284 The Scottish Naturalist. 



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

 Type. Territorial. Type in Britain. British. 



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

 May. Food-plant. Low plants. 



SAUCIA Hb. Not common. Nemoral. 

 Distribution — East g § Tay Dee Moray 000 



West. Solway Clyde 8 8° 



Lat. 54°5o' , -57°4o' / . Range in Europe. West central 

 and southern; South Germany, &c. Type. Occidento- 

 central. Type in Britain. English. 



Time of Appearance — Imago. August-May (?May-June, and August- 

 October). Larva. July-August. Food-plant. Low plants. 



ypsilon Roth. (1776); suffusa Hb. (after 1793). Common. 



Agrestal, pascual, nemoral. 

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



West. Solway Clyde Argyle 8 ° 



Lat. 54°4o"-57°4o. Range in Europe. Nearly throughout. 

 Type. European. Type in Britain. British. 



Time of Appearance — Imago. June-September (or May, June, 

 September). Larva. September-May ? ; May -July. Food-plant. 

 Roots and leaves of low plants. 



As regards both this and saucia there is some doubt whether the moth is 

 double -brooded or only irregular in its time of appearance ; hence there is 

 some uncertainty as to the proper time for the larva. A. puta Hb. is said to 

 have occurred in " Solway." 



vestigialis Roth. (1776); valligera Hb. (after 1793). Locally 

 abundant. Maritime. 



Distribution — East. g Forth Tay Dee Moray §00 



West. Solway Clyde §00 



Lat. 54 5o"-57°4o". Range in Europe. Central and 

 northern; South France, &c Type. Centro-septentrional. 

 Type in Britain. British. 



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

 May. Food-plant. Roots of grasses. 



(To be continued.) 



