THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



IMAGOS] 



MAY 



P. lacertula the hook-tips may 



be beaten from their hiding- 

 places, in trees, by a long pole; 

 females may be thus obtained, 

 which are rarely seen 



sicula, e 



,, falcula 



hamula flies in the day time, 



generally in the morning; may 

 be beaten from oak ; comes to 1. 



unguicula a day-flyer; maybe 



beaten from beech 



C. spinula at rest, on palings, &c. 



D. bicuspis 

 ,, furcula, 



,, bifida, e. 

 vinula ... 

 bucephala 

 curtula . 

 reclusa . 

 crenata. 

 palpina 



camelina hides on fronds of 



fern, and in, and on trees ; 

 comes to 1. 



dictsea at rest, at base of 



willows, and large poplars 

 dictseoides ... 

 ,, dromedarius at 1. 



tritophus 



,, ziczac hides in bark crevices 



of poplar 



trepida at 1., and on oak 



trunks 



Chaonia 



,, Dodonea 



T. batis 



at dusk 



C. duplaris 



fluctuosa ... ) do not always travel 

 ocularis ... ) quietly when boxed 



A. psi at rest, on tree trunks 



(l leporina on tree trunks, s. 



high up 



,, aceris on trunks of syca- 

 mores, and palings 

 megacephala on tree trunks, and 

 palings 



,, alni this rare species has 



been taken at sugar 



.flies over bramble, 



A. ligustri at rest, on ash trees 



rumicis 



auricoma 



,, myricee in the North 



M. flammea 



X. rurea, e 



X. conspicillaris, b. rests on trees, 

 especially where the bark has 

 been stripped 

 N. saponaria, e. 

 P. leucophaea, e. 

 M. albicolon, e. on the coast 



brassicae on walls, palings, 



&c. 



basilinea 



unanimis, e. marshes, and fens 



trilinea in grassy places 



palustris, e. has been taken at 1. 

 cubicularis ...beaten from thatch 

 tenebrosa, m. 



pronuba 



c.-nigrum ... 



rubi 



T. gothica at fl. 



, ( rubricosa at fl. 



opima at fl. 



populeti at fl. 



D. carpophaga ... at 1. 

 capsophila ... 



capsincola ... 



cucubali may be taken at rest, 



and hovers over fl. 



E. lucipara 



H. adusta, e. ... 



dentina 



,, chenopodii ...at 1. 



suasa at sugared fl., on 



commons, &c. 



ii P isi e -. 



thalassina, e. 



genistse, e. ... 



rectilinea at rest, on stones, 



&c. , on dull days 

 C. perspicillaris 

 C. verbasci 



scrophulariae 



asteris 



chamomill3e...s. hides under the 



top ledge of a paling 

 H. marginata, e. 



