THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



LAEVJE] JULY 



H. micacea at the base of leaves 



of Carex, and inside stems, and 

 r. of Equisetum arvense, and 

 E. fluviatile, and dock 

 X. conspicillaris Lotus corniculatus, 



and other low plants 

 N. saponaria ...Silene, Lychnis, and 

 other low plants 



M. albicolon Atriplex, and Chen- 



' opodium, on coast-sands, &c. ; 

 also lettuce, &c., in gardens 



H brassicse cabbage, dock, 



Chenopodium, chrysanthemum, 



&c. [atum 



C. Haworthii ... Eriphorum vagin- 



H. palustris plantain, and other 



low plants 



A. suffusa, r. of spinach, let- 

 tuce, radish, &c. 



,, saucia plantain, dock, and 



other low plants 



segetum, h. ...inr. of turnips, &c. 

 ,, corticea, h. ...Chenopodium j*, 



cursoria Euphorbia esula, 



sandwort, sea violet, &c. 



tritici r. of sandwort, sea 



violet, and other low plants 



prsecox sandwort, sea violet, 



chickweed, and other low 

 plants ; on the coast ; also 

 dwarf willows 



N. plecta Galium verum, 



Asperula odorata 



,, festiva, h. ...violet, sallow, fox- 

 glove, &c. 



rubi low plants 



T. piniperda Scotch, and other 



firs; resembles the "needles," 

 on which it feeds 



T. gothica sallow, hawthorn, 



oak, &c. ; also dock, nettle, 

 laurel, broom, lilac, &c. 

 leucographa plantain 



rubricosa dock 



instabilis sloe, sallow, willow, 



oak, dock, and other low plants 



stabilis oak, elm, hawthorn, 



&c. 



gracilis willow, sallow, low 



plants 

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T. cruda oak, nut ; also other 



caterpillars 

 A. litura meadow sweet, and 



other low plants; also oak, 



willow, alder 



C. vaccinii elm, oak, sallow, 



willow, and low plants 



D. mbiginea apple, dandelion, 



and other low plants 



C. xerampelina ash 



D. carpophaga... Lychnis, and Silene 



inflata, seeds 



capsincola . . . Lychnis, and Silene, 

 seeds 



cucubali Lychnis, Silene in- 

 flata, and Cucubalus bacciferus, 

 seeds 



albimacula .. Silene nutans, seeds; 

 and s. S. inflata ; in dry and 

 hilly woods. When young, 

 conceals itself in the seed- 

 capsule, and afterwards at the 

 root, crawling up, after sunset, 

 to feed on the unripe seeds. 

 In confinement will also eat 

 seeds of Silene maritima, and 

 Lychnis dioica 



conspersa Lychnis flos-cuculi, 



and Silene inflata, seeds 



compta garden pinks, and 



other Caryophylleae, seeds 



csesia Silene maritima, S. 



inflata 



H. dysodea fl., and seed-heads 



of Sonchus, and Lactuca, (let- 

 tuce, garden and wild) 



serena Jfl. of sow thistle, 



hawkweed, wild lettuce, &c. 

 P. xanthomista... violet, harebell, &c. , 

 at night 



flavocincta ...chickweed, ground- 

 sel, mint, everlasting pea, &c., 

 plum, &c. 



D. templi in stem, and r. of 



Heracleum sphondylium 



E. lichenea, s. ...from Nov., ragwort, 



and various low plants, on the 

 coast 



A. Aprilina oak; hides in the 



bark crevices 



