216 THE ENTOMOLOGIST'S LOG-BOOK 



Onion. ( Allium) 



ononaria, Fuesl., Aplasta. 

 L. (?) Food (?). 

 P. (?) 



I. 7. Occasional immigrant. 

 O. 



Ononis. (Rest-harrow) 



advena, Aplecta. (Pale Shining Brown) 



L. 7-9. Night feeder. Hides below ground by day. 

 exoleta, Calocampa. (Sword-grass) 



L. 4,5-7. 

 dipsacea, Heliothis. (Marbled Clover) 



L. 7-9. On flower seeds, 

 peltigera, Heliothis. (Bordered Straw) 



L. 6-8 and 9-10. On flowers and unripe seeds, 

 icarus, Lycsena. (Common Blue) 



L. 9-4 and 6-8. Often feeds on the flowers, 

 umbra (marginata), Pyrrhia (Chariclea). (Bordered 

 Sallow) 



L. 7-9. Prefer the corrollae. 



00, L., Dicycla. (Heart Moth) 



L. 4-6. On Quercus. Spins terminal leaves together. 



Beat. 



P. 6. In an oval cocoon at roots. 

 I. 6 (end) -7 or 8. Comes to light and sugar. 



0. Laid in crevices. Captured females will lay 



in a scored chip box. 



ophiogramma, Esp., Apamea. (Double Lobed) 



L. 9-5. On Dianthus (sometimes), Phalaris arund- 

 inacea, and Poa aquatica. Hibernates 

 when the grasses die. In spring eats 

 down to the base internally. 



P. 5-7. In friable material or inside base of grass 

 stems. 



1. 7-8. Flies at dusk. Comes to light and to Figwort 



and Nettle bloom. 



0. 7. Deposited in rows in the fold of faded leaves 

 of grasses, close to the point. 



Ophiusa. Genus includes stolida. 



opima, Hb., Tceniocampa. (Northern Drab) 



L. 4-6. On Betula, Rosa, Salix, S. veminalis. Feeds 

 ravenously after last moult. Keep 

 shaded. 



