THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



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LARVAE] 



AUGUST 



M. stellatarum Galium Mollugo, C. 



growing on old walls, exposed 

 to the sun 



fuciformis Lychnis, scabious, 



honeysuckle, Galium, &c. ,, 



bombyliformis Scabiosa A. 



S. muscaeformis in stems of Statice 



armeria 



Z. aesculi, h in the wood of ash, ,, 



elm, pear, horse chesnut ; s. 

 hawthorn, lime, box. The 

 larvce are generally in the high- 

 est branches of the tallest trees 

 H. hectus, h. ...inr. of brake fern L. 

 lupulinus, h. in r. of dead nettles, 



&c. O. 



velleda, h. ...in r. of brake fern 

 humuli, h. ...inr. of various plants, 

 including Humulus (hop) 



L. asellus oak, beech, poplar, 



&c. 



Z. nubigena, h. thyme 

 ,, meliloti, h. ...Lotus corniculatus, 

 vetches, &c.; partial to chalky 

 soils 



trifolii, h trefoil, vetch 



lonicera, h. ...clover, grasses D. 



filipenduloe, h. Lotus corniculatus, 



&c. L. 



L. sericea, h. ...lichens S. 



C. miniata, h. lichen, on oak (Lichen 

 caninus) ; also withered sallow, 

 oak, alder 

 L. mesomella, h. lichens ; will also 



eat sallow, and heath E. 



lurideola, h. ... lichens 

 complana, h. lichens, on sloe, and E. 

 fir S. 



griseola, h. ...lichens, on poplar; 



Lichen caninus the supposed O. 

 proper food ; will also eat 

 withered sallow, &c. E. 



,, stramineola (var. )h. lichens, on sloe, 



oak, sallow 



L. rubricollis ...lichens, on larch, 



&c. ; may be beaten from the 

 tree 



E. cribrum, h. ...heath, bilberry A. 



C. dominula, h. Cynoglossum offici- 

 nale, &c. ; on hilly places 



plantaginis, h. violets, plantain, 

 &c. 



caia, h various plants, and 



bushes 



villica, h chickweed, &c. 



fuliginosa, 2. dock, nettle, plan- 

 tain, grasses, &c. 



mendica sloe, plantain, &c. 



lubricepeda ...nettle, plantain, &c. 



menthrasti ...nettle, and various 

 plants, and bushes 



urticse willow herb, and 



low plants ; in damp places 



salicis, h poplar, willow, oak, 



&c. 



pudibunda ...hop, beech, haw- 

 thorn, nut, oak, &c. 



ccenosa reed, and carex 



gonostigma, h. oak, nut, haw- 

 thorn, sloe, bramble, willow, 

 sallow, beech, &c. In con- 

 finement this species may, by 

 careful feeding on willow, or 

 sallow, be often caused to pu- 

 pate in the autumn, and even 

 emerge 



coryli beech, nut, birch, 



alder, oak, willow, ash, &c. 



ilicifolia whortleberry, sallow 



carpini sloe, bramble, heath, 



apple, sallow, hawthorn, mea- 

 dow sweet, &c. ; generally gre- 

 garious ; may be s. found in 

 hedges 



advenaria ...dogwood ; will also 

 eat wild rose [aspen 



dolobraria ...oak, beech, birch, 



lunaria sloe, oak, nut, elm, 



ash, hawthorn 



bidentata oak, sallow, nut, ivy, 



ash, sloe, &c. 



alniaria alder, birch, sallow, 



beech, &c. 



tiliaria oak, sallow, birch, 



alder, &c. 



angularia oak, birch, beech, 



&c. 



betularia oak, elm, hawthorn, 



birch, beech, alder, mountain 

 ash, rose, ivy 



