340 THE ENTOMOLOGIST'S LOG-BOOK 



P. 9-5. Between leaves or amongst moss. 



I. 6. Hides amongst bushes by day, or rests on 



trunks in damp woods. Very wary 



except in cold weather. 



0. Hatch about mid-July. 



testata, L., Lygris (Cidaria). (The Chevron) 

 L. 5-7. On Be tula and Salix caprea. 

 P. 6-7. Amongst food plant. 



1. 7-8. Frequents heaths and bogs to about 3,000 



feet level. Female rarely flies. Male 

 comes to light. 

 0. 8. Eight months in this stage. 



testudo, Schiff . = limacodes, Hufn. 



tetralunaria, Hufn., Selenia. (Purple Thorn) 



L. 6-7 and 9-10. On Alnus, Betula, Prunus padus, 

 Quercus, and Salix caprea. Beat at 

 night. Motionless by day on twigs. 



P. 7 and 10-4. Amongst leaves. 



I. 4-5 and 7-8, and occasionally in 10. Looks like 

 a dead leaf. Females assemble between 

 7.30 P.M. and 8.30 P.M. in April ; pairs 

 may be found about midnight. 



0. Hatchings recorded 11, .18, and 23 days. 



Teucrium scordonia. (Wood Sage) 

 athalia, Melitsea. (Heath Fritillary) 



L. 7-5. 

 maculata, Venilia. (Speckled Yellow) 



L. 7-8. 



thalassina, Rott., Mamestra (Hadena). (Pale - shouldered 

 Brocade) 



L. 8-9. Night feeder on Crataegus, Cytisus scoparius, 

 Lonicera, Polygonum, Pyrus, Rumex, 

 Salix caprea, and Senecio vulgaris. 



P. 8-6. 



1. 6 and sometimes 8-9. Comes to sugar and light. 

 O. Laid, 3rd June ; hatched, 10th June. 



Thalera. Genus includes fimbrialis. 



Thalictrum flavum and T. minus. (Meadow Rue) 

 sagitata, Cidaria. (Marsh Carpet) 

 L. 8-9. On the seed heads. 



