88 The Scottish Naturalist. 



Distribution — East. Tweed Forth Tay Dee Moray § o o 



West. Solway Clyde § 8 ° 

 Lat. 54°4o // -57°4o // . Range in Europe. Throughout. 



Type. European. Type in Britain. British. 

 Time of Appearance — Imago. July-October. Larva. June-Sep- 

 tember. Food-plant. Various trees. 



DASYCHIRA Steph. 



FASCELINA L. Common. Ericetal. Ascends to 1500 feet. 

 Distribution — East. Tweed Forth Tay Dee Moray §00 



West. Solway Clyde goo- 

 LaT. 54°4o"-58 . Range in Europe. Central and northern. 

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



Time of Appearance — Imago. June, July. Larva. September- 

 May. Food-plant. Heather, sallow, &c. A darker, nearly unicolorous, 

 var. {pbscura Zett. ) occurs in Lapland, and though J have not seen speci- 

 mens of it, I imagine that our Scottish form is intermediate between this 

 and the southern form. D. pudibunda and Psilura monacha should occur. m 



LEUCOMA Steph. 

 SALICIS L. Rare. Nemoral. 

 Distribution — East. 000 Dee Moray 000 



West. § Clyde o West-Ross. 

 Lat. 55°2o // -57°4o // . Range in Europe. Northern and 

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



English. 

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

 Food-plant. Willow. A few specimens have been taken in Ayrshire 

 (Duncan), Aberdeenshire (Yuill teste Traill), and Ross-shire (Davidson). 

 Mr. A. Davidson reports the capture, in Ross-shire, of a -larva supposed 

 to belong to Ocncna dispar. Specimens must, however, be bred before 

 dispar can obtain a place in the Scottish list. 



PORTHESIA Steph. 



SIMILIS Fuessl. (1775); auriflua F. (1787.) Rare. 



Distribution — East. 00000000 



West. Solway 0000 



Lat. 54°5o // . Range in Europe. Central and south-eastern. 

 Type. Centro-meridional. Type in Britain. English. 



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

 Food-plant. Hawthorn, oak, &c. I took a single specimen, apparently 

 just emerged from the puparium, on the coast of Colvcnd, Kirkcudbright- 

 shire, in 1870. 



(To bejontinued.) 



