THE GENERA EMMELBSIA AND EUPITHECIA. 61 



Eupithecia venosata. — Kare aud local ; near Hawick and Minto 

 Woods, in June and July. I have never bred this species, but always 

 took specimens in the locality of campions. 



E. pulchellata . — One near St. Boswell's, June 5th, 1901. 



E. subfulvata. — Common in general over the county, resting on 

 palings and stone walls. Larvfe common in May and June on yarrow 

 aud milfoil. The imago is on the wing in August and September. 



E. plumheolata. — Rare in the Duke Woods, near Hawick, and 

 Muirfield Moss, June and July. 



E. piygmcBata. — Common in general where Urtica urens grows, in 

 hedgerows, woods, &c. The larvae feed on the seeds, July, August, and 

 September. 



E. helveticaria. — Common on junipers, Fallside Moor, June. Larva 

 August and September. 



E. satyrata. — Very common all over the county, June and July. 



E. castiyata. — ^Another common species in general over the county 

 July. 



E. trisiynaria. — Common near Hawick, resting on stone walls, dis- 

 used quarries, and rocks on moors, June and July. I have taken the 

 larva on wild angelica in August. I never took this species anywhere 

 excfipt in the neighbourhood of Hawick. 



E. fraxinata. — Rare on the banks of the Teviot from Hawick to 

 Kelso, June. Larva unknown to me. 



E. indiyata. — Common in all the Scotch-fir woods, June and July. 

 Second brood in September. 



E. nanata. — Another common species on moors from May to August. 



E. vulyata. — Common outside of woods from May to July. In 

 general over the county ; bred this species from willow. 



E. minutata. — A rather common species on Kirton Moor, near the 

 Fox Cover, the only locality in which I have taken it ; June and July. 



E. assimilata. — Common in gardens throughout the summer. I 

 have reared the imago from larva collected on black currant and 

 gooseberry. 



E. tenuiata. — Local in Wells Woods and Minto Woods, July ; taken 

 the larvae from sallow catkins, April. 



E. lariciata. — More or less common in woods, June and July. 



E. abbreviata. — Common some seasons at sallows, April and May. 

 I have bred this species from blackthorn. 



E. exiyuata. — Common generally among thorn, May, June, and 

 July. Larvae on whitethorn in August. 



E. sohrinata. — Larva common on junipers, Fallside Moor, June. I 

 have bred them from blackthorn when my food-plant got too dry and 

 old. This species is variable. 



E. toyata. — Very local and rare in fir-woods, Hawick, Kelso, and 

 Jedburgh, in June, on the trunks or palings around the wood. 



E. coronata. — Rare in Wells Woods, June. This is the only 

 locality where I have taken the species in Roxburghshire. 



E. rectanyuluta. — Local in gardens and hedgerows, June and July. 

 Collected larva in May from apple-blossom. 



Deanbrae, Hawick, 



