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P. Suspended by tail. 



I. 8-9. Fond of tall flowering wild plants. Hiber- 

 nate and lay eggs in spring. 



0. 4-5. Laid in batches on nettle heads or under 

 the leaves. 



lodis. Genus includes lactearia. 



iota, L., Plusia. (Plain Golden Y) 



L. 8-4. On Crataegus, Lamium, Lonicera, Mentha, 

 Stachys sylvatica, and Urtica. Hiber- 

 nates early. 



P. 5-6. In a whitish cocoon amongst food. 



I. 6-7. Comes at dusk and up to 1.30 A.M. to flowers 

 of Ballota nigra, Ragged Robin, Pansy, 

 Red Dead-nettle, Valerian, and Lobel's 

 Catchfly. Comes to light. 



0. 7. Hatch in a few days. 



iris, L., Apatura. (Purple Emperor) 



L. 8-6. Night feeder on Populus, Quercus, and Salix 

 caprea. Beat. Sleeve out to hibernate 

 in 10, and see that each larva rests on a 

 twig and not on the muslin. 



P. 6-7. Suspended by tail. 



1. 7-8. Comes to carrion and puddles. Usually flies 



high over Oaks, but comes nearer ground 

 about 9.30 A.M. to 10 A.M. and after 

 5 P.M. 

 0. 7-8. Hatch in about 8 days. 



Iris Eaempferi. 



cannae, Nonagria. (Reed Wainscot) 

 L. 5-7. Internal feeder. 



Iris pseudocorus. (Yellow Flag) 



vetusta, Calocampa. (Red Sword-grass) 



L. 5-7. 



leucostigma (fibrosa), Helotropha (Apamea). (The 

 Crescent) 



L. 5-7. In the stems, 

 sparganii, Nonagria. (Webb's Wainscot) 



L. 6-7. Internal feeder, 

 urticae, Spilosoma. (Water Ermine) 



L. 7-9. 



Iron Prominent, (dromedarius, L., Notodonta) 



