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 INSECTS ter and Mr. Eagles [Ent. Ann. 1856, p. 30). Both Mr. Goss and Mr. Vine state that the species was formerly com- mon in the grounds attached to Bram- ber Castle, while Mr. Jenner and other entomologists used to take it freely in the neighbourhood of Lewes. It has also been taken at Arundel, Battle, Findon and near Neivhaven. Aplecta prasina, Fb. Somewhat scarce but widely distributed. Mr. Goss has found it common at 'sugar' in Abbots Wood and neighbouring woods. Re- ported also from Battle, Brighton, Charlton Forest, near Emsworth, Fern- hurst, Holm Bush, Hastings, Horsham, Laugbton, Lewes — occulta, Linn. Very rare ; once at Bat- tle (J.H.A.J.), near Emsivorth (W. M. Christy), Brighton Racecourse (A. C. Vine), Lnves (Stainton, Manual,. 272), St. Leonards (once) — nebulosa, Hufn. Common in woods — tincta, Brahm. In woods, not generally abundant ; Abbots IVood, where Mr. Goss has met with the moth not un- commonly at 'sugar'; Brighton, near Enmvorth (W. M. Christy), Hastings, Horsham, Laughton, Lewes, Tilgate Forest, where the larvje may be taken freely from birches in May — advena, Fb. Rare ; once at Battle (J. H. A. J.), Brighton, near Emsivorth (W. M. Christy), Faygate {once). Guest- ling, Hayward^s Heath Hadena adusta, Esp. Not common ; Abbots Wood, Ashdown Forest, downs near Clayton, near Emsworth, Hayiuard^s Heath, Horsham, Lezues — protea, Bkh. Common in woods at 'sugar' and ivy bloom — peregrina, Tr. The following statement appears in E.M.M. v. 150: 'Hadena peregrina at Lewes — A Noctua which proves to be H. peregrina was taken on the downs at the back of my house by one of my school children — Martha Meek, Lewes, September, 1868.' See also Barrett, Brit. Lep. iv. 181 — dentina, Esp. Generally common — trifolii, Rott. Common in rough places on and near the sea shore, where the larvEE may be found freely among Atriplex and Chenopodium ; elsewhere rare ; Bognor, Brighton, Hastings, Hay- ward'' s Heath, Lewes, Pagham, Worthing — dissimilis, Knoch. Rare ; seems almost confined to the neighbourhood of the coast ; Appledram (J. Anderson), Brigh- ton, GuestUng (once), Pagham (D. A. Edgell), St. Leonards Forest, Thornes (V. M. Christy) Hadena oleracea, Linn. Common, especially in gardens — pisi, Linn. Locally abundant, especially among Genista tinctoria, but rare in many parts of the county ; Abbots Wood, Brighton, Ditchling Common, near Ems- worth, Fernhurst, GuestUng, Horsham, Hayward's Heath, Laughton, Lewes, Midhurst, woods near Slindon — thalassina, Rott. Generally common in woods — contigua, Vill. Rare ; Brighton, near Emsworth, Holm Bush, Lewes, Tilgate Forest — genistas, Bkh. Not common ; Abbots Wood, Brighton, Battle, Charlton Forest, near Emsworth, GuestUng, Horsham, Leaves, Shoreham, St. Leonards Forest — areola, Esp. Fairly common and gener- ally distributed Xylomiges conspicillaris, Linn. Very rare ; ' One or two in greenhouses ' are stated to have occurred at Horsham Calocampa vetusta, Hb. Apparently scarce ; Brighton, GuestUng, Hayward's Heath, Horsham, Lewes, Pagham — exoleta, Linn. Not uncommon and generally distributed Xylina ornithopus, Rott. Somewhat common and widely distributed — semibrunnea, Hw. Rare, but widely distributed ; Bramber, Chichester, Cod- ing, Hastings, Hayward's Heath, Holm Bush, Horsham, Lewes, Shoreham, Tilgate — socia, Rott. Widely distributed and com- mon at times at ivy bloom and 'sugar' — sphinx, Hufn. Generally distributed and probably not uncommon in woods. The moth is rarely taken except at street lamps, and owing to the pertina- city with which the larvae cling to their food plant they are only beaten in small numbers Cucullia verbasci, Linn. Common ; the larvse may generally be found in abund- ance wherever Verbascum occurs — scrophularize, Capieux. Reported from Brighton, but perhaps an error ; speci- mens of C. verbasci bred from Scro- phularia and of C. lychnitis sometimes do duty in collections for C. scrophu- larice — lychnitis, Ramb. First noticed in this country by the late Mr. Samuel Stevens, who found the larvae near Arundel about the year 1842 (Barrett, Brit. Lep. vi. 75). The larvae are still found freely from time to time in the district