376 The Scottish Naturalist. 



race, to which I think the title var. Doubledayi might be fitly applied, in 

 honour of the distinguished naturalist who first described the species as 

 British. Crymodes exults has now been taken in five localities in Scotland. 

 The [Dee] rests on a pupa I found in that district, and which seemed to 

 agree pretty closely with the description of the chrysalis of the Icelandic 

 nsect ; it unfortunately did not produce an imago. 



HADENIDiE. 



HADENA Fr. 



RECTILINEA Esp. Not uncommon in the highlands ; rare in 

 the lowlands. Nemoral. Ascends to 1500 feet. 



Distribution — East. § Forth Tay Dee Moray Sutherland o o 



West, g Clyde Argyle § g 



Lat. 56°-58°4o". Range in Europe. Northern and central. 

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



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

 Food-plant. Sallow, blaeberry, etc. 



* I 



CONTIGUA Vill. Not common ; less rare in the highlands. 

 Pascual, nemoral. 



Distribution — East. Tweed g Tay g Moray goo 



West. Solway Clyde Argyle g o 



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

 northern. Type. Centro-septentrional. Type in Britain. 

 British. 



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

 FOOD PLANT. Low plants, birch, oak, etc. 



THALASSINA Rott. Not uncommon ; commonest in the low- 

 lands. Agrestal, pascual, nemoral. 



Distribution — East. Tweed Forth Tay Dee Moray goo 



West. Solway Clyde Argyle West-Ross o 



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

 Scandinavia. Type. Central. Type in Britain. British. 



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

 tember. Food-plant. Broom, low plants, etc. 



(To be continued,) 



