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 INSECTS Triplirena iiiterjecta, Hb. Generally distri- buted but not abundant ; Bogiior, Brighton, Chichester, Cocking, Eastbourne, Fernhurst, Hastings, Horsham, Hay- ivarcTs Heath, Lewes, JVorthing — orbona, Hufn. Very scarce ; Mr. E. K. Robinson records having bred a speci- men from a larva found in Hollington JVood near Hastings{Ent. 1877, p. 299), and Mr. Christy has taken a few on the extreme west of the county near Emszvorth — comes, Hb. Abundant everywhere — pronuba, Liim. „ „ Amphipyra pyramidea, Linn. | Generally — tragopogonis, Linn. j abundant Mania typica, Linn. Generally common, especially in marshy places — maura, Linn. Generally common Panolis griseovariegata, Goeze. Local and somewhat scarce ; Bexhill, Brighton, near Emsworth, Fernhurst, Frant, Hor- sham, Isficld, Lewes, Ringmer, Tilgate Forest, Worthing, TFych Cross Pachnobia leucographa, Hb. Rare ; Battle, Cocking, Emsworth, East Grinstead, Groombridge, Horsham, Lewes, Tilgate Forest, Ticehurst — rubricosa, Fb. Common at sallow bloom Mesogona acetosellae, Fb. A single specimen was taken by Mr. T. Salvage at ' sugar ' in his garden at Arlington on 26 October, 1895 (see article by Mr. R. Adkin, Ent. xxviii. 317) Tsemiocampa gothica,Linn. "j Common at sal- — incerta, Hufn. j low bloom — opima, Hb. Local and scarce ; Abbots Wood, Horsham, Haywards Heath, Laughton, Tilgate Forest — populeti, Tr. Not common ; Abbots Wood, Guestling, Hayward s Heath, Horsham, Laughton, Lewes, Worthing — stabilis. View. Common at sallow bloom — gracilis, Fb. „ „ „ — miniosa, Fb. Common ; the larva are sometimes very abundant on oak grow- ing in hedgerows and woods — munda, Esp. Mr. Jenner notes this species as being rather scarce in East Sussex, occurring at Abbots Wood, Brighton, Battle, Frant, Hastings, Hay- ward^s Heath, Laughton, Lewes ; it seems quite common in West Sussex, the larva being more often observed perhaps than the imago — pulverulenta, Esp. Common in woods Orthosia suspecta, Hb. Very local ; Tilgate Forest — fissipuncta, Hw. Locally common, es- pecially in marshy places ; the larvae may be found abundantly under the bark of large willows (the Rev. C. D. Ash) Orthosia lota, Clerck. Generally common — macilenta, Hb. ,, ,, Anchocelis lielvola, Linn. „ „ — pistacina, Fb. „ „ — lunosa, Hw. ,, ,, — litura, Linn. Reported by Mr. Jenner as scarce in East Sussex, but common in the western division ; Abbots Wood, Ashdown Forest, Brighton, Cockitig, Ems- worth, Fernhurst, Guestling, Hayward' s Heath, Horsham, Laughton, Lewes Cerastis vaccinii, Both generally common Linn. and the latter very vari- — ligula, Esp. j able — erythrocephala, Fb. Very rare and local ; the first British specimen was taken near Brighton by Mr. H. Cooke in November, 1847. Subsequently spec- imens were taken by the late Mr. S. Stevens under the South Downs be- tween Brighton 2.nA Eastbourne {?>'XX'!<tn, Brit. Lep. vi. ii). Mr. Jenner re- cords that between 1857 and 1874 several were taken by himself and others near Lewes, the variety glabra occurring with the type. None appear to have been taken in the county since 1874 Scopelosoma satellitia, Linn. Generally com- mon — rubiginea, Fb. Very rare ; has occurred nt?^r Brighton (J. H. A. Jenner), in the grounds attached to Bramber Castle at ivy bloom (A. C. Vine) and at Denne Park, Horsham, at sallow bloom Hoporina croceago, Fb. Seems more abun- dant in the eastern than in the western division of the county, being not un- common in the former in oak woods ; Abbots JVood, Battle, Brighton, Guestling, Hayward's Heath, Horsham, Laughton, Lewes, Tilgate Forest, West Stoke (a single specimen taken by Mr. Arnold Shaw) Xanthia citrago, Linn. Very local ; Abbots Wood, Hassocks, Horsham, Northiam — fulvago, Linn. Generally common ; the form flavescens, Esp., occurring with, but less abundantly than, the type — lutea, Strom. Generally common — aurago, Fb. Sometimes abundant in beech woods ; Bramber, Charlton For- est, Cocking, near Emsworth, Falmer, Horsham, Isfield, Lewes — gilvago, Esp. Apparently very uncom- mon ; has occurred near Brighton, where specimens of a 'bright orange- 79