22 The Scottish Naturalist. 



Lat. 56°4o'. Range in Europe. Southern (Britain, &c.) 

 Type. Meridional. Type in Britain. English. 



Time of Appearance. — Imago. July. Larva. August. Food- 

 plant. Dock and Wild Camomile. 



Three specimens were taken in Rannoch, by Mr, J. Blackburn, in 1867. 

 Lythria purpuraria L. has been reported from Tay, but certainly I think 

 in error. 



BOARMIID^. 



PSODOS Tr. 



CORACINA Esp ; trepidata Dup. {iion trepidaria Hb.) Local. 

 Alpine. From 2000 to over 3400 feet. 



Distribution — East, o Forth Tay Dee §0^0 



West, o o Argyle § o 

 Lat. 56°3o'-57°. Range in Europe. Alps and Pyrenees; 



Mountains of Scotland, Norway and Lapland, &c. Type. 



Alpine and septentrional. Type in Britain. Alpine. 



Time of Appearance — Imago. June, July. Larva. May. Food- 

 plant. Azalm prociimbens? 



DASYDIA Gn. 



OBFUSCARIA Hb. Very local. Ericetal. Ascends to 1400 



feet. 

 Distribution — East, o Forth Tay Dee §000 



West. o Clyde § West-Ross o 

 Lat. 55°-57°4o'. Range in Europe. Alps, Britain, Sweden, 



Finland, &c. Type. Alpine and septentrional. Type 



IN Britain. Scottish. 



Time of Appearance — Imago. July, August. Larva. September, 

 June. Food-plant. Heather. 



GNOPHOS Tr. 



obscuraria Hb. Local. Usually rupestral. 

 Distribution — East. Solway Forth Tay o Moray 000 



West. Solway Clyde § West-Ross o 

 Lat. 54''4o'-57°4o'. Range in Europe. Central, Finland, &c. 

 Type. Central. Type in Britain. British. 



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

 June. Food-plant, brasses, &c. 



Very variable in colour in Enghxnd but seems more uniform in vScotland, 

 where the dark form appears to be the only one. 



