INSECTA SCOTICA. 



THE LEPIDOPTERA OF SCOTLAND. 



( Continued from p. 202. J 

 Edited by F. BUCHANAN WHITE, M.D. 



EREBIA Boisd. 



EPIPHRON Kn. Very local. Alpine. From 1600-3000 feet. 



Distribution — East, o g Tay g g g o o 



West, o Clyde Argyle g o 



Lat. 56°io"-56°5o". Range in Europe. Hercynian and 



Silesian Mountains. Type. Alpine. Type in Britain. 



Alpine. Derivation. Central Europe. 



Time of Appearance— Imago. June-August. Larva. ? Food- 

 plant. ? 



Note. — The form found in the north of England is the var. Cassiope F. (the 

 red spots less distinct, and the eye-spots without white pupils), whose range in 

 Europe is more extensive than that of the type. Epiphron Kn. — the Scottish 

 form— is larger, has a more distinct band of red spots, and the black eye-spots 

 have white pupils in the female. The specimens before me from Perthshire belong 

 to the type. Does the var. Cassiope occur in Scotland ? 



^jthiops Esp. (1777); Blandina F. (1793); [Medea S.V. was 



another butterfly — teste Staudinger.] Local. Nemoral. 



Ascends to 1500 feet. 

 Distribution — East. Tweed Forth Tay Dee Moray 

 West. Solway Clyde Argyle g o 

 Lat. 55°-57°4o // . Range in Europe. Central; 



north, Livonia ; to the south and east, Caucasus. 



Centro-oriental. Type in Britain. Scottish. 



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

 June. Food-plant. Grasses. 



The poverty of the Scottish mountains in species of this genus is remarkable. 

 Twrnty-three species occur on the Alps of Central Europe, and six in Scan- 

 dinavia, while four are both boreal and alpine. Perhaps the most likely to occur 

 in Scotland is Lappona Esp. (found in July and August), and next to that, 



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to the 

 Type. 



