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THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



JULY 



L. dispar ... ...... in a slight cocoon, 



amongst leaves, &c. 

 ,, monacha ...... in a web, in bark 



crevices of oak, birch, apple, 



beech, fir, &c. 

 O. antiqua ..... to Sept., in a web, 



on palings, &c. 

 T. crataegi ......... in a compact, earthy 



cocoon, on, or near the surface 



of the ground, among hawthorn, 



sloe, &c. 

 E. lanestris ......... cocoon, on the 



ground, near hawthorn, sloe, 



&c. 



B. castrensis ...... in a cocoon, among, 



or near Artemisia maritima, &c. 

 E. erosaria ...... under moss, on oak, 



birch, &c. 

 angularia ...... under moss, on oak, 



birch, beech, &c. 

 N. zonaria ..... sub. , on sand-hills 



hispidaria ...... at oak 



H. abraptaria ...spun up, on twigs, 



or between the forks, or beneath 



the branches, of lilac, rose, or 



privet 

 H. rupicapraria to Jan., in a slight 



web, on the ground, among 



hawthorn, sloe, or oak 

 leucophearia... to Jan., on the 



ground, near oak 

 aurantiaria, e. sub., at hawthorn, 



birch, oak, &c. 

 progemmaria to Jan. , sub. , at oak, 



birch, hornbeam, &c. 

 defoliaria ...... sub., at oak, haw- 



thorn, sloe, hornbeam, nut, 



elm, &c. 



C. brumata ...... sub. , at oak, &c. 



O. dilutata ...... sub. , at oak, &c. 



L. multistrigaria to Mar. , sub. , about 



Galium 

 E. decolorata ... to April, about 



Lychnis dioica 

 E. venosata ...... to April, about 



Silene, and Lychnis 

 A. badiata ...... to Mar., in earthen 



cocoon, on the ground, beneath 



dog rose bushes [rose 



derivata ...... to Mar., sub., at dog 



C. russata spun up, on leaf of 



strawberry, birch, hawthorn, 

 sallow, &c. 



E. lineolata cocoon attached to 



Galium verum, on coast sand- 

 hills, just under the surface 



P. falcula between united birch 



leaves 



P. Cassinea to Oct., sub., at oak; 



deep 



C. reclusa spun up, among dead 



leaves of sallow, poplars, willow 



D. cseruleocephala spun up, at haw- 



thorn, and sloe ; on a twig, or 



under bark 

 C. diluta amongst leaves, &c., 



of oak, and birch 

 N. geminipuncta in reeds ; may be 



detected by small hole in the stem 

 , , lutosa inside stems of com- 

 mon reed 

 H. petasitis at r. of Petasitis 



vulgaris ; below plants which 



have a hole in the stem 

 micacea, e. ...at r. of Cyperacse, 



Equisetum, and dock 

 A. cursoria by raking sand-hills, 



on the coast, near Euphorbia 



esula, sandwort, sea violet, &c. 



agathina sub. , about heath 



prascox, b. ...by raking sand-hills, 



on the coast, near dwarf willows, 



sandwort, sea violet, chickweed, 



&c. 

 N. xanthographa sub., at various 



trees, and on heaths, &c. 

 T. populeti to Feb., sub., at 



poplars, especially Populus 



nigra ; deep 

 ,, miniosa to Feb., amongst 



fallen leaves, &c. 

 munda to Mar. , under moss, 



at base of oaks 



A. litura sub. , at r. of low plants 



H. croceago sub., at oak, just 



below the surface 

 X. citrago at lime; generally 



between united leaves ; the 



larva remains a long time before 



changing 



