The Scottish Naturalist. 231 



TRIPELENA Ochsen. 



pronuba L. Common. Agrestal and nemoral. 

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



West. Solway Clyde Argyle West-Ross g 



Lat. 54°4o' , -57°4o". Range in Europe. Throughout. Type. 



Territorial. Type in Britain. British. 



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

 June. Food-plant. Low plants. 



comes Hb ; orbona F. (but orbona Hum. is the next species). 

 Common. Agrestal and nemoral. Ascends to 1200 feet. 

 Distribution — East. Tweed Forth Tay Dee Moray 000 



West. Solway Clyde g West-Ross o 



Lat. 54°4o"-57°4o". Range in Europe. From Sweden (?) 

 southwards. Type. Centro-meridional. Type in Britain. 

 British. 

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

 May. Food-plant. Low plants. 



Varies considerably in colour ; an extreme form (black and red) is T. 

 Curtisii Newm. which, however, is connected by intermediate forms with 

 the ordinary comes ; it occurs in several places, especially in Moray, Dee, 

 Tay, and Clyde. 



ORBONA Hum. (1767); subsequa Hb. (1787). Not common. 



Nemoral. 

 Distribution — East. o o g Dee Moray 000 



West, o g o o o 



Lat. 57°io // -57°4o". Range in Europe. Central; south 

 and central Scandinavia, &c. Type. European? Type 

 in Britain. British. 



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

 ber-May. Food-plant. Low plants. 



I believe that this species, which has been taken at Inverurie (Tait), 

 Fyvie (Traill), and Forres ( Norman ), is occasionally passed over as a 

 form of the last. The narrower, more oblong wings, and especially the 

 distinct black spot (like that in pronnba) near the tip of the front wing 

 will at once distinguish it. 



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fimbria L. Not uncommon. Agrestal and nemoral. 

 Distribution — East. Tweed Forth Tay Dee Moray 000 



West. Solway Clyde g West-Ross o 

 Lat. 54°4o"-57°4o". Range in Europe. From Scandinavia 



