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 INSECTS I Calamia lutosa, Hb. Occasionally near Hast- higs, Horsham and Lewes ; appears to be fairly common at Bognor and Shore- ham Gortyna ochracea, Hb. Widely distributed ; recorded from near Emsworth, Hastings, HaywarcFs Heath, Horsham, Tilgate Forest, IForthing Hydroecia nictitans, Bkh. Common and widely distributed. The form paludis, Tutt, is abundant near Clyinping and on the salt marshes at Lancing ; it occurs also on the banks of the Arun, and Mr. Christy has met with it on Thorn ey Alarsh Hydroecia micacea, Esp. Common and widely distributed Axylia putris, Linn. Generally common Xylophasia rurea, Fb. Common — lithoxylea, Fb. „ — sublustris, Esp. Locally common ; Abbots Wood, Brighton, Eastbourne, near Ems- worth, Horsham, Leiues, St. Leonards, Tilgate — monoglypha, Hufn. Everywhere abun- dant — hepatica, Hb. Generally common — scolopacina, Esp. Very local ; Arundel Park, Horsham Dipterygia scabriuscula, Linn. Rare though widely distributed. Ashdown Forest, Brighton, near Emsworth, Fernhurst, Hayward's Heath, Horsham, Lewes, Tilgate Forest Aporophyla australis, Bdv. Locally abun- dant on the downs near Brighton, Lewes and Shoreham Lamphygma exigua, Hb. Very rare. Mr. Vine reports the capture of three speci- mens at Brighton, one on a gas-lamp, two on the racecourse and three at ' sugar ' at Shorehain. Other specimens have been taken singly at Brighton and Lewes. (Mr. Jenner), and Mr. Stainton [Manual, i. 203) gives IForthing as another locality in which the species has occurred Neuria reticulata, Vill. Not generally abun- dant, though Mr. Christy records it as having been quite common at Stoughton in 1885. It has occurred at Brighton, Eastbourne and Lewes and rarely at Guestling and Tilgate Neuronia popularis, Fb. Common Charaeas graminis, L. Occasionally common near Brighton and Lewes ; has occurred also near Emsworth, Hastings, Shoreham, IForthing Cerigo matura, Hufn. Not uncommon, especially on the downs Lupcrina tcstacea, Hb. Very abundant — dumerilii, Dup. A very rare immigrant ; ' Sussex ' (Meyrick, Handbook, p. 1 1 3). In a list of Lepidoptera captured and bred in 1859, Dr. AUchin writes: ' L. dumerilii ? Took one at Brighton in September ' {Ent. Weekly Intell. vii. 203). I do not know if the doubt as to the identity of the specimen ex- pressed by the note of interrogation was ever removed, nor do I know of any record of the capture of any other specimen in the county (VV.H.B.F.) — cespitis, Fb. Not often captured but is probably not uncommon on the downs. It has occurred near Brighton, Chiches- ter, Emsiuorth, Guestling, Hayward's Heath, Horsham, Lewes and IForthing Mamestra abjecta, Hb. Not common, and confined to the neighbourhood of the salt marshes near the coast. In East Sussex has occurred near Brighton and Leiues, and in the western division near Shoreham, and Lancing and in Thorney — sordida, Bork. Not uncommon -— furva, Hb. ' Usually a northern and western species, but it has been taken rarely in Sussex' (Barrett, Lep. Brit.iv. 354). Once near Lewes ; no recent record (J. H. A. Jenner) — brassicas, Linn. — persicarias, Linn. |- All very common Apamea basilinea, Fb. j — gemina, Hb. Common in some parts ot the county but appears not to be so generally. Reported from Bognor, Brighton, Fernhurst, Hailsham, Horsham, Hayward's Heath, Hastings, Lewes, Stoughton, Tilgate Forest, Uckjield, etc. — unanimis, Tr. Shoreham ; reported as being rather common, but seems rare elsewhere ; has occurred at Abbots Wood, Brighton, Guestling, Hayivard's Heath, Lewes, St. Leonards and Tilgate Forests — ophiogramma, Esp. Rare ; has been taken at HoUington, Horsham, Shore- ham — leucostigma, Hb. Very rare ; Brighton, Guestling (once in 1870), Shoreham, Slaugham — secalis, L. (didyma, Esp.) Abundant everywhere Miana strigilis, Clerck. Generally common — fasciuncula, Hw. ,, ,, — literosa, Hw. Probably not uncommon near the coast but rare elsewhere ; Ash- doivn Forest, Blackdown IFoods, Brighton, Chichester, Clymping, Cocking, Hayward's Heath, Hastings, Lewes, Shoreham, Thorney 11 23