NEW BRITISH SPECIES IN 1857. 89 



Depressaria bipunctosa, Curtis. 

 Alis anticis dilutissime ochreis, punctis duobus disci nigris, 

 puncto nigricante dorsi basim versus, venis posticis 

 fusco-irroratis, margineque postico nigricante-punctato. 



Exp. al. 9—10 lin. 



Head and face whitish-ochreous. Palpi pale ochreous ; 

 second joint beneath fuscous. Antennae dark fuscous. An- 

 terior wings very pale ochreous, with a blackish spot on the 

 inner margin, near the base ; and two black spots on the 

 disc, one before, the other beyond, the middle; a faint fuscous 

 blotch lies between the fold and the inner margin, and pos- 

 teriorly the surface of the wing is dusted with fuscous scales, 

 sometimes placed principally on the veins ; a row of blackish 

 spots is on the hind margin ; cilia pale ochreous. Posterior 

 wings whitish, with the veins faintly tinged with fuscous 

 towards the apex, and some fuscescent spots along the apical 

 portion of the hind margin; cilia v hitish. 



This species is very closely allied to Liturella, Pallorella 

 and Umbellana. From Liturella it may be distinguished 

 by the paler ground colour, the distinctness of the spots 

 along the hind margin, and the dorsal spot near the base. 

 From Pallorella it is distinguished by the absence of the 

 conspicuous fuscous streak, and by the wings being shorter 

 and broader. From Umbellana it may be known by the 

 absence of the longitudinal streaks ; and though in some 

 specimens of Umbellana these seem almost represented in the 

 scattered dark scales, the conspicuousness of the black spot 

 on the disc beyond the middle is far greater than we find it 

 in Umbellana. 



I believe this insect, several specimens of which were taken 

 by Mr. Bond at Freshwater in the Isle of Wight, at the end 

 of last July, to be identical with the D. bipunctosa described 



