THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



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IMAGOS] JUNE 



C. porcellus may be found on 



patches of Galium verum, or on 

 the ground, near ; hovers over 

 fl. at early dusk, and comes to 

 sugar 



elpenor at honeysuckle, yel- 

 low flag, and other fl., and at 

 light 



nerii 



M. fuciformis, b. flies in the sunshine, 

 and hovers over fl., from 9 till 

 II a.m., and 3 to 4 p.m. 



bombyliformis flies in the sun- 

 shine, and hovers over fl., sel- 

 dom after I or 2 p.m. 

 S. myopreformis on old apple, and 

 pear trees, and fl., bushes, and 

 palings near )( 



culiciformis... on birch ,, 



f( formicseformis, b. in, and near 

 withy beds ; flies in the sun- 

 shine ; fond of sunning itself on 

 leaves 



chrysidiformis, e. on the S.E. ,, 

 coast ; flies from about 9 to 1 1 

 a.m., and 3 to 4 p.m. ; "booms S. 

 along like a burnet " N. 



ichneumoniformis by sweeping the N, 

 fl. of rushes, &c., on slopes on 

 the coast ; hovers over fl. 



cynipiformis...at rest, on oak; s. 

 in coppices S. 



muscseformis on the coast, among L. 

 sea pink 



tipuliformis among currant 



bushes ; flies in the sunshine, 

 and rests on the leaves 



scoliseformis... 



sphegiformis, b. at rest, on alder, ,, 

 and low plants ; hovers over fl. ; 

 also flies in the evening , r 



asiliformis ... 



apiformis on poplars; liable 



to be mistaken for a hornet 

 M. arundinis ...among reeds; emerges 



from the pupa generally at about E. 

 lop.m. D. 



Z. oesculi on trees, &c. 



C. ligniperda ...on trees, and palings E. 

 H. hectus ...flies at dusk 



. lupulinus flies just before dusk 



velleda on walls, and in 



crevices of birch trunks 



humuli infields, &c. 



asellus, e. ... 



testudo may be shaken from 



young oaks ; the flies in the 



sunshine 



statices, b. ...in damp meadows 

 geryon on grassy hill-sides ; 



flies in the sunshine 

 globularise, m. in grassy places ; 



very local ; generally appears 



on the I4th, or I5th 

 minos flies in the sunshine, 



during the early part of the day; 



afterwards rests on fl. 



nubigena flies in the sunshine 



trifolii flies in the sunshine 



meliloti, e. ...smaller, slenderer, 



and less densely clothed than 



trifolii, and the marginal bor- 

 der of the hind wing narrower 



lonicerse flies in the sunshine 



filipendulse ...flies in the sunshine 



phegea on old ramparts 



ancilla 



, cucullatella ...at rest, on trees, and 



palings 



confusalis at rest, on trees, &c. 



strigula 



irrorella on the coast 



mesomella ...on trees, &c. 

 aureola, b. ...rests on larch trunks, 



high up, and may be beaten 



from trees 

 deplana .beaten from yew, 



larch, &c. 



lurideola at fl. 



griseola comes to fl. 



stramineola (var. ) by damp wood- 

 sides, ditches, and fens 

 rubricollis . .flies in the sunshine, 



over trees, &c.; s. perches on 



grass 



grammica, e. on heaths 

 pulchella has been taken in 



fields, flying by day 

 jacobese, e. ...gardens, fields, &c. ; 



flies in the sunshine 



