THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 



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DECEMBER 



apiciaria on poplar, willow, 



sallow 



elinguaria ... on oak, honeysuckle, 

 hawthorn, sloe ; also heath, 

 bilberry, &c. 



pennaria on oak 



pinetaria on bilberry 



aurantiaria ...on oak, birch, haw- 

 thorn, &c. [trees 



brumata on oak, and other 



boreata on birch [trees 



dilutata on oak, and other 



subciliata on maple ; on foot- 

 stalk of leaf 

 rubiginata ...on alder; large 



vetulata on buckthorn 



immanata ...probably on alder, 

 and other trees ; and strawberry, 

 bilberry, &c. ; large 

 prunata on currant, goose- 

 berry, sloe ; on the bark ; large 

 testata on heath, birch, sal- 

 low, poplar, &c. ; singly, large 

 populata on bilberry, whortle- 

 berry, poplar ; globular, large, 

 yellow 



C. fulvata on dog rose; rose-- 



pink, large 



pyraliata on Galium, and haw- 

 thorn ; large 



,, dotata on black, and red 



currant ; large 



E. cervinaria on mallow 



C. spartiata on broom 



T. chserophyllata on Bunium flexuo- 

 sum 



P. Cassinea on oak 



P. plumigera ...on maple ; chiefly 

 on the twigs, in hedges, where 

 not shaded by trees. Often 

 singly, but s. in clusters of two, 

 three, or many more. Circular, 

 smooth, brown above, whitish 

 underneath 



T. subtusa upon twigs of poplar 



retusa on sallow, willow, 



poplar ; upon the axils of the 

 leaves 



P. flavicincta ...on dock, chickweed, 

 groundsel, mint, &c. 



H. proboscidalis on nettle ; rather 

 large, pale yellow 



LARVJE] 



M. anceps Pindampplaces 



A. Puta dandelion, lettuce, 



carrot roots, knotgrass, &c. 



saucia, h plantain, dock, and 



other low plants 



M. cephalonica, h. ...dried currants, 



&c. 



P. gentianana, h. teazle heads 

 N. aurella from Jan. , bramble 



PUP-E] 



P. Machaon on stems of Peu- 



cedanum palustre ; in fens 

 P. brassicse ... ) 



rapse > on palings, walls, &c. 



ii napi ) 



S. ocellatus sub., at willows, 



poplars, &c. 



, , populi sub. , at poplar, wil- 

 low, &c. 



tilise sub., at elm, lime, 



beech 



C. ligniperda ...at various trees; spun 

 up, under bark, &c. ; but s. 

 buries 



L. asellus spun up, on a leaf 



A. mendica under moss, on trees 



bordering ditches 



lubricepeda ) spun up, on palings, 

 menthrasti ) trees, &c. 



, , urticse under moss, on trees 



O. pudibunda ...in dead leaves, under 

 moss, &c. 



E. lanestris cocoon, on the 



ground, near hawthorn, &c. 

 E. versicolora ...spun up, at birch 



S . carpini cocoon, amongst 



leaves, heath, &c. 

 E. dolobraria . . .under moss, on oak 



