3. S. FLAVESCENS, Klug. Not common. Imago in June and July. Larva unknown. Braemar, Berwickshire. 4. S. STRAMINEIPES, Klug. Not uncommon. Imago in May and June. Larva (?). Rannoch, Kingussie, Strath-Glass, Braemar. The form with yellow coxae (probably identical with S. analis, Thoms., Hymen. Scand. i., 239, 1871 = S. cereipes, Vollenhoven, Tdj. Ent., 1873, p. 13 certe) has occurred at Kenmuir Bank and Strath-Glass. Analis, according to Vollenhoven, feeds on Polystichum filix mas. 5. S. MORIO, Fab. Not uncommon. Imago in June. The larva is stated to feed on gooseberry. Cadder, Kenmuir, Kintail. Rannoch, Kingussie, Braemar. ERIOCAMPA, Htg. 1. E. OVATA, L. Occasionally common. Imago early in June. The white flaky larva feeds on alder, in August. Clober, Ardlui, Balloch, Glen Fruin. Rannoch, Strath-Glass. 2. E. ADUMBRATA, Kl. Seemingly not common. Imago in May and June. The slimy slug-like larva feeds during the summer and autumn on fruit trees. Of this destructive insect (commonly called "cerasi," but wrongly), I only know of it from Berwickshire, where it occurs, according to Mr Hardy. 3. E. ANNULIPES, Klug. Common. Imago in June. Larva in the autumn, on willows, oaks, limes. BLENNOCAMPA, Htg. 1. B. ASSIMILIS, Fall. Acta. Holm., 1807 = hyalina, Klug. Very rare. Imago end of May. Larva unknown. 2. B. NANA, Klug. Not common. Imago on birch, in June. Larva unknown. St Germain's Loch. Kingussie. 3. B. PUSILLA, Klug. Not uncommon. Imago early in June. Larva in July, in rolled up leaves of the common rose. Cadder, Clober, Strathblane, Kenmuir, Western Inverness-shire. 4. B. SUBCANA, Zaddach. Beschr. neuer oder wenig. bekant. Blattw., p. 34; Cameron, Ent. M. M. xiv., 56. Not uncommon. Imago in May and early in June. Larva unknown. Possil Marsh, Cadder, Paisley. Rannoch. 5. B. CINEREIPES, Klug. Not very common. Imago early in May and June. Larva unknown. Kenmuir, Western Inverness-shire. Rannoch, Braemar, Bonar Bridge. 6. B. FULIGINOSA, Schr. Seemingly uncommon. Imago in May. Larva unknown. Common. Imago in marshy places in June. Larva unknown. Rannoch, Berwickshire. 8. B. MELANOCEPHALA, Klug.. Rare. Imago in May. The green spiny larva feeds on oak, in June. Exact locality unknown (Dr Sharp). 9. B. LINEOLAta, Kl. Not common. Imago in May. The green spiny larva in June, on oak. Perth (Dr White). 10. B. BIPUNCTATA, Klug. Not common. Imago in June. The larva lives in early summer in the young branches of the rose. Rannoch, Kingussie, Bonar Bridge. 11. B. ALCHEMILLAE, Cam. Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glas. iii., p. 107. Seemingly common. Imago in June. The green spiny larva feeds in autumn on Alchemilla vulgaris and (?) A. alpina. Cadder, Clober. Rannoch, Bonar Bridge, Ben Clibrich (at an elevation of about 1500 feet, among Alchemilla alpina). 12. B. ALBIPES, Gmel. Not uncommon. Imago in June. Larva on Ranunculus. Possil, Cadder, Touch Hills, Paisley. Rannoch, Kingussie, Braemar, Bonar Bridge. Not uncommon. Imago in May and June. Larva in July and August, on Spiraea ulmaria. It is green and spiny. Possil, Paisley. Braemar. 14. B. MICANS, Klug. Very rare. Imago in June. Larva unknown. Dalry (Dr Sharp). 15. B. fuscula, Klug. Very rare. Imago in May. Larva unknown. HOPLOCAMPA, Htg. 1. H. CRATAEGI, Klug. Not very common. Imago early in June, on Pyrus aucuparia. Larva unknown. Cadder, Clober. Braemar, Altnaharra. 2. H. RUTILICORNIS, Kl. Rare. Imago in June (early). Larva unknown. Dalry (Dr Sharp). 3. H. PECTORALIS, Thoms. Not common. Imago in June. Larva unknown. A very Rannoch, Braemar, Kingussie, Strath-Glass, Altnaharra, Berwickshire. The flat pale-green larva feeds on the upper surface of the leaf. variable species. 2. D. STILATA, Klug. Not common. Imago in June. Larva in August. Food plant-Pyrus aucuparia. Cadder Wilderness. Berwickshire. Common. 3. D. TESTACEIPES, Klug. Imago in June and July. Larva in July, August, and September. Food plants-Pyrus aucuparia and Crataegus oxyacantha. Cadder, Possil Road, Cannisburn, Kintail. Rannoch, Kingussie, Braemar, Berwickshire. = opaca, Htg.; nec Fab. 4. D. VERNA, Klug. Rare. Imago in May. Larva in early summer. Food plant-oak. Cadder, Strathblane, Aberdeen (Prof. Trail). The green larva feeds, according to Giraud, on the upper surface of the leaf. Common. Imago in June. Larva in August. Food plants-birch and alder, () willows. Cadder, Clober, Kenmuir, Cambuslang. Beauly, Berwickshire. 2. H. RUFA, Pz. Larva in August. Food Commonly distributed. Imago in June. plants-birch and alder. Bishopton, Clober, Kingussie. Beauly, Bonar Bridge. I bred a very small specimen of this species from birch, at the end of August, the larva having been obtained at Bishopton in June. The colour of it is a deep, very shining black, the usual red being scarcely visible; the wings are intensely black, except at the apex, where the colour is lighter; the costal nervure is absent. This specimen pupated in a cork. The male of this species is quite unknown. = Leptopus, Htg. CAMPONISCUS, Newman. 1. C. LURIDIVENTRIS, Fall. hypogastricus, Htg.healaci, Newm. Common. autumn. Imago in June. The flat onisciform larva on alder in Clober, Loch Lomond, Dalry, Glen Moriston, Kintail. Berwickshire, Rannoch, Glen Lyon, Braemar, Sutherlandshire. CLADIUS, Illiger. 1. C. DIFFORMIS, Panz. Common. Imago in May and June. Larva in May and early part of June; a second brood in August and September. Food plant-rose. Cadder, Cannisburn, Bishopton, Dalry, Kintail. Braemar, Rannoch, Strath-Glass, Sutherlandshire, Berwickshire. Local. Imago in June. Larva in August and September. Food plantpoplar. Cadder. The larvae feed in a row on the under surface of the leaf. 3. C. ERADIATUS, Htg. Not common. Imago in June. Larva unknown, beyond that it was reared from the stem of Anthriscus sylvestris. Rannoch. 4. C. DREWSENI, Thoms. Rare. Imago in June. Larva unknown. |