THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



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SEPTEMBER 



sure to eat, or force their way O, 

 out. They are best kept in large 

 flower pots, wide-mouthed bot- 

 tles, or tin boxes, and supplied ,, 

 with fresh-cut, but not wet, 

 chips, and sawdust of their food, D, 

 or with decayed pieces, and 

 covered with glass, or wire 

 gauze, well secured. Keep a 

 sharp look-out for mildew B. 



H. hectus, h. ...in r. of brake fern 

 , lupilinus, h. ...in r. of dead nettle, 



&c. 



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

 humuli, h. ... in r. of various plants 



L. asellus oak, beech, poplar 



,, testudo oak 



S. phegea, h. ...doubtful native. On 



the Continent it feeds from this 

 month to May, on dandelion, 

 scabious, plantain, &c. ; pupa O. 

 under moss, and dried leaves L. 

 L. aureola, h. ...lichens, on oak, 



larch, &c. O. 



,, lurideola, h. ... lichens 



rubricollis lichens, on larch, &c. 



E. cribrum, h. ...heath, bilberry R. 



C. Hera, h doubtful native. On V. 



the Continent it feeds from this 

 month to May, on Echium vul- M, 

 garis, and various low plants 

 , r dominula, h. Cynoglossum offici- E. 



nale, &c., on hilly places 

 E. russula, h. ...plantain, heath, &c. E. 

 C. plantaginis, h. violets, plantain, &c. 

 caia, h. . . .nettle, and various plants P. 



villica, h chickweed, furze, 



sloe, and other plants S. 



A. fuliginosa, h. dock, nettle, plan- 

 tain, &c. 

 L. chrysorrhoea, h. ...hawthorn, sloe, 



blackberry, &c. O. 



auriflua, h sloe, hawthorn, 



oak, sallow, &c. A. 



salicis, h poplar, willow, &c. 



O. pudibunda ...hop, beech, haw- 

 thorn, nut, oak, &c. C. 

 fascelina, h. ...on hedges, dwarf 



sallows, furze fl., heath, broom, B. 

 and various trees, and plants 



gonostigma, h. oak, sallow, nut, 

 hawthorn, sloe, bramble, beech, 

 &c. 



antiqua various trees, and 



shrubs 



coryli beech, nut, birch, 



alder, oak, willow. Sometimes, 

 in confinement, the larvae feed 

 up, and emerge this month 



rubi, h bramble, heath, &c. ; 



generally hibernates full-bred ; 

 s. buries in the ground, until 

 the spring 



roboris, h. . . hawthorn, dogwood, 

 bramble, broom, heath, ivy, 

 &c. 



quercus, h. ...bilberry, &c. ; dog- 

 wood preferred 



trifolii, h. . . .trefoil, clover, broom, 

 furze, &c. 



potatoria, h. coarse grasses 



quercifolia, h. bramble, sloe, sal- 

 low, willow, plum, &c. 



sambucata, h. ivy, elder, holly, 

 bramble, and other trees, and 

 plants 



cratsegata, h. hawthorn, sloe 



maculata nettle, and other 



plants 



margaritata, h. oak, beech, birch, 

 hornbeam, &c. 



fasciaria, h. ... Scotch fir ; rests 

 closely pressed upon a twig 



dolobraria ...oak, beech, birch, 

 aspen 



syringaria, h. lilac, privet, honey- 

 suckle, elder 



illunaria willow, ash, haw- 

 thorn, oak, plum, &c. 



illustraria oak, birch, ash, 



beech, maple 



bidentata oak, sallow, nut, ivy, 



ash, sloe, &c. 



betularia oak, elm, hawthorn, 



birch, beech, alder, mountain 

 ash 



lichenaria, h. lichens, on oak, 

 park palings, &c. 



rhomboidaria, h. ivy, birch, oak, 

 plum, rose, lilac, elder, &c. 



