INSECTA SCOTICA, 



THE LEPIDOPTERA OP SCOTLAND- 



( Continued from p. 232.) 

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



PRECOX L. Local. Maritime (very rarely inland). 

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



West. Solway Clyde g g o 

 Lat. 55°-58°4o". Range in Europe. Central (excluding 

 Sweden). Type. Central. Type in Britain. British. 

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

 Food-plant. Low Sallows and low plants. 



STRIGULA Thnb. (1788); porphyrea Hb. (after 1800). Com- 

 mon. Ericetal. Ascends to 2000 feet. 

 Distribution— East. Tweed Forth Tay Dee Moray g 



Orkney o 

 West Solway Clyde Argyle West-Ross g 

 Lat. 54°4o"-59°2o" Range in Europe. Central and nor- 

 thern. Type. Centro-septentrional. Type in Britain. 

 British. 

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

 Food-plant. Heather. 



agathina Dup. Local. Ericetal. 



Distribution — East. Tweed Forth g Dee Moray g 



[Orkney] o 



West. o o g g o 



Lat. 55°3o"-57°4o". Range in Europe. Britain, France, 



Belgium, W. Germany. Type. Occidental. Type in 



Britain. British. 



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

 Food-plant. Heather. 



OBEL.ISCA Hb. Very local. Pascual. Maritime? 

 Distribution — East, g Forth g g g 000 



West. [Solway] g o o o 



