine, S. 



among long grass, and settles on 



low fl. C. 



helveticata ... 



,, satyrata ,, 



castigata on palings, c. 



lariciata .... among larch 



virgaureata ...among golden rod JL. 

 albipunctata has occurred as early 



as Jan. and Feb. A. 



pusillata among spruce C. 



irriguata rests on birch, oak, 



&c. ; may also be beaten 



pimpinellata 



fraxmata, e....s. as early as Jan. 



indigata on fir trunks 



nanata on heaths 



vulgati 



assimilata 



dodoneata ..flies in the early 



morning sunshine 



exiguata 



pumilata 



coronata on trees, and palings 



sexalata on tree trunks, in 



hedges, and by beating 

 hexapterata . . . woods 



viretata on birch, and fir trunks 



simulata 



ruberata 



impluviata ... 



ocellata 



albicillata ... 

 , hastata, e. ...woods ; flies in the 



sunshine, generally after 2 p. m. ; 



may be beaten from birch, and 



other trees 

 procellata ...beaten from clematis 



sociata (subtristata) 



montanata ...woods 



fluctuata ......on walls, and palings 



galiata 



derivata 



berberata 



propugnata ...woods 



ferrugata woods 



uniclentaria ... 



fluviata at light 



lignala, e. ... 



vitalbata beaten from clematis 



certata at rest on palings, 



&c. ; also at light 



corylata woods 



russata woods 



suffumata flies at dusk 



silaceata among willow herb 



prunata 



lineolata 



grasses, 



plagiata . 



obliquaria 



not fly 



II p.m. 



rests on 



on the coast 



coarse 



... among broom ; does 

 till between 10 and 



