22 2 The Scottish Naturalist. 



EUPITHECIA Curt. 



OBLONGATA Thiib. (1784) ; ce?itaureata F. (1787). Local. Hor- 



tensal, &c. 

 Distribution — East. Tweed Forth Tay 00000 



West. Solway Clyde o [West Ross] o 

 Lat. S4°4o'-56°3o'. Range in Europe. Nearly throughout. 



Type. European. Type in Britain. English. 



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

 tember. Food-plant. Many plants, especially the flowers and seeds. 



VENOSATA F. Local. Pascual, &c. 

 Distribution — East. § 0000000 



West. Solway 0000 

 Lat. 54°5o'. Range in Europe. Nearly throughout. Type. 

 European. Type in Britain. English. 



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

 plant. The flowers and unripe seeds of various species of Silene and 

 Lychnis. 



SUBNOTATA Hb. Not common. Usually maritime. 



Distribution — East. § § [Tay] 00000 



West. Solway §000^ 



Lat. 54°5o'. Range in Europe. Britain, Germany, France, 

 Finland, &c. Type. Occidento-central. Type in Bri- 

 tain. English. 



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

 tember. Food-plant. Clcnopodium and Atriplex (flowers and seeds). 



PULCHELLATA Stph. Common. Amongst foxglove. Ascends 



to 1400 feet. 

 Distribution — East. § Forth Tay Dee Moray Suther- 

 land o o 

 West. Solway Clyde § West Ross § 

 Lat. 54°4o'-58°3o'. Range in Europe. Britain, Castille, 

 West - Central France, West - Central Germany. Type. 

 Occidental. Type in Britain. British. 



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

 Food-plant. Foxglove (unripe seeds). 



E. linariata F. has been reported from Forth and Dee. E. pusillata F. 

 (an English species), whose larva feeds on spruce, is reported from Clyde, and 

 ought to occur. E. ahictaria Goze, which feeds on the unripe seeds of spruce, 

 and has a wide North European range, should be looked for. 



