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THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



PUP^E] 



OCTOBER 



C. sagittata spun up, among 



Thalictrum ; or on the ground, 

 near ; in fens 



E. lineolata to April, cocoon, 



attached to Galium verum, on 

 coast sand-hills; below the 

 surface 



C. obliquaria ...among broom 



D. bicuspis to April, spun up, 



on birch trunks, in the S. ; alder 



in the N.; rarely above 2 feet 



from the ground. Resembles a 



Brazil nut 

 ,, furcula spun up, on trunk 



of willow, or sallow 

 ,, bifida spun up, on trunk 



of poplars 

 ,, vinula spun up, on trunk 



of willows, poplars, and sallow; 



three or four ft. from the ground 

 S. fagi to May, spun up, 



among leaves of beech, oak, 



birch, elm ; s. at r. 



P. Cassinea sub., at oak ; deep 



P. bucephala ...to May, sub., at 



various trees 

 C. curtula to Mar. , spun up, 



between dead leaves of poplars, 



and sallow 

 reclusa to May, spun up, 



among dead leaves of sallows, 



poplars, willows 

 P. palpina to June, in cocoon, 



at willows, and poplars ; on 



edges of streams, on the ground, 



or under sods 

 N. camelina to May, at various 



trees, in a slight cocoon 

 cucullina to May, at maple, 



and sycamore ; under moss, &c. 



carmelita sub., at birch 



dictsea to May, in large co- 

 coon, at poplars, and willows ; 



under a leaf, or sod 

 dictseoides ...to May, at birch ; 



in a slight cocoon, under a leaf, 



&c. 

 dromedarius...to May, at birch, 



alder, nut ; in a slight cocoon, 



under a leaf, &c. 



N. ziczac to May, sub., at 



poplars, sallow, willows 



trepida sub., at oak; cocoon 



tough, but not always coated 

 with earth [oak 



Chaonia to April, sub., at 



,, Dodonea to May, sub. , at oak, 



and birch 



T. batis to May, near bram- 

 ble, and wild raspberry 



C. duplaris to May, between 



united birch leaves 

 ,, fluctuosa to May, among birch 



leaves 

 or, b at birch, among dead, 



or united leaves 

 ocularis, b. ...at poplars, near the 



surface of the ground, or spun 



against the tree 

 flavicornis ...betweenunited birch 



leaves 



D. Orion to May, at birch, 



and oak ; in a cocoon of gnawed 

 bark, or rotten wood 



A. tridens to May, spun up, in 



crevices of bark, at hawthorn, 

 sloe, rose, willow, mountain ash, 

 sallow 



psi to May, in bark 



crevices, of various trees 



,, leporina .to May, in excava- 

 tions, in the bark of birch, 

 poplar, alder, sallow 



aceris to May, spun up, 



among fallen leaves, and under 

 loose bark of sycamore, horse 

 chesnut, maple, birch, and s. 

 oak [bark 



megacephala at poplar, under the 



strigosa to May among, dead 



leaves, of hawthorn; or rubbish, 

 or decayed wood ; s. sub. 



,, alni between leaves of 



various trees ; or inside bramble 

 sticks 



, , ligustri to May, spun up, 



under moss, stones, &c., near 

 ash, and privet ; also sub. ; also 

 found under the top-stones of 

 walls, against the tree 



