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THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



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AUGUST 



N. dromedarius, e. birch, alder, nut L. 



tritophus birch, poplars 



trepida oak ; tightly grips 



its food 



Chaonia oak 



Dodonea oak, birch 



T. derasa bramble, hawthorn 



batis bramble, raspberry 



G. duplaris birch ; between N. 



united leaves 



or poplars ; between G. 



leaves 



ocularis poplars 



D. Orion oak, birch A. 



A. tridens hawthorn, sloe, rose, X. 



willow, sallow, mountain ash, D. 

 &c. X. 



psi hawthorn, poplar, 



pear, elm, lime, &c. L. 



leporina birch, poplar, alder, N. 



sallow 



, , aceris sycamore, horse M. 



chesnut, maple, birch ; s. oak ; 

 often on the loftiest branches ; 

 clings closely to the leaf 



megacephala poplar 



strigosa hawthorn; especially 



in chalky districts 



alni hawthorn, alder, 



willow, oak, lime, rose, elm, A. 

 nut, beech, the chesnuts, birch, 

 sycamore, poplar, sallow, bram- 

 ble. Should be looked for, as 

 it is probably difficult to dis- 

 lodge, by beating. Has been H. 

 found at rest on a leaf, palings, 

 &c. A. 



, , ligustri ash, privet ; seems 



to prefer shaded trees 



rumicis bramble, plantain, 



knotgrass, and other low plants 



,, menyanthidis Menyanthes trifo- lf 

 liata, heath, bramble, sallow, ,, 

 sweet gale 



(l myricse Myrica gale, sallow, 



birch, heath ? thistle ? 



S. venosa Glyceria aquatica 



L. obsoleta common reed; con- 

 cealed, by day, in hollow T. 

 stems 



littoralis, h. . . . Ammophila arun- 

 dinacea, on the coast ; burrows 

 seven, or eight inches in the 

 sand. Will also eat Carex 



comma Dactylis glomerata, 



and other grass ; also sorrel 



phragmitidis, h. common reed ; 

 in the young stems 



typhag in the stems of 



Typha latifolia 



flavago inside stems of 



Lappa, thistles, elder, foxglove, 

 &c., feeding on the pith 



putris low plants [&c. 



hepatica, h. grasses, chickweed, 



pinastri dock, sorrel, &c. 



conspicillaris Lotus corniculatus, 

 and other low plants 



exigua plantain 



saponaria . . . S ilen e, Lychnis, and 

 other low plants 



albicolon Atriplex, and Cheno- 



podium ; on coast sands, &c. ; 

 also lettuce, in gardens 



brassicse cabbage, dock, Chen- 



opodium, chrysanthemum, &c. 



persicarias ... Polygonum persi- 

 caria, and other low plants ; 

 also elder 



basilinea, h. growing wheat ; on 

 the immature grains ; after hi- 

 bernation, in spring, on various 

 plants 



gemina, h. ...grasses 



palustris plantain, and other 



low plants 



saucia plantain, dock, and 



other low plants 



segetum, h. ...in r. of turnips, &c. 



lunigera ? will eat knot- 

 grass, &c. 



corticea, h. . . . Chenopodium, &c. 



ripas Cynoglossum offici- 



nale ; on the coast ; burrows 

 7 in. or 8 in. in the sand 



porphyrea, h. heath 



pyrophila grasses, heath, and 



other low plants 



ianthina, h primula, and other 



low plants ; also broom, &c. 



