76 DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA. 



distinguish it from the new species, in which the pale fascia is 

 distinct and striking. (Mr. Stainton says, in answer to my enquiry 

 on this point : "Amongst my mundella is one which just shews a 

 ghost of the pale hinder fascia, but in all my other specimens the 

 absence of the fascia is a striking character.") It also wants the 

 neat clean look of mundella, owing to the presence and irregular 

 distribution of so many dark scales. I propose to call this species 

 Portlandicella, from the locality in which it was found. 



I now proceed to the other new species belonging to the 

 genus Nepticula t which contains some of the smallest known 

 moths. 



On the 22nd of October, 1888, I collected some Nepticula larvae 

 mining in bramble leaves, and was much surprised to find that 

 three moths, which made their appearance on November 24th and 

 December 7th and 19th respectively of the same year, though 

 somewhat resembling aurella, had, besides the usual golden fascia, 

 a second one of the same colour situated on the hind margin of the 

 fore-wing. I do not remember that I bred any other imagines 

 from this batch of larvse, but from others there emerged one of 

 these peculiarly marked specimens on February 12th, and seven 

 during May, 1889. I bred one more on September 30th, 1889, 

 and a few in the latter part of January, 1890. Those of which I 

 know the locality all came from near Weymouth. 



I mentioned this Nepticula to Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher, of 

 Worthing, when staying with him last May, but though he has 

 bred more Nepticultu than most people he said that he had never seen 

 this form from bramble. As I could not identify it with any 

 known species, I sent some to Mr. Stainton, asking him for his 

 opinion on them, which he kindly gave me in the following words 

 " The Nepticula from the bramble, with a gold line on the hind 

 margin, is quite new to me. I have seen many aurella, both British 

 and German, but I never saw anything like these." He also added 

 Unit lie thought, that with my series, I might safely describe the 

 species as new. I have bred several more specimens this sprin" 

 (1890). 



