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Short-cloaked Moth, (cucullatella, L., Nola) 



Short-tailed or Bloxworth Blue, (argiades, Pall., Cupido) 



Shoulder Stripe, (badiata, Hb., Anticlea) 



Shoulder-striped Wainscot, (comma, L., Leucania, (Cirphis)) 



Shuttle-shaped Dart, (puta, Hb., Agrotis (Euxoa)) 



Sibylla, L., Limenitis. (White Admiral) 



L. 8 or 9-5. On Lonicera ; often on small plants. 

 Rests low down on brown stems just 

 below the green shoot. Fond of feeding 

 in the sun. Hibernates autumn till 4, 

 in a leaf -drawn chamber. 



P. 6. Suspended by tail from a pad on the under- 

 side of a leaf. 



I. 6-7. Flies over Bramble. 



0. 7. Laid on the underside edge of a leaf. Hatch 



in 14 days. Captured females should be 

 sleeved out on growing plants. 



sicula, Hb.=harpagula, Esp. 



Sideridis. Genus includes albipuncta, lithargyria, and vitellina. 



silaceata, Hb., Eustroma (Cidaria). (Small Phoenix) 



L. 6-7, sometimes 8-9. On Circaea lutetiana, and 



Epilobium. 

 P. 9-5. In a web amongst food. 



1. 5-6 and sometimes 8 from June larvae. Flies at 



twilight. Comes to light and sugar. 

 0. Hatchings recorded 8 and 12 days. Laid, 



30th May ; hatched, 5th June (F. Oldaker) 



silago, Hb.=lutea (favago, F.), Xanthia (Citria) 



Silene. (Catchfly) 



capsincola, Dianthoecia. (The Lychnis) 



L. 7 and sometimes 9. In the seed capsules, 

 capsophila, Dianthoecia. (Pod-lover) 



L. 6-7 and 9. On the seeds, 

 carpophaga, Dianthoecia. (Tawny Shears) 



L. 6-7 and 9. Night feeder on seeds, 

 conspersa, Dianthoecia. (Marbled Coronet) 



L. 7-9. In the capsules, 

 cucubali, Dianthoecia. (The Campion) 



1i. 7-9. On seeds and leaves. 



