INSECTA SCOTICA. 



THE LEPIDOPTEEA OF SCOTLAND. 



(Continued from Vol. III., p. 367.) 

 Edited by F. BUCHANAN WHITE, M.D., F.L.S. 



BRUNNEATA. Thnb. {1784) ; pmetaria Hb. (after 1 797). Local. 



Ericetal. Ascends to 1400 feet. 

 Distribution — East, o o Tay Dee Moray §00 



West, o o g West-Ross § 



Lat. 56°4o'-57°4o'. Range in Europe. Central and 

 northern. Type. Centro-septentrional. Type in Britain. 

 Scottish. 

 Time of Appearance. — Imago. July, August, Larva. August, Sep- 

 tember. Food-plant. Vaccinium myrtillus. 



ASPILATBS Tr. 



STRIGILL.ARIA Hb. Not common. Amongst broom, or 



ericetal. 

 Distribution — East. § § Tay § Moray §00 



West. Solway Clyde 000 

 Lat. 55°-57°4o'. Range in Europe. Central, &c. Type. 



Central. Type in Britain. English. 



Time of Appearance — Imago. June, July. Larva. August- 

 May. Food-plant. Broom (and heather?) 



Scottish specmiens are decidedly different from the only English one I 

 have (which appears to be the usual form), being much more strongly 

 mai-ked, and, contrary to the usual rule, distinctly smaller. 



The occurrence of A. citraria in Solway and Skye requires corroboration. 



STERRHA Hubn. 

 SACRARIA L. Very rare. 



Distribution — East, o o Tay 00000 



West, o q o o q 



