THE LEPIDOPTERIST S CALENDAR 



PTTPJE] JUNE 



of the commonest species, are conspicuously exposed without covering, and 

 therefore fully open to injury or destruction, those of others are carefully 

 swathed in silk, and surrounded by almost indestructible coverings, and in- 

 geniously concealed, or buried in the earth, 



"Far from the sun and summer gale." 



It is the business of the collector, by acquiring a knowledge of the habits of 

 as many species as possible, to learn their secrets, and ' ' by his so potent art, " 

 to bring them to the light of day, for his own and others' advantage. 



A. Paphia on a stem of bramble, L. 



or some low shrub, in woods 

 ,, Aglaia, e. ...among violet, and 



wild heartsease, on hillsides, 

 &c. ; suspended by the tail 

 within an enclosure of spun Z. 

 leaves, on the top of the plant, 

 or attached to stalks of bent L. 

 grass, &c. P. 



Adippe among, or near Z. 



violets 



,, Latona among dog violet, 



or sweet violet 



M. Athalia, b suspended, among 



plantain, &c. 



V. c-album, b. ... suspended, among 

 nettle, and on walls, &c. 



urticae suspended, among 



nettle 



L. sibylla, e. ...suspended, on stems 



of fern, underside of leaf of N. 

 honeysuckle, &c. 



A. Iris has been found sus- S. 



pencled from underside of oak, 

 and sallow leaf, and neighbour- 

 ing objects 



A. Galatea attached to timothy, 



and other grass C. 



E. Medea, e. ...among moorland 



grass, near the ground L. 



S. Semele under r. of Aira,and 



Triticum, and clods, on dry 

 banks 



lanira ) attached to a 



Hyperanthus,e. ) blade of grass, &c. 



C. Davus among, or near 



Rhyncospora alba ; freely sus- 

 pended 



T. w-album, b. at wytch elm ; fas- 

 tened on a leaf, or twig 



^Egon, e among Ornithopus 



perpusillus, at the base of the 

 plant-stems 



Artaxerxes, b. slightly attached to 

 stems of sun cistus, neartheground 



sesculi in r., branch, or 



twig of elm, pear, &c. 



asellus spun up, on a leaf 



statices spun up, on sorrel 



minos oval cocoon, attached 



to stones 



trifolii cocoon on stem of 



grass, &c. ; yellow 



meliloti cocoon on grass 



stems, &c: ; pale yellow 



lonicera cocoon on stem of 



grass, &c. ; some yellow, some 

 white 



filipendulse ...cocoon on stem of 

 grass, &c. ; white 



albulalis probably in the 



leaves of bramble, or ash 



irrorella, b. . . .in a slight web, under 

 stones, oyster, cockle, mussel 

 shells, &c. , covered with ground 

 lichen; on the coast, just above 

 the tide mark 



miniata spun up, under moss, 



on lichen-covered trees 



deplana spun up, on lichen- 

 covered trees 



lurideola spun up, on lichen- 

 covered trees, and old walls 



molybdeola...spun up, under 

 stones, or moss 



complana under moss, on lichen- 

 covered sloe, and fir, and on 

 rocks, on the sea shore 



griseola under moss, on lichen- 

 covered poplars, c, 



