THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



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AUGUST 



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and 

 also 



T. Orbona, h. ...low plants, and 

 broom ; when young, on sallow 

 buds 



pronuba, h. ...dock, &c. 

 N. augur, h. ... low plants, haw- 

 thorn, sallow, &c. 

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

 glove, &c. 

 , r conflua, h. ...various low plants, 

 including Silene acaulis 



T. gothica sallow, hawthorn, ,, 



oak, &c. ; also dock, nettle, 

 laurel, broom, lilac, &c. X. 



D. irregularis ...Echium vulgare, C. 



Silene otites C. 



carpophaga ... Lychnis, and Silene 



inflata, the young seeds 



capsincola ...Lychnis, and Silene, 



seeds [inflata, seeds 



cucubali Lychnis, and Silene 



conspersa Lychnis flos cuculi, 



and Silene inflata, seeds 

 csesia, b Silene maritima, 



S. inflata 



H. dysodea fl., and seed-heads 



of Sonchus, and Lactuca (let- 

 tuce, garden, and wild) 

 serena Sonchus, and wild H. 



lettuce 



E. luciparia brake fern, 



Polypodium felix-mas ; 

 sallow, nettle, primrose, plan- 

 tain, dandelion, &c. 

 A. herbida, h. ...dock, and other low 



plants 



ad vena, h. ...lettuce, knotgrass, 

 and various plants 



H. adusta, h hawthorn, and 



sallow, when young ; after- 

 wards, low plants 



,, glauca sallow, birch, bil- 

 berry, heath ; will eat lettuce, 

 in confinement 



peregrina Chenopodium, and 



^ Salsola kali 



- chenopodii ...Chenopodium 



atriplicis Chenopodium, dock, 



Polygonum persicaria, &c. 



suasa plantain, lettuce, 



knotgrass, &c. 

 L 



oleracea elm, nettle, dock, 



cabbage, &c. 



pisi brake fern, broom, 



scabious, grass, sedge, sallow, 

 birch, mountain ash, &c. 



thalassini honeysuckle, sallow, 



broom, knotgrass, &c. 



contigua birch, oak, nut, &c. 



genistse broom, chick weed, 



Silene, Polygonum, &c. 



rectilinea, h. sallow, bramble, bil- 

 berry 



lithoriza honeysuckle 



perspicillaris Hypericum 



lychnitis seeds of Verbascum 



lychnitis, and V. nigrum 



asteris golden rod, Tripo- 



lium vulgare, and China aster 



gnaphalii golden rod 



absynthii Artemisia absinthium 



chamomillae, s. chamomile, fl. ; 

 also Pyrethrum inodorum, and 

 P. maritimum 



umbratica ... Sonchus, lettuce, 

 &c. ; hides by day under leaves, 

 near the ground ; feeds on the 

 upper leaves, and fl. at nighfr 

 marginata ...rest harrow, prefer- 

 ring the fl. ; also Arenaria, and 

 Hyoscamus ; knotgrass, in con- 

 finement 



peltigera rest harrow, hen- 

 bane, and several coast plants, 

 preferring the fl. 



dipsacea Linaria, fl. ; also 



Silene otites, seeds ; the pupa 

 has been found among melilot 



cordigera ...Vaccinium 



myrtilli, s., h. heath 



sulphuralis ...small convolvulus 



venustula Tormentilla reptans, 



fl. 



fuscula lavender grass (Molinia 



cserulea). May be found feeding 

 at night, about half way up the 

 blades of grass 



argentula grasses 



mica Carex 



parthenias ...birch 



urticae, e. ...nettle 



