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Time of Appearance — Imago. September, October. Larva. Octo- 

 ber-May. Food-plant. Low plants. 



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nigra Hw. Local. Pascual, agrestal, nemoral. 



Distribution — East. § § Tay Dee Moray 000 



West. Solway [Clyde] § g o 

 Lat. 54°4o"-57°4o". Range in Europe. Britain ; central and 



southern Germany ; France, Switzerland, and South Europe. 



Type. Occidento-meridional. Type in Britain. British. 



Time of Appearance — Imago. September, October. Larva. October- 

 June. Food-plant. Low plants. 



VIMINALIS F. Local. Nemoral. Ascends to about 1000 

 feet. 



Distribution — East. g Forth Tay 00000 



West, g Clyde goo 



Lat. 55°4o' / -56°4o' / . Range in Europe. Central and nor- 

 thern. Type. Centro-septentrional. Type in Britain. 

 English. 



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

 Food-plant. Willow. 



The var. obscura Stdg. (very much darker) is reported from north Eng- 

 land, and occurs in Perthshire as an aberration. 



MISBLIA Stph. 



OXYACANTH^J Hb. Common. Agrestal and nemoral. 



Distribution — East. Tweed Forth Tay Dee Moray goo 



West. Solway Clyde goo 



Lat. 54 4o"-57°4o". Range in Europe. Central (South 



Sweden, &c.) Type. Central. Type in Britain. British. 



Time of Appearance. — Imago. September-October. Larva. May, 

 June. Food- plant. Sloe and hawthorn. 



A dark, almost unicolorous variety (Capucina Mill. ) occurs in England, 

 but I have not seen Scottish specimens of it. 



DICHONIA Hb. 



aprilina L. Common. Nemoral. 



Distribution — East. Tweed Forth Tay Dee Moray 000 



West. Solway Clyde 8 8° 



