DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA. 7< 



I have not yet been able to differentiate the larva from that of 

 aurella or other allied bramble species, such as N. gei, which 

 occurs in bramble in the neighbourhood of Weymouth. 



The following is a description of the new species, which I propose 

 to call auromarginella, on account of the striking character which 

 distinguishes it from all others of its genus : 



Exp. al. 2J"' 2f". Fore- wing, greenish-bronze, becoming 

 darker and more violet on the basal side of a somewhat broad, 

 nearly straight, pale golden fascia, which crosses the wing a little 

 beyond the middle; on the extreme hind-margin is a similar, 

 narrower, crescent-shaped, pale golden fascia ; the space between 

 the fasciae is dark violet, the whole of the wing being beautifully 

 metallic ; hind-wings and fringes, grey, with a bronzy gloss ; head, 

 any shade between ferruginous and very dark brown ; eyecaps cream- 

 coloured, or pale ochreous ; thorax, like the basal half of fore-wing ; 

 antennae, body, and legs darker, the legs with light rings. 



This species cannot be confounded with any other on account of 

 of its golden hind-margin. It resembles aurella in some respects, 

 but is smaller, and the basal portion is not brown as in that species, 

 but rather bronze green. 



I exhibit also a drawing of a specimen of Chrysoclista lima- 

 culella, Haw., taken by me on June 13th, 1889, near Weymouth, 

 in a lane with hedges of sallow, willow, and other growth. This 

 moth is always looked upon as a great rarity everywhere ; the only 

 other records for this county are contained in Mr. C. W. Dale's 

 "List of the Lepidoptera of Dorsetshire," being of three specimens, 

 taken at Glanvilles Wootton, in June, 1874. (See plate.) (See 

 Ent. Mon. Mag. xxv., 169.) 



I have also to mention Coccyx sulsequana, Haiv., a local and 

 scarce species in this country, of which I took several specimens 

 in May, 1889, near Weymouth. (See plate.) 



