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and large specimens were found by Mrs. Fraser in a rocky 

 hollow near the top of a mountain in which the snow had 

 then melted for the first time for several years, and in which 

 it seems possible that the pupa3 had laid over for those 

 seasons. The best characters in this species, independently 

 of its stouter body, are the length of its fore wings, their 

 narrowness at the base, and very gradual widening, and the 

 gloss}^ grey shade of colour. 

 On the wing in June and July. 



Lak\'A unknown ; except that Mr. Buckler received from 

 Dr. Buchanan ^Vhite eggs of this species from which were 

 hatched larva;, which he thus describes: "The young larva 

 is of a drab colour with shining head, and plates slightly 

 darker drab on the second and thirteenth segments ; some 

 faintly darker dots are seen along the back, which emit fine 

 hairs." It does not aj^i^ear whether these young larva; partook 

 of any food ; doubtless they quickly died from lack of proper 

 sustenance. 



Pupa unknown. 



The moth frequents grassy and mossy places on the higher 

 hills of Scotland, especially frequenting the ridges ; seldom 

 found at a lower altitude than 2000 feet, and ascending to 

 the snow-line or to the summits of the mountains. It may 

 be disturbed by the footstej), flying up from the grey moss — 

 Trichostoiimm — and settling again at a short distance. It 

 does not seem to have been, as yet, observed in England, 

 Wales, or Ireland. In Scotland it may be found on Schiehallion, 

 Meol Ghaordie, Ben Lawers, Braemar, and probably on every 

 high mountain in Perthshire and Aberdeenshire, and, as may 

 reasonably be supposed, in the more northern districts, since 

 it is found at lower elevations in the Orkney and Shetlantl 

 Isles. Abroad it seems only to have been recorded from the 

 juountains of Norwaj'. 



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