64 lepidoptera of the isle of purbeck. 



Phycis, F. (Dioryctria, Z.) 



Phycis abietella, 8. v. (Dioryctria decuriella, H.) 

 Studland ; a few have been taken at light by 

 Rev. C. R. Digby. Corfe ; one was taken, 

 by beating, bj^ F. Capel Hanbury, Esq., on 

 June 28, 1901 {teste E.R.B.), and several by 

 E.R.B. since. Note. — Phycis (Nephop- 

 TERYx) splendidella, H.-S. (Dioryctria 



SPLENDIDELLA, ^.-;S'. = SYLVESTRELLA, Rtz.) 



Swanage Coast ; one specimen was taken by 

 Rev. C. R. Digby in Punfield Cove in Aug., 

 1879. There are no spruce firs or firs or 

 pines of any sort Avithin a very long distance ; 

 but this insect has several times occurred in 

 equally unexpected places. (See Ent. Mo. 

 Mag. 2nd ser. II., 221.) Mr. Digby's specimen 

 has always been standing in his series Avith 

 some genuine decuriella, H. { = abietella S.V.) 

 of which he has taken a few at Studland ; but 

 after a careful comparison of it with specimens 

 of both these closely allied species, I have not 

 the slightest hesitation in identifying it as 

 the true splendidella H.-S. It is a decidedly 

 larger insect than the other, and always has 

 a noticeable reddish-brown patch (band) 

 before the first line. [This is the specimen 

 recorded in the original Purbeck list in Proc. 

 D.F.C, VI., 158, as Phycis abietella, S.V., 

 but the name abietella belongs to the smaller 

 species.] 



Rhodophjea, G. 



Rhodoph^a advenella, Zk. Studland ; one beaten out of 

 a hedge and secured by E.R.B. on July 28, 

 1896. Corfe ; one, beaten from blackthorn, 

 was taken by E.R.B. on Aug. 2, 1901. 



