42 The Scottish Naturalist. 



Lat. 54°4o"-59°io". Range in Europe. Throughout. 



Type. European. Type in Britain. British. 



Time of Appearance — Imago. May, June. Larve. July, September. 

 Food-plant. Heather, blaeberry, and (more rarely) sallow, alder, &c. 



ENDROMIDIDJE. 



{Endromidce Boisd.) 



ENDROMIS Ochsr. 



VERSICOLOKA L. Local. Nemoral. Ascends to nearly iooo ft. 



Distribution — East. o o Tay Dee Moray o o o 



West. [Solway] o Argyle § o 



Lat. s6°3o // -58°. Range in Europe. Northern and central. 

 Type. Septentriono-central. Type in Britain. British. 



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

 plant. Birch and alder. , 



B0MBYCIDJE Boisd. 



LASCIOCAMPA Latr. 

 POTATORIA L. Not common. Pascual and ericetal. 

 Ascends to upwards of iooo feet. 



Distribution — East. Tweed § Tay Dee Moray goo 



West. Solway Clyde Argyle West-Ross o 



Lat. 54°4o"-58°. Range in Europe. . Central ; South 



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



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

 tember-May. Food-plant. Grasses. 



Dr. Boswell Syme calls attention {Sc. Nat i. 176) to the fact that in Mull 

 and Bute, the larva hibernates full fed, and the moth appears two months earlier 

 than it does in the south of England. 



BOMBYX Boisd. 

 crat^igi L. Not common. Ericetal and nemoral. 

 Distribution — East. Tweed o Tay g g o o o 



West, o Clyde Argyle West-Ross o 

 Lat. 55°-57°5o // . Range in Europe. Northern (except the 

 polar regions) and central. Type. Septentriono-central. 

 Type in Britain. British. 



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

 plant. Sallow, hawthorn, sloe, &c. 



POPULI L. Not uncommon. Nemoral. 

 Distribution — East. g Forth Tay Dee Moray §00 



West. Solway Clyde Argyle g o 



