Excerpt from The Lepidopterist's Calendar: Giving the Time When the British Lepidoptera Appear in the Egg, Larval, Pupal, and Imago States; With the Food-Plant, and Habitat The study of Butter ies and Moths (lepidoptera, or scale winged insects), has been much more generally pursued in this country, than that of any other order of the class [72565222. Most of the large towns in England contain one or more students of this attractive order, who take a commendable pride in increasing and improving their collections of specimens 3 while in many of our largest centres of population societies have been established to advance the Science of Entomology, and increase the number of its students. Under the encouragement of Government the study of Science generally has, of late years, been immensely extended. The preference largely given to the Physical Sciences, over the Natural Sciences, is doubtless due to the practical mode in which physics have been taught 3 while the devotees of Nature have been offered little else than theory, as derivable from books. Field Botany, Field Geology, or Field Entomology has, to a large degree, had to be pursued by individual students, at their own discretion, unaided by that light of experiment and demonstration, which, in the hands of good, practical teachers, has so effectively helped forward the student of Physical Science. This is an omission which ought to be supplied, as the pursuit of Field Studies would be an immense benefit to the sedentary populations of our large cities and towns. The favourable reception accorded to the First Edition of the lepidopterist's calendar proved that it supplied, how ever imperfectly, a want that was really felt. The present Edition has been re-cast, re-written, and considerably extended. While largely adding details regarding various species, the Author believes he has carried out several improvements, whichwill make the Work both of wider scope, and of easier reference. The arrangement carried out is that which is now generally adopted in this country. The number of new species added to our Lists Since the publication of the First Edition of the calendar, in 1860, is considerable, and affords a striking proof of the intelligent energy which has been exercised in working out the Lepidoptera. This fact, coupled with the great increase which has taken-place in our knowledge regarding a large number of species, rendered a new edition of the calendar desirable, independent of the fact of its having been for some time out of print, and still in considerable request. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ... subtristata, Haw. The Common Carpet. Larva. Long and tapering towards both extremities. Fawn colour; on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th segments is the commencement of a dark brown dorsal line, which is continued on the 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th segments, but between the 4th and the 11th it is displaced by six of the most delicate V-shaped marks, composed of brown and white lines; at the apex of each of these V's, all of which point forwards, is a white spot; there are also several other pale dots on the body, and several cream-coloured lines on the sides; spiracles black, encircled with pale cream colour; head pale brown, marked with black. Rests with the head tucked in. Plate XX VI., fig. 6. Food-plants. Bedstraw, Great, Rough, and Heath. Pupa. In a cocoon on the earth. ( Larva. August and September. June. Time of appearance Pupa. September to May. June and July. ( Imago. May. July. Localities. Great Britain and Ireland; common. Melanippe montanata, W.V. The Silver-gbound Carpet. Larva. Cream colour, with a few short scattered hairs; dorsal area towards the centre segments dark brown; dorsal line the same colour; subdorsal line interrupted; the dorsal lino is conspicuous where passing along the cream-coloured portion of the body, and on the anterior segments has five black spots on each side of it; but on those segments where the ground colour is brown, viz., 7th, 8th, and 9th, it merely assumes the form of a nearly black spot, contained in a cream-coloured V-shaped mark pointing forwards; lateral dilation pale; ventral area pale cream colour; central ventral line ochreous; subventral lines darker; head pale brown, with darker markings. Plate XXVI., figs. 7 and la. Eggs laid on the 5th of July hatched on the 27th. Food-plants. Cowslip, ...