134 ?he Scottish Naturalist, 



Distribution — East. Tweed § Tay o o o o o 



West. § [Clyde] o o o 



Lat. 55°2o"-56°4o". Range in Europe. West Germany, 



France, Belgium, Britain. Type. Occidental. .Type in 



Britain. English. 



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

 Food -plant. Oak. 



CUCULLATELLA L. Local. Nemoral. 



Distribution — East. g § Tay § Moray o o o 



West; g § g' g o 



Lat. 56°2o"-57°5o". Range in Europe. Northern and cen- 

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

 English. 

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



Sloe, hawthorn, &c. N. strigula should occur in the south. 



NYCTEOLIDiE HS. 



HYLOPHILA Hub. 



PRASINANA L, Not uncommon, Nemoral. 



Distribution — East, g g Tay Dee Moray o o o 



West. Solway Clyde g g o 



Lat. 54°4o // -57°4o". Range in Europe. Northern and 



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



British. „ . 



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

 Food-plant. Oak. Earias clorana L. should occur. 



SAimOTHRIPA Gn. 



UNDULATsTA H. (1796)'; revaya?ia Tr. Local. Nemoral. 



Distribution — East, g g Tay g Moray o o o 



West, g Clyde goo 



Lat. 55°3°"- 57°4 "- Range in Europe. Central and 



southern (reaching to South Scandinavia and Finland). 



Type. Centro-tneridional. Type in Britain. English. 



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

 plant. Sallow, &c. 



Besides the typical form (front-wings grey, more or less unicolorous), the fol- 

 lowing aberrations occur :- dilutana Mb. (grey, with a darker costal blotch, or 

 central fascia), dcgcncra?ia lib. (ashy, variegated with black), punctana Hb. 

 (with three [1-6] very distinct black spots). 



