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THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



LARVJE] JULY 



Some few of the larvse to be found this month occur in the list with the 

 "h" annexed, signifying that they hibernate. These are, of course, now 

 extremely small, and at this busy period of the year, unless required for pur- 

 poses of observation, will be passed over by the Collector, until they re- 

 appear in the spring, in a state approaching maturity, especially as it is 

 generally found to be a " ticklish job " to imitate the natural conditions 

 sufficiently to preserve small larvse alive through the winter. 



During hot summers, and not unfrequently in confinement, especially with 

 a little forcing, "double broods," or second appearances, of an insect not 

 ordinarily appearing twice in a year, will come upon us. Sometimes only a 

 portion of a brood feeds up rapidly, and the second imago emerges before the 

 winter. S. ocellatus, and S. populi are pretty regularly double-brooded in 

 the South and West of England, in confinement, without forcing, though we 

 believe a second brood of S. ocellatus has never been seen at large. If the 

 summer be hot, a second brood of S. populi not unfrequently occurs, and 

 then the larvse appear this month. 



Alsus Anthyllis vulneraria, 



in the fl. -heads, or legumes ; 

 full grown about the m. of the 

 month, but do not change to 

 pupae till after the winter 



Arion, h. ? ...thyme; in the fl., or 

 among the seeds when young ; 

 is supposed to hibernate 



Lucina primrose, and cow- 

 slip; eats small holes in the leaves 



Tages Lotus corniculatus 



sylvanus grasses; in rolled-up 



blades 



comma, b. ...trefoil, and other 

 Leguminosse; in rolled-up leaves 



convolvuli ...small convolvulus, 

 balsam, &c. ; hides under sods 



lineata Galium, vine, c. 



fuciformis ...Lychnis, Scabiosa, 

 Galium, honeysuckle, &c. 



bombyliformis Scabiosa 



ichneumoniformis in r. of Lotus 

 corniculatus 



muscaeformis in stems of Statice 

 armeria. The larva is found 

 from this month to Sept., and is 

 supposed to be 2 yrs. feeding up 



sylvinus at r. of sorrel, and 



dock ; 2 years feeding 



nubigena, h thyme 



meliloti, e . h. Lotus corniculatus, 

 vetches, &c. ; partial to chalky 

 soils 



P. Machaon ...Peucedanum palustre, L. 



and other Umbelliferse ; in fens 

 A. cardamines ...Cardamine, Erysi- 



mum, &c. ; on the seeds 

 G. rhamni, b. ...buckthorn 



C. Edusa Dutch clover, 



lucerne, &c. 



Hyale clover, melilot 



A. Euphrosyne, h. dog, and sweet N. 



violet 



Selene, h. .. dog, and sweet violet T. 

 M. Cinxia, h. ...Plantago lanceolata H. 



V. Antiopa willow, birch, poplar, 



nettle 



t| Io nettle, feeding 



exposed, generally gregarious S. 



Atalanta nettle ; feeding 



concealed in curled-up leaves D. 



,, cardui thistles ; under a M. 



web, from 3 to 6 or so, on a 

 plant. Will also eat nettle 



S. ^Egeria, b. 2... grasses S. 



,, Megaera, b. 2 grasses 

 C. Pamphilus, 2 grasses 



T. rubi, b bramble; buds, and 



fl. ; also broom, Genista, birch, 

 Salix fusca, and bilberry 



betulae sloe, birch ; gene- H, 



rally stunted bushes 



L. boetica Collutea arborescens Z. 



,, agestis, 2 ... Erodium circutarium 

 ,, Adonis, e. 2... Hippocrepis co- 

 mosa, &c. 



