THE ENTOMOLOGIST'S LOG-BOOK 27 



L. 8-9. Feeds on the flowers and seeds. Shake 



plants at night, 

 castrensis, Malocosma. (Ground Lackey) 



L. 5-6. In a web. 

 albicolon, Mamestra. (White Colon) 



L. 6-7 and some times 9. Night feeder, 

 oleracea, Mamestra. (Bright-line Brown Eye) 



L. 7-9. 

 trifolii, Mamestra. (The Nutmeg) 



L. 7-9. 

 comitata, Pelurga. (Dark Spinach) 



L. 8-9. Night feeder, 

 meticulosa, Phlogophora. (The Angle Shades) 



L. 7-8 and 10-5. Night feeder, 

 amata (aria), Timandra. (The Blood-vein) 



L. 7 or 8-5. 

 atriplicis, Trachea (Hadena). (The Orache) 



L. 7-8. Night feeder. Hides by day. 

 fimbria, Triphcena. (The Broad-bordered Yellow Under- 

 wing) 



L. 9-5. 



atriplicis, L., Trachea (Hadena). (The Orache) 



L. 7-8. Night feeder. Hides by day under stones, 



etc. On Atriplex, Polygonum, and 



Rumex. 



P. 9-5 or 6. In an earth and silk cocoon below ground. 

 I. 6. Comes to sugar and light. 



atropos, L., Acherontia (Manduca). (Death's-Head Hawk 

 Moth) 



L. 8-9 (or even much earlier). On Lycium barbarum, 

 Solanum dulcamara, S. tuberosum, and 

 Symphoricarpus. When full fed, place 

 separately in a flower-pot full of earth, 

 and leave for 14 days the time required 

 for pupation. Then empty out carefully 

 and force. 



P. 9. In a large earthen chamber. When found 

 must be very tenderly handled. Often 

 deep under ground, but in captivity 

 sometimes on surface. 



I. 6. Immigrant. Fond of Honey. 



O. Laid singly or more rarely in small batches 



on the upper side of leaves. Hatch in 

 about 12 days. 



Augiades. Genus includes comma and sylvanus. 



