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 INSECTS Mr. Jenner Weir informed me that this species was formerly abundant near Keymer and elsewhere in the county, Mr. Stainton in his Manual mentions Lewes as a locality, and it has been recorded from Firle, Hen- field, the Holm Bush near Poynings, Horsham, and Abbots Wood' near Hailsham. The Large Cabbage White [Pieris brassicce^ L.), the Small Cabbage White (P. rapce, L.) and the Green-veined White (P. napi, L.) are generally distributed, and are more or less abundant according to the season. That rare butterfly the Bath White (P. dap/idice, L.) has been frequently taken in the county. Its capture has been recorded from Bognor, Eastbourne, Hastings, the Holmbush, Lewes, Brighton'' and Polegate. The Orange Tip [Anthocaris cardamines, L.) is generally dis- tributed and usually abundant by roadsides, and in lanes and woods, but it does not occur so commonly on the south side of the downs or near the coast. The Brimstone [Gonepteryx rhamni, L.) is generally common throughout the county, but less so near the coast where its food plant, the buckthorn, is scarce or altogether absent. It is very plentiful in Abbots Wood,^ Wilmington Wood, Folkington Wood and elsewhere near Hailsham and Hellingly. The Clouded Yellow [Colias edusa, Fb.) is very abundant in some seasons in clover and lucerne fields, and also on the downs and railway banks and in other localities. It occurred in great profusion in 1868, 1869 and 1870, and again in 1877 and i 892, appearing in lesser numbers in 1893 and the following years. In the south of Europe there appears to be a succession of broods following one another throughout the year. The white variety of the female (var. helice) is generally found with the type, more or less commonly. It occurred freely in 1868, 1869, 1870 and 1877. I have taken it in some numbers during the last thirty years near Brighton, Lewes and Eastbourne, and it was common in the county in 1892. The Pale Clouded Yellow (C. hyale, L.) is in some years abundant in clover and lucerne fields. It was plentiful near Brighton, Portslade, Rottingdean, Eastbourne and other parts of the county in 1868 and 1888. Mr. Fletcher states that it occurred again in 1900 all over the county and that a few specimens were taken near Worthing in 1902. The Silver-washed Fritillary {Argynnis paphia, L.) is not uncommon in some woods in the county, though far less abundant than in the New Forest in Hampshire or in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. I have taken it in Abbots Wood, Wilmington Wood and Folkington Wood near Hailsham, and it occurs in Ashdown Forest, Tilgate Forest, St. Leonards Forest and Charlton Forest. It has also been recorded from Bosham, Hayward's Heath, Midhurst, Sheffield Park, Slindon Woods, with this species in Sussex. — H.G. ^ A specimen taken by Mr. H. Gorringe at Bevingdean near Brighton in August, 187 1, was brought to me alive and is in my collection. — H.G. 3 I took a gynandromorphous specimen in Abbots Wood in July, 1874. The right wings are those of the female and the left wings those of a male, but I have not examined the sexual organs. — H.G. 165
 * I have worked the neighbourhood of Poynings and Abbots Wood since 1868, but I never met