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THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



LARVJE] 



OCTOBER 



Many of the larvae met with this month hibernate. The others will be 

 found nearly full-fed, and may be expected to change this month, or the next. 



The eggs of C. xerampelina often hatch this month. The young larvae 

 feed only by night, on ash, though they will eat hawthorn, and guelder rose. 

 Sometimes they attain a fair size before they hibernate ; but at others they 

 remain quite small ; and occasionally even the larvae do not hatch until 

 November or December. Then it is, when the buds of the ash being small, 

 and hard, the hawthorn, or guelder rose may be found useful as a substitute. 



L. sinapis Vicia cracca, and S. 



Orobus tuberosus 

 P. crataegi, h. ...hawthorn, sloe, and C. 



orchard trees 

 A. Paphia, h. ...dog violet, and sweet C. 



violet 

 Aglaia, h. ...dog violet, and sweet 



violet, and wild heartsease L. 



Niobe, h. ...dog violet, and sweet 



violet 



adippe, h. ...dog violet, and sweet 



violet 

 Latona, h. ...dog violet, and sweet D. 



violet, and wild heartsease 

 fl Euphrosyne, h. ) in a web at r. of 



Selene, h \ violets, &c. R. 



M. Artemis, h Scabious, plantain ; A. 



in batches, under a web under 



leaves ; also eats woodbine, &c. S. 

 Cinxia, h. ...Plantago lanceolata 

 Athalia, h. ...narrow-leaved plan- A. 



tain, foxglove, wild germander 

 L. sibylla, h. ...honeysuckle; under 



a leaf, suspended by silk, from E. 



a twig 



A. Iris, h sallow, poplar A. 



A. Galatea, h. ...timothy grass, &c. A. 

 E. Epiphron, h. probably on Nardus 



stricta, and small rushes ; in 



mountain bogs 

 T. rubi bramble, buds, and 



fl. ; also probably broom, and C. 



Genista S. 



P. Phlceas, h. ...dock, ragwort, sorrel A. 

 L. Adonis, h. ...Hippocrepiscomosa, A. 



&c. [&c. 



Corydon, h.... Hippocrepiscomosa, L. 

 A. Atropos potato leaves, &c. E. 



(See last month) 

 D. galii .Galium, fuschia, &c. E. 



(See last month) 



tipuliformis, h. in the wood of 



currant bushes 

 ligniperda ... in the wood of 



various trees. (See last month) 

 miniata, h lichen, on oak 



(Lichen caninus) ; also withered 



sallow, oak, alder 

 mesomella, h. lichens ; will also 



eat sallow, and heath 

 molybdeola, h. lichens 

 griseola, h. ...lichens, on poplar; 



also withered sallow, &c. 

 coryli, s beech, nut, birch, 



alder, oak, willow ; generally 



beaten from beech 

 cratasgata, h. hawthorn, sloe 

 prunaria, h. sloe, beech, broom, 



sallow, hawthorn, plum, &c. 

 illustraria oak, birch, ash, 



beech, maple 

 betularia oak, birch, elm, 



hawthorn, elder, beech, moun- 

 tain ash, &c. 

 trilinearia ... beech 

 omicronaria maple ; s. beech 



luteata maple 



herbariata, h. dried plants, in her- 

 baria, and in herbalists' shops, 



&c. Tansy has been found to 



be eaten, where the species has 



occurred 



exanthemaria sallow, alder 

 clathrata, h. saintfoin, lucerne, &c. 

 strigillaria, h. heath, broom 

 citraria, 2. ...wild carrot, trefoil, 



&c. ; generally on the coast 

 olivata, h. ...Galium Mollugo 

 unifasciata ...Odontites rubra, on 



the capsules, and seeds 

 subfulvata ... Achillea millefo- 



Hum, and chrysanthemum 



