THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



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LARVJE] JUNE 



C. Edusa Dutch clover, lu- 

 cerne, &c. 



A. Paphia, b. ...from Aug., dog, and 

 sweet violet 



Aglaia, b. ...from Aug., dog, and 

 sweet violet, and wild hearts- 

 ease, on hill-sides, and sea-side 

 sand-hills 



,, Adippe, b. ...from Aug., dog, and 

 sweet violet 



,, Latona from Aug., violet, 



and wild heartsease 



V. c-album nettle, elm, hop, 



sloe, currant 



l( urticae, b nettle; in batches, 



on the underside of the leaves ; 

 green 



,, polychloros .. elm, osiers, sallow, 

 aspen, Pyrus aria, and fruit 

 trees ; s. the eggs are laid in the 

 autumn, and the young larvce 

 hibernate 



Antiopa willow, birch, pop- 

 lar, nettle 



lo nettle 



Atalanta nettle, generally in 



sheltered places 



cardui Cirsium arvense, and 



other thistles; will also eat nettle, 

 mallow, scarlet bean, &c. 



A. Iris from Aug., sallow, 



poplar 



E. Medea from Oct. , moorland 



grasses 

 S. TEgeria, 2 grasses 



Megsera, 2 ...grasses 



Semele from Aug., quaking 



grass, couch grass, &c. ; on dry 

 hill-sides, and sea-shore sand- 

 hills 



Tithonus from Aug., annual 



meadow grass, &c. 



Hyperanthus from Aug., Aira 

 caespitosa, annual meadow, mil- 

 let, and other grasses, in and 

 near woods 



C. pamphilus ...grasses 

 T. quercus, b. ...oak. See last month 



w-album, b. ...wytch elm 



,. pruni sloe 



T. betulse sloe, birch; generally 



on stunted bushes 



P. hippothoe ...great water dock; 

 formerly in the Cambridge 

 fens 



Phlseas dock, ragwort, sorrel 



L. JEgon Ornithopus perpu- 



sillus 



Corydon ...*;. .from Oct., Hippo- 

 crepis comosa, &c. 



Argiolus holly, and probably 



also on buckthorn. The eggs 

 have been laid on the fl. -stalks, 

 rather close to the fl. ; the larva 

 feeds first on the fl., then on the 

 green berries. Some have been 

 found on the underside of the 

 leaves, in which they had eaten 

 shot-holes. It spins up closely 

 adhering to the underside of a 

 holly leaf; the butterfly appear- 

 ing in Aug. , as the second, or 

 autumnal brood 



H. comma Ornithopus perpu- 



sillus, Lotus corniculatus, and 

 other Leguminosas, in rolled-up 

 leaves 



linea from Aug., grasses. 



Conceals itself by drawing the 

 edges of a blade of grass together 



Actseon in Calamagrotis epi- 



gejos 



D. lineata Galium, vine, &c. 



S. chrysidiformis r. of dock, and 

 sorrel. Supposed to be 2 years 

 feeding up 



Z. meliloti, b. ...from July, Lotus 

 corniculatus, vetches, &c. ; par- 

 tial to chalky soils 



N . senex lichens ; in fens, and 



bogs 



,, mundana lichens; on top stones 



of walls 



C. miniata from Aug., lichen, 



on oaks (Lichen caninus) ; also 

 withered sallow, and oak 



L. muscerda lichens, on sallow, 



in fens 



pygmseola lichens, among 



moss 



