THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



LARVJE] 



SEPTEMBER 



B. lancealis Eupatorium canna- P. 



binium, Senecio, Slum latifo- A. 



Hum, &c. 



terrealis, h. ...golden rod, fl., &c.; P. 



hibernates nearly, if not quite, 



full-fed 



urticalis nettle 



E. sambucalis ...elder, convolvulus ; M. 



may be found hiding, among ,, 



the corymbs of elder C. 



P. forficalis cabbage, horse- P. 



radish, &c. 



S. palealis wild carrot, and 



Peucedanum ; in a web, within , r 



a fl.-head, of the umbels 



A. farrella ...Anthyllisvulneraria, fl. G. 



H. nimbella .. chamomile 



nebulella heads of thistles; 



also China aster P. 



?f saxicola fl. -heads of chamo- 



mile P. 



C. bistrigella ...alder, between the E. 



leaves 



P. interpunctella on grain, figs, dried 

 insects, &c. ; in corn, and 



seed, and grocers' warehouses, 

 &c. 



N. angustella ...fruit of spindle S. 



G. canella, b. ...Salsola kali ; mines 

 the stems, when young ; after- 

 wards, feeds on the unripe C. 

 seeds 



P. adelphella ...poplar, willow P. 



abietella, h. ... young shoots of C. 

 Scotch fir, and decayed wood, 

 and cones 



P. palumbella, h. Polygala 



R. formosella ...elm, birch O. 



M. alveariella ...wax in beehives ; E. 

 some hibernate, and others 



emerge next month S. 



T. viburnana ... Myrica gale, and 



Vaccinium ,, 



ministrana ...willow, nut, birch, 



buckthorn 



L. scabrana elm 



P. Hastiana dwarf sallows, and 



hawthorn D. 

 umbraria poplar, sallow, horn- 

 beam (?) 



tristana ..guelder rose 



Conwayana... fruit of privet, nut? 



ash? 



prselongana ...birch 

 dimidiana ...Myrica, birch, sallow 

 marginana ... teazle, and probably 



seed-heads of Composite 

 Ratzeburgiana ? Scotch fir 

 consequana ...Euphorbia paralias 

 musculana ...hawthorn, &c. 

 myrtellana ...Vaccinium 



lundana trefoils, and vetches 



derasana ...... Rhamnus frangula 



Mitterpacheriana elm, oak 

 upupana (?)... oak, birch 

 nigromaculana ragwort 

 campoliliana in sallow leaves 



geminana Vaccinium ; s. apple 



tetraquetrana in leaves of birch 



crenana? sallows, willows 



oppressana ? poplar 

 cirsiana, h. ...in thistle, and knap- 

 weed stems ; in woods 

 Pfulgiana, h. in thistle, and knap- 

 weed stems ; in open places 

 nigricostana, h. Stachys, r. 

 trigeminana ...ragwort 

 ianthinana ...hawthorn berries 



rufillana umbels of wild 



carrot 

 vacciniana . . . Vaccinium, and Ber- 



beris 



mercuriana ? Dryas octopetala 

 splendana ...in acorns ; to be 

 collected as soon as possible, 

 and kept cool ; also walnuts 



grossana in beech nuts 



funebrana ...in plums 



pisana in pea pods, and 



vetches 



Weirana beech 



redimitana . . . oak 

 germarana ...in plums 

 roseticolana . . .hips of roses 



orobana in pods of Vicia 



cracca, V. sylvatica, Orobus 



tuberosus, and Genista tinctoria 



plumbana ... pods of vetches ? 



&c. 

 plumbagana Achillea millefolium 



