

PUPJE] 



THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 

 OCTOBER 



A. rumicis ...... to May, spun up, in 



crevices of trees, palings, walls, 



&c. 

 A. putris ......... to May, sub. , at elm 



D . pinastri ...... to May, in a cocoon, 



on the ground, among dock, 



sorrel, &c. 

 X. conspicillaris to Mar., sub., at 



elm, and other trees 

 M. albicolon ...... to April, sub., near 



Atriplex, Chenopodium, lettuce, 

 ~ &c. 

 C. Morpheus ...... to May, spun up, in 



a leaf, or an earthen cocoon, 



attached to food-plant 

 A. segetum, s. ...to May, sub., among 



Cruciferse, grass, &c. 

 T. piniperda ...... at Scotch, and other 



firs ; in open places in fir woods, 



and on the margin ; in crevices 



of bark, or under moss, and 



fallen needles, about i^in. or 



2 in. deep, rarely within 2 ft. of 



the tree 

 T. gothica ........ .at various trees, j ust 



beneath the surface 



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elm, 



D. 



Sf H f various trees 

 opima at r. of Rosa spino- 



sissima, and dwarf sallows ; 



below the sand, on sand-hills, 



in the N. 

 populeti sub., at poplars, 



especially Populus nigra ; deep 

 gracilis sub., at willows, 



sallows, and low plants 

 miniosa among fallen leaves, 



&c. 

 munda under moss, at base 



of oak 



cruda sub., at oak 



carpophaga...to April, sub., near 



Silene, and Lychnis ; on the 



coast ; found by raking sand- 



hills 

 . serena sub., near Sonchus, 



and lettuce [and birch 



. glauca sub., near sallow, 



H. oleracea sub., near 



nettle 



dock, &c. ; also in kitchen 



gardens 



thalassina ... sub., near honey- 

 suckle, sallow, broom, &c. 

 X. lithoriza to Feb. , near honey- 

 suckle ; in a papery cocoon, on 



the ground 

 C. verbasci in a large, tough, 



earthen cocoon, near mullein, 



or figwort * 

 scrophularise in a cocoon, near 



figwort, or mullein ; s. two 



years in pupa 

 ,, lychnitis sub. , near white, or 



black mulleii^; s. two years in 



pupa 

 asteris sub., near golden 



rod, &c. ; s. two years in pupa 



, r gnaphalii sub., near golden rod 



absynthii sub., near worm- 

 wood 

 ,, chamomillse...sub., near chamo- 



mile, &c. 

 umbratica sub., near Sonchus, 



&c. 

 H. marginata ...sub., near Ononis 



procurrens 

 H. dipsacea to May, among 



melilot, and probably Silene 



otites, and Linaria 



A. myrtilli spun up, in heath 



E. venustula to May, at r. of 



Tormentilla reptans, and grass 



B. argentula among grass, on the 



ground 

 B. parthenias ...at birch ; in crevices 



of bark, or on the ground 

 A. urticse to, May, spun up, 



among nettle leaves 

 ,, triplasia to May, spun up, 



among nettle leaves, hop, &c. 

 P. aenea to May, amongst 



Polygala vulgaris 

 E. sambucalis ...to May, spun up, in 



crevices, in palings, walls, &c.; 



near elder 



G. canella to June, among 



*^ Salsola kali 



