INSECTA SCOT I C A, 



THE LEPIDOPTEKA OP SCOTLAND. 



( Continued from p. 276.) 

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



GEOMETRID.E. 



GEOMETRA L. ; Boisd. 

 papilionaria L. Not uncommon. Nemoral. Ascends to 



upwards of 1200 feet. 

 Distribution — East. Solway Forth Tay Dee Moray §00 



West. Solway Clyde 8 8° 

 Lat. 54°4o'-57°5o'. Range in Europe. Central and northern. 

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

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

 Food-Plant. Birch, Alder, &c. 



PSEUDOTERPNA H.S. 

 PRUINATA Hufn. (1767); cythisaria Schiff. (1776). Local 



Amongst broom. 

 Distribution — East. 8 8 Ta y 00000 



West. Solway Clyde 000 

 Lat. 54°4o'-56°3o / . Range in Europe. Central and south- 

 eastern. Type. Centro-meridional. Type in Britain. 



English. 

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



Food-plant. Broom. 



IODIS Hubn. 

 lactearia L. Not common. Nemoral. 



Distribution — East. 8 000000 o 



West. Solway Clyde 000 

 Lat. 54°4o'-56°. Range in Europe. Central and northern. 

 Type. Centro-septentrional. Type in Britain. English. 

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

 tember. Food-plant. Birch. 



Hemiihea thymiaria was reported from Tay by the late Mr. Dale, who 

 told me, however, that he had made a mistake. 



