PORTLAND LEPIDOPTERA. 171 



BOTYS RURALIS, Scop. Abundant amongst nettles. 



ASINALIS, Hb. Common ; larva on RuUa peregrina , will 



eat Galium aparine in confinement. 



EBULEA CROCEALIS, Hb. Common amongst Inula dysenterica. 

 ,, VERBASCALIS, ScMff. Taken by (C. W. D.), and recorded 



Lep. Dorset, p. 36, Edn. 1891, p. 35, as " Rare." 

 SAMBUCALIS, Scliiff. Scarce. 



SPILODES STICTICALIS, L. Recorded Lep. Dorset, Edn. 1891, p. 36, 

 as " very rare ;" a single specimen taken by (C. W. D.) 

 VERTICALIS, L. (cinctalis, Tr.) Not uncommon. 

 PIONEA FORFICALIS, L. Not uncommon. 



STENIIADzE, Gn. 



DIASEMIA RAMBURIALIS, Dup. A specimen of this great rarity was 

 taken by Rev. C. R. Digby, July llth, 1889 

 (Ent. Monthly Mag. XXV., p. 381) 



STENIA PUNCTALIS, Sclriff. Locally abundant, e.g., on the Chesil 

 Beach on the east side of the railway ; on the west 

 side it is almost absent. In some parts of Portland 

 it is also very common. 



PTEROPHORI. 



CHRYSOCORIDID^:. 



CHRYSOCORIS FESTALIELLA, Hb. Common. 



PTEROPHORID^E, Zell. 

 AGDISTIS BENNETII, Curt. Common in all stages on Statice auri- 



culcefolia'j rather small and dark compared to the 



salt marsh form. 

 PLATYPTILIA BERTRAMI, Rossi. By J. C. Dale, June 17th, 1829 



(C. W. D.) 



NOTE. The specimen on which the record of Ebidea, stachydalis in 

 Lep. Dorset, p. 35, Edn. 1891, p. 36, is founded^ is, in my opinion, 

 sambiicalis (N. M. R.) 



