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atalanta, Pyrameis. (Red Admiral) 



L. 6-10. 

 cardui, Pyrameis. (Painted Lady) 



L. 6. 

 lubricipeda, Spilosoma. (Buff Ermine) 



L. 8-10. 

 antiopa, Vanessa. (Camberwell Beauty) 



L. 5-6. 

 io, Vanessa. (Peacock Butterfly) 



L. 6-7. In colonies, 

 urticse, Vanessa. (Small Tortoiseshell) 



L. 5 and 7-8. Gregarious till full fed. 



urticee, Esp., Spilosoma. (Water Ermine) 



L. 7-9 (beg.). On Lysimachia vulgaris, Mentha 



aquatica, Pedicularis, and Rumex hydro- 



lapathum. Sun themselves on ditch 



edges. Feed low down. 



P. Spun up anywhere in a silk and hair web. 



I. 6. Flies early in marshy places. Comes to 



light. 

 0. 6. 



urticee, Hb. ( Abrostola) = tripartite^, Hufn. 



urticse, L., Vanessa. (Small Tortoiseshell) 



L. 5 and 7-8. On Humulus (in confinement), which 



is said to produce small specimens, and 



on Urtica dioica. 



P. 5 (end) -6 and 8. Suspended from silk web. 

 I. 6 and 8. Latter brood hibernates. 

 0. 5 and 7. Laid in clusters on the underside of 



terminal leaves. Hatch in about 14 



days. Laid, 15th April ; hatched, 6th 



May (Oldaker). 



vaccinii, L., Orrhodia. (Chestnut Moth) 



L. 5-6. On Betula, Quercus, Salix caprea, Ulmus, 



U. montana, and Vaccinium. By day 



rests in a curled leaf or between touching 



leaves. 



P. 7-9. Below ground at roots. 

 I. 10-3. Comes to Ivy and sugar, especially on the 



north side of wood, and in spring to 



Sallow. 

 0. 3. Laid in deep crevices, and in confinement 



will lay in a scored chip-box. Deposited, 



30th March; hatched, 25th April (Old- 



aker). 



