The Scottish Naturalist. 275 



EPIONB Dup. 



apiciaria Schiff. Local. Nemoral. 



Distribution — East. Tweed Forth Tay § Moray Suther- 

 land o o 

 West. Solway Clyde §00 

 Lat. 55°-58°3o'. Range in Europe. Central and northern. 

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



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

 August. Food-plant. Willow, poplar, and alder. Are there 2 broods 

 in Scotland? 



SELENIA Hb. 



BILUNARIA Esp. (1794); illunaria Hb. (after 1797). Com- 

 mon. Agrestal and nemoral. Ascends to 1300 feet. 



Distribution — East. Tweed Forth Tay Dee Moray §00 



West. Solway Clyde 800 



Lat. 54°4o'-58 . Range in Europe. Central and 

 northern. Type. Centro-septentrional. Type in Britain. 

 British. 



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

 Food-plant. Various trees. 



LUNARIA Schiff. Not common. Nemoral. 



Distribution — East. Tweed Forth Tay g Moray 000 



West. Solway Clyde Argyle g o 

 Lat. 54°5o / -57°4o'. Range in Europe. Central (Finland &c.) 

 Type. Central. Type in Britain. British. 



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

 Food-plant. Various trees. 



TETRALUNARIA Hum. (17 69); illustrarla Hb. (after 1793). 



Rare. Nemoral. 

 Distribution — East, o o Tay 00000 



West. 00000 

 Lat. 56°4o / . Range in Europe. Central (Finland, &c.) 



Type. Central. Type in Britain. English. 



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

 Food-plant. Various trees. 



A second brood of each of these three species occurs in England and 

 elsewhere, but in Scotland it is of very rare occurrence, at least in the 

 north, if it happens at all. 



