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THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



LARVJE] 



sloe, 



N. ziczac ......... poplars, 



willow, alder 

 Chaonia, m. oak 

 D. cseruleocephala hawthorn, 



apple 

 C. diluta ......... oak, birch; between 



united leaves 

 or ............... poplars ; between 



the leaves 

 ,, flavicornis ...birch, in rolled up 



leaves ; cannot be beaten out 

 ,, ridens ......... oak; bet ween united 



leaves 

 A. leporina ...... birch, poplar, alder, 



sallow 



megacephala poplar 

 rumicis ......... bramble, plantain, 



and other low plants ; will eat 



knotgrass 

 Ir auricoma ...... bramble, bilberry, 



birch, oak 

 menyanthidis Menyanthes trifb- 



liata, Myrica gale, heath, bram- 



ble, sallow 

 N. fulva ......... in stems of Carex, 



and Poa aquatica 

 Hellmanni, b. in r. of common 



reed 

 ,, neurica ......... in stems of common 



reed 

 ,, geminipuncta in stems of common 



reed. Holes covered with silk 



from within are visible on stems 



containing larvae 

 lutosa ......... from Oct., in stems 



of common reed, near the r. 

 H. nictitans ...... at r. of Tussilago, 



Cyperacse, &c. 

 ,, petasitis ...... in stems, and r. of 



butter burr, and burdock 

 ,, micacea ...... at the base of leaves 



of Carex, and inside stems, and 



r. of Equisetum arvense, and 



E. fluviatile, and dock 

 X. lithoxylea ...grass, and other 



plants 

 X. conspicillaris Lotus corniculatus, 



and other low plants 

 C. graminis ...... r. of grass; hides 



under stones 



JUNE 



sallows, L. cespitis grasses ; hides among 



the r. by day 



C. exulis, b various species of Poa 



M. furva grasses, especially 



Aira canescens 



brassicas cabbage, dock, 



Chenopodium, chrysanthemum, 

 &c. 



M. strigilis grasses, and other 



plants 



literosa slender foxtail grass, 



and other plants 



furuncula Festuca, slender fox- 

 tail grass, and other plants 

 arcuosa, b. ...Aira csespitosa 

 C. Haworthii ... Eriphorum vagi- 

 natum 



A. suffusa r. of spinach, lettuce, 



radish, &c. 



cursoria Euphorbia esula, 



sandwort, sea violet, &c. 



,, nigricans plantain, clover, &c. 



tritici roots of sandwort, 



sea violet, and other low plants 



,, prascox sandwort, sea violet, 



chickweed, and other low 

 plants, on the coast ; also dwarf 

 willows. May be traced, and 

 dug up in the sand, in which it 

 burrows 



T. pronuba from Aug., dock, 



and other plants 



N. glareosa dock, sorrel, broom 



,, subrosea Myrica gale, sallow 



,, rubi low plants 



T. piniperda Scotch, and other 



firs 



T. gothica sallow, hawthorn, 



oak, &c. ; also dock, nettle, 

 laurel, broom, lilac, &c. 

 ,, leucographa plantain 



rubricosa dock, elm 



instabilis sloe, sallow, willow, 



oak, dock, and other low plants 



opima willow, sallow, rose 



,, populeti poplars, especially 



Populus nigra ; between united 

 leaves 

 stabilis oak, elm, hawthorn, 



