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THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



LARV^I] 



SEPTEMBER 



B. abietaria, h. larch, spruce, Scotch 

 fir ; has been found on whortle- 

 berry ; will also eat birch, and 

 oak 



,, cinctaria heath. In confine- 

 ment the impregnated females 

 deposited their eggs, by prefer- 

 ence, on sallow catkins 

 roboraria, h. oak ; h. on a twig, 

 which it much resembles 



T. crepuscularia larch, willow, pop- 

 lar, elm, birch, alder, &c. 

 extersaria birch, beech, oak 



G. obscurata, h. thyme, sun cistus, 

 Potentilla reptans, Poteriam 

 sanguisorba, &c. Feeds at 

 night ; hides by day under r. , 

 stones, &c. 



D. obfuscata, h. heath, vetch, &c. 

 G. papilionaria, h. nut, birch, alder, 



beech, &c. ; about the m. of 

 this month, in the N., the larva 

 fastens itself to a twig, for the 

 winter 



I. vernaria, h. ...Clematis vitalba 

 lactearia oak, birch 



P. baiularia, h. oak 



E. porata oak 



punctaria oak 



,, trilinearia ...beech 

 omicronaria ... maple ; s. beech 

 H. auroraria, h. plantain 



A . luteata maple 



Blomeraria ...wytch elm ; in, or 

 near hilly woods ; remains, on 

 the under-side of the leaves 



E. heparata alder 



V. cambricaria... mountain ash 

 A. rubricata, h. ? will eat knot- 

 grass, Lotus corniculatus, Medi- 

 cago lupulina, Thalictrum minus, 

 and the smaller Trifoliums 

 scutulata, h Anthriscus sylves- 

 tris,fl., and dandelion, preferring 

 the withered leaves 

 bisetata, h. dandelion; will also eat 

 knotgrass, and withered bramble 

 tr contiguaria, h. Empetriumnigrum; 

 will also eat hawthorn buds, and 

 knotgrass 



rusticata, h. . . .hawthorn ; will also 

 eat ivy, lilac, and withered 

 bramble 



osseata, h. ...dandelion, &c. 



interjectaria, h. dandelion, scarlet 

 pimpernel, withered 



holosericata, h. sun cistus, withered 



incanaria dandelion, ground- 

 sel ; will also eat knotgrass 



ornata, s. , h. thyme, marjorum ; 

 will also eat mint 



promutata, h. yarrow, mug wort, 

 creeping cinquefoil 



immutata, h. some marsh plant ; 

 common in fens ; will also eat 

 knotgrass 



strigilata, h. . . . Stachys sylvatica 



emutaria, h. . . .Triticum repens ; in 

 salt marshes, on the coast ; 



s^. will also eat Medicago lupulina, 

 Lotus corniculatus, Chenopo- 

 dium, mint, knotgrass 



aversata, h primrose, goose- 

 berry, nut, Geum urbanum, &c. 



degeneraria, h. ? will eat 



bramble, knotgrass, Cerastium, 

 Veronica. Occurs at Portland 



amataria, h. . . . dock, Polygonum, 

 and various plants ; may be 

 found on the underside of the 

 leaves, adhering to the veins 



pusaria oak, nut, alder, 



birch, sallow, &c. 



rotundaria ...birch, sallow 



temerata sloe, and wild cherry, 



and buckthorn ? 



alternata, b. sallow, sloe 



notata, b. ...sallow 



liturata larch, and Scotch fir 



belgiaria, h. ...heath 



atomaria, h. . . . Centaurea, trefoils, 

 &c. 



piniaria Scotch fir, and larch 



conspicuata . . .broom 



euphorbiata... Euphorbia cypa- 

 rissias 



dealbata, h. .. grasses 



sacraria dock, chamomile, 



and other Compositae ; will also 

 eat knotgrass 



