THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



LARVJE] 



OCTOBER 



E. arceuthata juniper, and 



savine 



castigata golden rod, heath, 



nettle, Angelica, &c. 



expallidata ...golden rod, fl. ; will 

 also eat Michaelmas daisy, 

 &c. 



absynthiata ...fl., and seeds of rag- 

 wort, Eupatorium cannabinum, 

 Artemisia vulgaris, Achillea 

 millefolium, golden rod, c. 



knautiata Knautia arvensis, fl. 



and seeds 



assimilata black currant, hop 



barberry, hawthorn, 



currant, ash, alder, 



...jumper 



. . .nut, sallow, bilberry, 



exiguata 



black 



sallow 



T. simulata .. 

 Y. elutata, h. 



alder 



M. montanata, h. primrose 

 C. munitata, h. groundsel 

 P. vitalbata, 2. Clematis vitalba 

 S. undulata sallow, poplars; 



between leaves 



C. russata, h. ... strawberry, birch, 



hawthorn, sallow, &c. 

 suffumata, h. Galium Mollugo, 

 and ragwort ; hibernates full- 

 fed to March 



E. bipunctaria, h. Lotus corniculatus, 

 clover, &c. 



A. plagiata, h. . . . Hypericum perfo- 



ratum, fl. 



D. falcula birch; also oak, 



alder, willow, poplar 



unguicula beech 



D. bicuspis alder, beech, birch 



C. fluctuosa birch ; between 



leaves 



B. glandifera, h. lichens, on walls 

 perla, h lichens, on walls 



A. tridens hawthorn, sloe, rose, 



willow, sallow, mountain ash 

 L. vitellina, h. .. grasses 

 putrescens ...grass 



littoralis, h on Ammophila 



arundinacea ; on the coast ; 

 burrows 7 or 8 inches in the 

 sand. Will also eat Carex 



L. impura, h. ... Carex, and Dactylis 



glomerata. Before h. the larva 



rolls the grass up, to form "a 



house," by day ; afterwards, 



lives inside the stem, and feeds 



at nigKt only [pitosa 



pall ens h. ... Deschampsia cses- 



phragmitidis, h. common reed, in 



the young stems ; in marshes, 



and fens 



N. lutosa, h in stems of common 



reed, near the r. ; feeds during 

 winter, in mild weather 

 A. Australis, h. Cichorium intybus, 



Poa annua, and other plants 

 P. leucophsea, h. tufts of grass ; on 



commons, and in woods 

 A. basilinea, h. on the immature 

 grains of growing wheat ; after 

 h., in spring, on various plants 

 C. Morpheus ...Sedum telephium, 

 sallow, bramble, docks, teazle, 

 and other low plants 

 A. valligera, h. .roots of grasses; 

 chiefly on the coast 



, , Puta dandelion, lettuce, 



carrot, r., knotgrass, &c. 



saucia, h plantain, dock, and 



other low plants 



, r lunigera ? will eat knot- 

 grass, &c. 



, , ripse Cynoglossum offici- 



nale ; on the coast ; burrows 7, 

 or 8 in. in the sand 

 porphyrea, h. heath 

 T. ianthina, h. Primula, and other 



low plants ; also broom, &c. 

 fimbria, h. ...birch, sallow, oak, 



ash, broom, primrose, &c. 

 subsequa, h. low plants 



Orbona, h low plants, and 



broom ; when young, on sallow 

 buds 



pronuba, h. ...dock, &c. 

 N. c-nigrum, h. pea stems, and low 



plants 

 conflua, h. ...various low plants, 



including Silene acaulis 

 Dahlii, h. ...low plants ; s. feeds 

 up without h. in mild winters. 



