INSECTA SCOTICA. 



THE LEPIDOPTEEA OP SCOTLAND. 



(Continued from page 175.) 

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



VARIATA Schiff. Yar. obeliscata Hb. Common. Pinetal. As- 

 cends to 1300 feet. 



Distribution — East. Tweed Forth Tay Dee Moray §00 



West. Solway Clyde % West Ross 



Lat. 54°4o'-57°4o.' Range in Europe. 

 thern. Type. Centro - septentrional. 

 British. 



o 

 o 



Central and nor- 

 Type in Britain. 



Time of Appearance — Imago. June-September. Larva. Most months. 

 Food-plant. Scots fir {Finns sylvestris). 



The typical form is greyish, and is on the whole less boreal in its distribu- 

 tion than the brown or fulvous var. obeliscata. The ab. obliterata B.W. (much 

 suffused with brownish fuscous, and all the markings more or less indistinct) 

 occurs at Paisley, &c. 



FIRMATA Hb. Local ; probably overlooked. Pinetal 



to 1200 feet. 

 Distribution — East. Tweed § Forth Tay Dee 



West. Solway Clyde 

 Lat. 54^4o'-57°. Range in Europe 



Ascends 



o 

 o 



c 



o 



Germany, Livonia. Type. Occidental. 

 British. 



o 

 West Ross o 

 Britain, Holland 

 Type in Britain 



o 



Time of Appearance — Imago. July. Larva. September - May. 

 FOOD-PT-ANT. Scots fir. 



YPSIPBTES Steph. 



RUBERATA Err. Local. Nemoral. Ascends to about 1000 feet. 

 Distrip.ution — East. § § Tay §0000 



West. § Clyde goo 

 Lat. 55^4o'-56°4o'. Range in Europe. Britain, Pyrenees, 



Switzerland, Lapland, St Petersburg. Type. Occidental. 



Type IN Britain. English? ' 



Time of Appearance — Imago. May, June. Larv.\. July, August. 

 Food-Plant. Sallow. 



