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 A HISTORY OF SUSSEX win), Ore (R. M. Sotheby), locally common at Bexhill (Connold), Hastings district (Connold), Guestling (Bloomfield). Mschna mixta, Latr., Worth- ing (F. C. Summerson), one on Camber Sands, 22 October (Connold); Guestling (Bloomfield). M. cyariea. Mull., Battle (Porritt), Worthing (Summerson), Uckfield and Newick (Unwin), common in Hastings dis- trict (Bloomfield). JE. grandis, Linn., not uncommon near Lewes (Un- win), Guestling (Bloomfield), not common in the Hastings district (Butler). Calopteryx virgo, Linn., Midhurst (Guermonprez), Horsham (Turner), Ouse, etc., near Barcombe Mill, very common (Unwin), Hollington (Butler), Guestling (Bloomfield), Sedlescombe, common (Connold) locally, common at Battle and Crowhurst (Sotheby), Hastings district (Connold). C. splendens, Harr., Midhurst (Guermonprez), Ouse near Barcombe Mill (Unwin), banks of Cut (Unwin), Rother at Bodiam (Bloomfield), Hastings district (Connold), Ashburnham (Connold), Guestling (Bloomfield). Lestes j/»o«j-«, Hansem., Winchelsea Marshes (Lucas), Shoreham (Turner), Brighton district (Unwin), near Rye (Irby),Pett (Bloomfield), Hastings district (Con- nold) . Platycnemis pefinipes. Pall., once on downs near Lewes (Unwin) . Pyr- rhosoma nymphula, Sulz., Polegate (Guermonprez), near Liphook (Turner), Hailsham (Porritt), common in east Sussex (Porritt), Abbots Wood (Porritt), Shoreham (Turner), abundant near Lewes (Unwin), St. Leonards (Butler), common at GuestHng (Bloomfield). P. tenellum, Vill., near Lip- hook (Lucas). Ischnura pumilio, Charp., Abbots Wood, July, 1900 (Blen- carn). /. elegans, Lind., common at Bellagio (M. Burr), near Liphook (Lucas), very common near Lewes (Unwin), Guestling and Pett (Bloom- field), Hastings district (Connold) ; var. rufescens, Steph., Kingston and Landport near Lewes (Unwin). Agrion pulchellum, Lind., Hastings dis- trict (Connold), frequent near the Winterbourne and elsewhere round Lewes (Unwin). A. puella, Linn., east Sussex, common in woods and lanes (Porritt), near Liphook (Lucas), Worthing (Blencarn), very com- mon in Lewes levels (Unwin), common in Hastings district (Bloomfield). Enallagma cyathigerum, Charp., scarce in Sussex (Bloomfield), near Lip- hook (Lucas), rare in Brighton district (Unwin), Ashburnham (Connold). PLANIPENNIA Lacewings, etc. Next follow the Planipennia^ which are rather well represented. Sialis lutaria, Linn., is of course common, and S. fidigimsa, Pict., has been taken at St. Leonards and Guestling. The only Raphidia is R. tiotata (?), Fabr., recorded by Mr. Guermonprez from Heyshott. That fine insect Osmylus maculatus, Fabr., has been taken between Battle and Sedlescombe (Connold) and rarely at Hastings. Sisyrafuscata, Fabr., is recorded from Midhurst ; Micromus variegatus, Fabr., from the Hastings district and Ald- wick ; M. aphidivorus, Schr., from Hazel Slindon ; and M.pagatius, Linn., from Hastings, Fairlight, Guestling and Middleton. Of the genus Heme- ' For our knowledge of the members of this and the next sub-orders of the Sussex Neuroptcra we are indebted almost entirely to Messrs. Bloomfield, Butler and Guermonprez. — W.J.L. 116