THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



119 



PUP-ffi] 



JULY 



x. 



sub., at sallow 



D. 



cerago 



silago 



aurago in a cocoon, at 



beech ; the larva a long time 

 changing 



ferruginea sub., at sallow, 



poplar, &c. 



xerampelina, e, ...sub., at ash; 

 cocoon very tender, and brittle 



retusa sub. , at sallow 



trapezina, b. at oak, birch, horn- 

 beam, &c. ; among leaves on, 

 or near the surface 



diffinis, b. ...at elm; spun up, on 

 the trunk, or between leaves, or 

 amongst rubbish, at the r. 



affinis, b at elm; spun up, on 



the trunk, or between leaves, or 

 among rubbish, at the r. 



capsophila ..sub., about Silene 



maritima 

 capsincola 



maritima 

 chi . 



sub., about Silene P. 



sub. , near low plants 



Xanthomista sub., on exposed 



rocks, on Isle of Man coast 

 flavocincta . . . sub. , near low plants 

 lichenea sub., by Sedumacre, 



&c. ; on the coast 

 Aprilina, e. ...sub., at oak 



protea sub., at oak 



solidaginis, b. sub., about bilberry 

 conformis ...at alder, and birch ; 



under moss, or in folded 



leaves 



C. chamomillae... among, or near 



chamomile, &c. 



G. libatrix among willow, sal- 

 low, and poplar ; spun up, in 

 the leaves, at end of twigs 



C. nupta, e at Salix fragilis, and 



poplar ; among the leaves, or in 

 crevices of bark, or under loose 

 bark 



sponsa at oak; among the 



leaves, on the tree 



H. derivalis among sallow, bram- 

 ble, and dead oak leaves 

 C. fascelinellus...in cocoons, just 

 under the sand, among Triticum 

 junceum 



H. costella in cocoon, on leaves, 



moss, &c., round oaks 



H. scabrella in canoe-shaped 



cocoon, on leaves of hawthorn, 

 moss, &c. 



rhododactylus on rose 

 acanthodactylus on Bartsia, and. 

 rest harrow, attached to the 

 stems 



hieracii on Hieracium um- 



bellatum 



pilosellse on Hieracium pilo- 



sella 



phseodactylus on rest harrow 

 ,, pterodactylus on convolvulus 



spilodactylus on Marrubium 



vulgare 



,, tetradactylus on thyme 

 A. polydacty la... on honeysuckle 



IMAGOS] 



The summer harvest of life now teems on every side, as with 



" Purple, gold, and green, the living blossoms swarm." 



This is the great month for insects in the perfect state, though the very minute 

 species are not so numerous as in June ; still all the great divisions, and 

 especially the Noctuse, and the Tortrices, are well represented. During the 

 hot months of summer, the cycle of insect-life is often so rapidly completed, 

 while the commencement and duration of that cycle vary so much according 

 to the temperature, that not unfrequently a single month includes the time- 

 space in which a species passes through all the stages of its existence ; and 



