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Milfoil or Yarrow. ( Achillia millefolium) 

 Milk Parsley. (Peucedanum palustre,) 

 Milk Vetch. ( Astragalus) 

 Milkweed Butterfly, (plexippus, L., Anosia) 

 Milkwort. (Poly gala vulgaris) 

 Miller, (leporina, L., Acronycta) 

 Miltachrista. Genus includes miniata. 

 Mimas. Genus includes tilice. 



miniata, Forst., Miltochrista (Calligenia). (Rosy Footman) 



L. 8-5. On Lichenes and decaying leaves of Quercus 



and Salix. Nibbles during the winter. 

 P. 5-6. 

 I. 7. Flies high at dusk. May be beaten out of 



trees by day. Comes to light and sugar. 



Females assemble males. 

 O. 7. Hatch in about 10 days. 



minima, Fuesl., Zizera (Cupido). (Small Blue) 



L. 7. On the flowers of Anthyllis vulneraria. 



P. 5-6. Attached by belt to food, or may be 



unattached on the ground. 

 I. 5 (end) -6. Rests on grass stems in the evening ; 



fond of the bottom of chalk-pits. 

 0. 6. Laid singly upon or between the calyces. 



Hatch in under a week. 



miniosa, F., Tceniocampa. (The Blossom Underwing) 



L. 5-6. On Betula, Crataegus, Quercus, Rosa, Rubus 



fruticosus, and Salix caprea. Feeds in a 



common web under an Oak bud at first. 



Very fond of soft Oak galls. 

 P. 7-3. At roots. 

 I. 3-4. Frequents Oak woods. 

 0. Laid 17th April, hatched 2nd May 



(Oldaker). 



Minoa. Genus includes murinata. 

 minorata, Tr. = ericetata, Stph. 



