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THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



LARVAE] 



SEPTEMBER 



L. sinapis Vicia cracca, and 



Orobus tuberosus 



P. brassicae cabbage, &c. 



rapse Cruciferae, &c. 



tl napi Cruciferae 



Daplidice wild mignonette, 



and weld 



V. polychloros, s., h. ground shoots 

 of elm; will also eat osier, sallow, 

 aspen, and fruit trees. The 

 eggs of this species are s. laid 

 about this time, and hatch, and 

 the young larvae hibernate. It 

 is, however, generally supposed 

 that none of the Vanessae pair 

 until the spring 



?( cardui thistles; will also 



eat nettle 



E. epiphron, h. probably on Nardus 

 stricta, and small rushes; in 

 mountain bogs 



Medea, h. ...moorland poa, and 

 other grasses 



S. ^Egeria, h. ...grasses 



Megaera, h. ...grasses 



Semele, h quaking grass, 



couch grass, &c. ; on dry hill- 

 sides, &c. 



lanira, h meadow grasses 



Tithonus, h annual meadow 



grass, &c. 



hyperanthus, h. annual meadow, 



millet, and other grasses 

 C. Davus, h. ...Rhyncospora alba 

 P. Hippothoe, h. great water dock 



Phloeas, h. ..dock, ragwort, sorrel 

 L. Boetica Colluta arborescens 



agestis, h. Erodium circutarium 



Argiolus ivy, fl. The eggs 



of this, the second brood, are 

 laid on the fl. -stalks ; the young 

 larvae burrow in the unexpanded 

 fl.-buds, feed up in the blossom, 

 and spin up on the underside of 

 a leaf ; the butterfly appearing 

 in April, or beginning of May 



N. Lucina Primula 



T. Tages, h Lotus corniculatus 



H. Paniscus plantain, in rolled- 



up leaves 



H. linea, h grasses, inrolled-up 



blades 



S. populi poplar, sallow, wil- 

 low, &c. 



tiliae elm, lime, beech 



A. Atropos potato leaves; will 



also eat "tea tree," jasmine, 

 ash, woody nightshade, snow- 

 berry, Lycium barbarum, elder, 

 thorn-apple, spindle, sweet pea, 

 &c. ; hides under sods 



S. ligustri privet, lilac, ash, 



holly, mountain ash, laurestinus, 

 guelder rose, evergreen oak, &c. 

 D. euphorbiae ...Euphorbia paralias 

 and cyparissias 



, f galii Galium verum, and 



G. elatum. (See last month's 

 note. ) This species is s. found 

 on the sand-hills at Deal, from 

 the first battery Southwards, as 

 far as the large sand-hills ex- 

 tend, and from the sea West- 

 ward, for two or three hundred 

 yards 



C. celerio Galium, and vine 



nerii oleander 



M. stellatarum ...Galium Mollugo, 

 growing on old walls, exposed 

 to the sun 



S. formicasformis, h. in osier stumps 

 ,, muscaeformis in stems of Statice 



armeria 

 bembeciformis, h. in the stems of 



poplar, and sallow 

 apiformis, h. in poplar stems, & r. 



Z. sesculi, h in the wood of ash, 



elm, pear, horse chesnut, &c. 

 C. ligniperda . . .in the trunks of large 

 trees of ash, willow, elm, &c. ; 

 feeding on the wood, seldom 

 higher than 5ft. from the ground. 

 They may be found during this 

 month, or the next, full-fed, 

 under the bark which is an inch 

 or two under the ground . If it 

 is desired to feed them up, 

 care must be taken not to put 

 them into a wooden, or even a 

 brick receptacle, as they will be 



