Jfkst uppUment to the " ICepiboptem of tlte 

 isle of fJxtrbeck." 



By E. R. BANKBS, M.A., F.B.S. 



INGE the publication in 1885 .(" Proceedings," 

 vol. vi.) of the list of Lepicloptera observed in the 

 Isle of Purbeck up till that time, considerable and 

 most satisfactory progress has been made with the 

 work, and the result of recent researches has even 

 exceeded all expectation. Not only have numer- 

 ous fresh localities for species already recorded been noted, but 

 many new and rare insects have been captured, of which a 

 considerable number had not previously been observed in Dorset ; 

 and special attention must be drawn in passing to such great prizes 

 as Anosia Plexippus, Plusia Ni, Crambos Alpinellm, Eupcecilia 

 PaUidana, Diplodoma Maryinepunctella, Acrolepia Marcidella, 

 Cosmopteryx SchmicUeUa, CJutuliodus Insecurellus, Pteropliorus 

 Palmlum, and P. Spilodactylus. 



In the former paper we enumerated 879 species of Lcpidoptera 

 as occurring in Purbeck, and in the following supplement we arc 

 very pleased to be able to give the names of 156 additional species 

 (exclusive of all local varieties and substituted species), thus bring- 

 ing up the total number to 1,035. If it be remembered that, at 



