The Scottish Naturalist. 219 



SILACEATA Hb. Not common. Nemoral. 



Distribution — East. Tweed Forth '^'ay Moray 000 

 West. § Clyde Argyle West Ross o 



Lat. 55°3o'-57°40-' Range in Europe. Central and north- 

 ern. Type. Centro- septentrional. Type in Britain. 

 British. 



Time of Appearance— Imago. May, June. Larva. August, September. 

 Food-plant. Epilobitim, &c. 



A variable species, of which some varieties have been named. In more 

 southern regions there is a second brood in August. 



FULVATA Forst. Common. Agrestal and pascual. Ascends 



to 1200 feet. 

 Distribution — East. Tweed Forth Tay Dee Moray §00 



West. Solway Clyde % % o 

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



Central. Type in Britain. British. 



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

 plant. Rose. 



DOTATA L. (1758); pyraliata F. (1787). Not very common. 



Nemoral. Ascends to 11 00 feet. 

 Distribution — East. Tweed Forth Tay Dee §000 



West. Solway Clyde § West Ross o 

 Lat. 54°4o'-57°3o'. Range in Europe. Central and northern. 



Type. Centro-septentrional. Type in Britain. British. 



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

 Food-plant. Bed-straw, &c. 



This must not be confounded with dofata of British lists, which is associata 

 Bkh., and is reported to occur in Clyde ; but as I have not seen specimens, I 

 prefer to omit it at present. 



LYGRIS Hb. 



POPULATA L. Common. Nemoral and ericetal. Ascends to 



2500 feet. 

 Distribution — East. Tweed Forth Tay Dee Moray Sutherland 



Orkney § 

 West. Solway Clyde g g g 



Lat. 54°4o'-59''io'. Range in Europe. Central and northern. 

 Type. Centro-septentrional. Type in Britain. British. 



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

 Food-plant. Blaeberry ( Vacciniwn myrtilliis)^ &c. 



The ab. imisauaria Frr. (much infuscated and sometimes uni coloro u.s 

 fuscous brown) occurs amongst the mountains. 



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