178 THE ENTOMOLOGIST'S LOG-BOOK 



I. 5-6 and 8-9. In Beech woods. $ linearia x 

 $ orbicularia gives hybr. bright oni (Tutt.). 



0. Hatch in 6 days. 



lineata, F. (dealbata, L.), Scoria. (Black-veined Moth) 



L. 9-5. On Gramineae, especially on Brachypodium 



sylvaticum, and other wood vars. In 



confinement will eat Lotus corniculatus, 



Polygonum, and Rumex. 

 P. 5. In a yellow spindle-shaped cocoon low down 



on grass stems. 



1. 5-6. Flies in the sun. In dull weather may be 



kicked up out of grass. 

 0. 



lineata, Sc. = livornica > Esp. 



lineola, 0., Adopcea. (Essex or New Skipper) 



L. 4-6. On coarse vars. of Gramineae, especially 



Triticum repens. 

 P. 6. Low down in a silk network between drawn 



leaves. 

 I. 7-8. Comes to bloom of grasses, thistles, and Lotus 



corniculatus. 

 0. 7-8. Laid on dried grass seed-heads and inside 



the sheaths of leaves. Hatch in April. 



lineolata, Hb. virgata, Rott. 



Ling or Heather. ( Calluna vulgaris) 



Ling Pug. (goossensiata, Mab. (minutata, Gn.), Eupiihecia) 



literosa, Hw., Miana. (Rosy Minor) 



L. 9-6. In the stems of Carex glauca and Gramineae, 



especially Dactylis glomerata. 

 P. 6. 

 I. 7-8. 

 0. 



lithargyria, Esp., Leucania (Sideridis). (The Clay) 



L. 9-4 and 5. On Gramineae, especially Triticum, and 

 on Stellaria media. Night feeder. Search 

 bases of hedgerows. Hides by day when 

 nearly full grown in old stems of thistles 

 and umbelhferous plants. 



P. 4-5 and 6. In an earthen cocoon. 



I. 6 (end) -8 (beg.). Comes to light, 



0. 



