THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



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dotata 

 cervinaria 

 mensuraria 

 lineolata .. 



LARVAE] JUNE 



H. auroraria, b. from Aug., plantain A. badiata 



A. strigaria, b. (?) ? Will eat derivata 



knotgrass suckle 



strigilata from Aug., Clematis, ,, berberata 



Stachys, &c. P lapidata 



imitaria Galium; will also ,, 



eat sorrel S. 



P. petraria brake fern 



S. sacraria dock, chamomile 



A. gilvaria from Sept., Achillea ,, 



millefolium, &c. 



L. marginata ... sallow, willow, aspen 

 H. leucophearia oak, maple 

 aurantiaria ...oak, birch, haw- C. 



thorn 

 progemmaria oak, birch, hornbeam 



A. sescularia oak, elm, lime, sloe, 



hawthorn, horse chesnut, apple, 

 privet, &c. E. 



C. boreata birch, in a curled-up 



leaf 



O. dilutata oak, and other trees 



L. multistrigaria Galium 

 ruficinctata ...Saxifragagranulata, C. 

 and S. hypnoides ; has also 

 been found on fruit trees, pep- C. 

 permint, and sage 

 E. consignata ...fruit trees, oak, nut, 



&c. 



ii pygmseata ... Stellaria holostea, P. 

 fl. ; will also eat Cerastium 

 tomentosum, fl. 



,, pusillata spruce ,, 



irriguata oak, sloe 



pimpinellata seeds of Pimpinella 



magna, and P. saxifraga, also C. 

 Angelica 



dodoneata ...oak P. 



abbreviata ...oak 

 sobrinata juniper 



,, pumilata fl. of Anthriscus syl- 



vestris, gorse, marjoram, asters, 

 clematis, &c. 

 L. polycommata honeysuckle, ash 



T. simulata juniper P. 



M. rubiginata ...alder 



M. rivata Galium Mollugo P. 



M sociata Galium Mollugo 



,, fluctuata cabbage, horse- N 



radish, nasturtium, &c. 



...dog rose 

 ,..dog rose, 



honey- 



.. bar berry 



.. ? will eat clematis 

 vitalbata, e. ..Clematis vitalba 



dubitata buckthorn 



vetulata, b. ...buckthorn; between 



united leaves 

 rhamnata, b. buckthorn, birch ; 



between united leaves 

 certata barberry ; between 



united leaves 

 immanata . . . bilberry, alder, birch, 



strawberry, &c. 

 prunata currant, gooseberry, 



sloe, &c. 



. .black and red currant 



..mallow, hollyhock 



..grasses 



..Galium verum, on 



the coast ; will also eat G. 



sexatile and G. Mollugo 

 imbutata cranberry ; also eats 



whortleberry 

 spartiata broom ; feeds under 



the leaves, in which it makes 



holes. Is a cannibal in con- 

 finement 

 lacertula birch; between 



united leaves 



sicula oak, birch, lime 



hamula, e. ...oak, birch 

 unguicula, e. beech ; generally on 



pollard and stunted trees 

 spinula, b hawthorn, sloe, 



mountain ash 

 Cassinea, b. ...oak ; s. elm, lime, 



sallow ; grips its food-plant 



tightly 

 nubeculosa ...birch; stale, dryish 



food is stated to suit the larva 



best, in confinement ; two years 



in pupa 

 plumigera ...maple ; will also eat 



sycamore 

 palpina, e willows, sallows, 



poplars 



carmelita birch 



dictsea, e. . . . poplars, sallow, willow 



