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 A HISTORY OF SUSSEX Bloomfield, in searching out and obtaining lists of captures from various naturalists who have interested themselves in the insects of Sussex, we are able to give for the county a moderately complete review of the much neglected order Neuroptera, using the word in the comprehensive sense adopted by most authors. The Trichoptera and Odonata are of course the groups that have been most attended to, and in connection with the latter good work has been done, for only some four possible species re- main to be discovered. But even for these groups the localities examined cover only a very small part of the county, and plenty of room is left for further work. Situated as the county is with its sea-front facing France, collectors should be on the look-out for immigrants. One such is re- corded — the striking Got}2phus Jiavipes, Charp. — taken near Hastings by J. F. Stephens, 5 August, 1818, and still to be seen in good condition amongst the poor collection of British dragonflies in the British Museum.' PSOCIDIA Psocids Of the Psocidia^ generally so very much neglected a group, we have amongst the wingless forms Atropos divinitoria, Miill. ; Clothilla pulsatoria, Linn., C. inquilina, Heyd., and C. sericea, Kolbe ( = C. picea. Mots.), occurring in houses ; and Hyperetes guestf aliens, Kolbe, from Bognor. Coming to the winged species, of the eleven members of the genus Psocus seven have been noticed : P. longicornis, Fabr., at Hastings, Goodwood and Eartham ; P. nebulosus, Steph., at Slindon, Eartham and Singleton ; P. variegatus, Fabr., at Bognor, Welberton and Slindon ; P. fasciatus, Fabr., at Hastings, St. Leonards, Charlton Forest and Cissbury ; P. bifasciatus, Latr., at Ore and Bognor ; P. quadrimaculatus, Latr., at Bognor ; and P. morio at Bognor, Felpham and Bersted. Stenop- socus immaculatus, Steph., and S. cruciatus, Linn., are both common, as also are Ccecilius pedicularius, Linn., and C.Jiavidus, Steph. (Guermonprez). C. obsoletus, Steph., is recorded from Bognor (i Aug. i 892) ; C. dalii, McLach., from Bognor, Aldwick and Felpham ; and C. vittatus, Latr., from Ald- wick, Slindon, Arundel, Hastings and Fairlight. Peripsocus phaopterus, Steph., occurs at Bognor and Fairlight. Elipsocus unipunctatus, Miill., is a common insect (Guermonprez) ; E. westivoodii, McLach., is recorded from Hastings, Bognor, Aldwick and Slindon ; and E. hyalinus, Steph., from Bognor. Ectopsocus briggsi, McLach., was taken on i November, 1902, by Mr. Guermonprez in his garden at Bognor. PERLIDIA Stone-Jlies As is usually the case very few of the Perlidia (stone-flies) have been those from Guestling by the Rev. E. N. Bloomfield, and they were identified or confirmed by Mr. McLachlan. Mr. Guermonprez's list was rich in Psoc'ulia. McLachlan's nomenclature is used in all groups except Odonata, in which group my British Dragmiflies is the authority. — W.J.L. ^ I am indebted to Messrs. Bloomfield and Guermonprez alone for information about the groups Piocidia, Perlidia and Epkemeridia. — W.J.L. 114
 * In the following notes most of the species from Hastings district were taken by Mr. Butler and