Inscriptions of Itoo gptcits of Jepibopttra 



(GelecMa Portlanclicella and Nepticula auromarginella) 

 FROM DORSET, NEW TO SCIENCE. 



By N. M. RICHARDSON, B.A. 



VEN in this County of Dorset, so rich in insect life 

 and so varied in the nature of its soil and 

 vegetation, one would scarcely have expected that 

 there were many species of lepidoptera still 

 remaining to be discovered which had not already 

 been found in other parts of the world. I have, 

 however, had the good fortune to meet during the past year with 

 two species which do not appear to have been previously noticed 

 elsewhere, and which I therefore describe as new to science. 



In June, 1888, I took at Portland two specimens of a Gdechia, 

 which I could not satisfactorily refer to any known species, though 

 it seemed to have affinities with both umbroseUa and mundella. In 

 1889 I took a few more specimens, and as I was not satisfied to 

 place them with either of the above two species, and could not 

 refer them to anything else, I sent five of them to Mr. H. T. 

 Stiiintuii for his opinion upon them. He says : " I think the five 

 rtiiinly indicate a good species, nearer to mumMla than to 

 I am not aware that I ever saw it before." 



