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THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



IMAGOS] 



A. cordigera ...... at Rannoch 



in the sunshine 

 ,, myrtilli ......... on heaths, &c.; flies 



in the sunshine 

 H. arbuti, b. ...fields, &c. ; flies in 



the sunshine 

 A. sulphuralis ...wet places, among 



Convolvulus arvensis ; s. on fl. 



of knapweed in the day time ; 



flies quickly a little way, when 



disturbed 



A. luctuosa ...... flies in the sunshine, 



over fl., in clover fields, &c. ; on 

 the chalk and limestone 

 E. venustula ...... 



fuscula ...... "'s. in fir woods 



B. argentula ...... in the bogs of Killar- 



ney, and the S.W. of Ireland 

 H . unca ......... marshes, and fens 



M. ostrina ...... ) in sheltered spots, on 



parva ...... \ sand-hills 



A. urticse ......... 



,, triplasia ...... 



P. chrysitis ...... among nettle 



festucae, s. ...in fens, sea marshes, 



&c., and at fl. of Lythrum 

 salicaria 

 ,, iota ............ among Glechoma 



hederacea 

 v-aureum ...... over Lychnis fl., &c. 



gamma ......... flies in the sunshine 



JUNE 



flies 



,, interrogationis flies wildly ; rests on 

 rocks, and stumps, in dull weather 

 M. typica ......... rests on walls, &c. 



T. pastinum ...... beaten, from bushes 



O. lunaris ......... 



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M. salicalis ...... among long grass, 



and rushes, in wood-paths, and 

 young underwood ; comes to 1. 



H. proboscidalis among nettle 



crassalis ..... on heaths, among 

 bilberry ; may be beaten out of 

 over-hanging banks, in woods ; 

 is very active in the net 



H. albistrigalis... comes to rush fl., 

 and s. sugar 



R. sericealis in damp woods, and 



marshes 

 S. emortualis ...among oak 



H. derivalis 



barbalis beaten, from under- 

 growth 

 ,, tarsipennalis woods, &c. 



,, grisealis 



A. flexula beaten, from hedges, 



&c. 



P. fimbrialis at light 



farinalis at rest, in stables, 



corn stores, &c. 

 glaucinalis ...in thatch, and at 



A. pinguinalis ...on walls in stables, 

 houses, granaries, &c. 



cuprealis, e. occurs in houses 



C. augustalis 



P. purpuralis ...flies by day, among 



grass, &c. 

 ostrinalis flies by day 



R. sanguinalis ...flies at dusk 



E. octomaculalis woods, &c. 



A. nemoralis ... 



E. flammealis ...on sloping hills, and 

 cliffs, near the sea, among fern ; 

 very local 



N. cilialis in fens 



S. punctalis among Iris fcetidis- 



sima 



C. lemnalis flies over duckweed- 

 covered ponds, at dusk ; comes 

 to light 



P. stratiotalis ...beaten, from water- 

 plants ; flies at dusk ; comes to 

 light 



may be beaten from 

 water-plants ; flies 

 at dusk 



A. niveus at rest, on twigs, 



&c. , in weedy ponds, and rivers, 

 close to the water's edge, or 

 flying slowly over the surface 



B. pandalis among grass, &c., in 



woods, particularly beech 



verticalis among nettle 



,, lancealis in damp woods, or 



lanes near 

 fuscalis marshes, &c. 



H. nymphasalis 

 ,, stagnalis ... 



