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Distribution— East. Tweed Forth Tay Dee Moray 



Sutherland o o 

 West. Solway Clyde 8 8° 



Lat. 54°5o"-58°3o' / . Range in Europe. Britain, Germany, 

 N. France, Finland, Lapland, Ural, &c. Type. v Occidento- 

 central. Type in Britain. British. 



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

 July. Food-plant. Cotton-grass {Eriophorum). 



The ab. hibernica Stph. (front-wings less variegated, ferruginous) occurs. 



ACOSMBTIA Steph. 

 ARCUOSA Hw. Not very common. Palustral. 



Distribution — East. Tweed Forth Tay Dee 0000 



West. Solway Clyde 8 ° ° 



Lat. 54°5o"-57°io". Range in Europe. Central. Type. 

 Central. Type in Britain. English. 



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

 May. Food-plant. Roots and stems of Aira ctxspitosa. 



Though the imago is so like one of the Leucaniidx, that by some authors 

 arcuosa is placed in that family, yet the larva is that of Miana y as Mr. 

 Buckler informs me. 



MIANA Steph. . 



strigilis CI. Common. Pascual. Ascends to 1200 feet. 



Distribution — East. Tweed Forth Tay Dee Moray 8 ° ° 



West. Solway Clyde 8 West-Ross 8 



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

 northern. Type. Centro- septentrional. Type in 

 Britain. British. 



Time of Appearance — Imago. June, July. Larva. August-April. 

 Food-plant. In stems of grasses. 



fasciuncula Hw. Common. Pascual. Ascends to 1200 

 feet. 



Distribution — East. Tweed Forth Tay Dee Moray 8 ° o 



West. Solway Clyde 8 West-Ross 



