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Ononis, Polygonum, Sonchus, Taraxacum, 



and Vaccinium myrtillus. 

 Hides below ground by day. 

 P. 9-6. 

 I. 6-7. Sometimes autumn in confinement. Comes 



to sugar and light, and to flowers of 



Lychnis, Stachys, Teucrium, Echium, 



and Lilium Martagon. 



0. 6. Hatch in about a fortnight. 



advenaria, Hb., Epione. (Little Thorn) 



L. 7-8. On Cornus, Rosa, Rubus fruticosus, Salix 

 caprea, and Vaccinium myrtillus. (Where 

 this last occurs the other foods are not 

 used.) 



P. 9-5. Below ground. 



1. 5-6. Comes to sugar. Best bred. 

 O. Hatch in 10-14 days. 



segeria, 1i. = egeria, L. 

 eegon, Schi^.-argus, Hw. 

 senea, Hb.^viridaria, Cl. 



sescularia, Schiff., Anisopteryx. (March Moth) 



L. 4-6. On Be tula, Cerasus, Crataegus, Ligustrum, 



Prunus, P. spinosa, Ribes, and Rosa. 

 P. 6 or 7-3. Below ground at foot. 

 I. 3-4. Rests on trunks and palings by day and 



on hedges by night. Beat for wingless 



females. Males come to light. 

 0. 3-4. Laid round twigs in hair-covered necklaces 



of 200 or so. 



aesculi, 'L.=pyrina ) L. 



flSsculus hippocastanum. (Horse Chestnut) 

 aceris, Acronycta. (The Sycamore) 



L. 8-9. 

 hirtaria, Lycia (hirtarius, Biston). (Brindled Beauty) 



L. 6-7. Night feeder. 

 monacha, Lymantria (Liparis). (The Black Arches) 



L. 4-7. 



sethiops, Esp. (blandina, F.), Erebia. (Scotch Argus) 



L. 9-6. Night feeder on Gramineaa, especially on Poa 

 and Aira. Hibernates low down in grass 



