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 INSECTS Boarmla consortaria, Fb. Not uncommon in woods Teplirosia consonaria, Hb. In woods, local ; Aihdown Foreit, Abbots IVood, Battle, Brighton, Charlton Fonst, Falmer, Fern- hunt, Guestling, Harvard's Heath, Til- gate Forest — crepuscularia, Hb. Common and widely — biundularia, Esp. J distributed — luridata, Bkh. Not uncommon in woods in East Sussex ; taken by Mr. Barrett at Fernhurst in the western division — • punctularia, Hb. Rather common and generally distributed in woods among birch Gnophos obscuraria, Hb. Locally abundant. The form on the chalk is much lighter in colour than that found on the clay or sand, and a still lighter form (var. calceata, Stgr.) is found somewhat rarely at Lewes. Brighton, Crowborough, East- bourne, Fernhurst, Hastings, Lewes, Stor- rington, Tilgate Forest Pseudoterpna pruinata, Hufn. Common and generally distributed Geometra papilionaria, Linn. Widely distri- buted ; Ashdotvn Forest, Abbots Wood, Battle, Bosham, Brighton, Cocking, Chich- ester, Guestling, Hastings, Hayward^s Heath, Horsham, Linchmere, Plashet JVood, Tilgate Forest — vernaria, Hb. Common on the chalk among Clematis vitalba Phorodesma bajularia, Hufn. Not rare in Abbots Wood ; occurs also at Battle, Brighton, Guestling, Hayward'' s Heath, Horsham, Lewes, JVorthing Thalera fimbrialis. Scop. The capture of a specimen by his son on a slope near Beachy Head on 7 August 1902 is re- corded by Mr. Charles Capper (f.M.M. xxxix. 216) lodis lactearia, Linn. "1 Generally com- Hemithea strigata. Mull, j mon Zonosoma porata, Fb."| Not uncommon in — punctaria, Linn, j oak woods — linearia, Hb. In beech woods ; local, but widely distributed — annulata, Schulze. Common among maple (Acer campestre) — orbicularia, Hb. Occasionally at Abbots Wood, Battle, Brighton, Guestling, Hay- ivard's Heath, Holme Bush, Lewes, St. Leonards and Tilgate Forests — pendularia, Clerck. Generally distributed and rather common among birch Hyria muricata, Hufn. Rare and local ; St. Leonards and Tilgate Forests Asthena luteata, Schiff. Abbots Wood, Battle, Bramber, Coding, Fernhurst, Guestling, Hayward's Heath, Horsham, Laughton, Lewes, Tilgate Forest Asthena candidata, Schift". Generally common in woods — tcstaceata, Don. Not uncommon in woods and widely distributed Eupisteria obliterata, Hufn. Not uncommon among alders Acidalia rubiginata, Hufn. One specimen taken at ' light ' by the Rev. E. N. Bloom- field on 3 August, 1872 [E.Al.M. ix. 218) — dimidiata, Hufn. Generally common — bisetata, Hufn. „ „ — trigeminata, Hw. Not common ; Abbots ^Wood, Charlton Forest, Horsham, Til- gate Forest — rusticata, Fb. Very local ; recorded from Brighton and Lezues — ■ dilutaria, Hb. Locally abundant ; East- bourne, Fernhurst, Hailsham, Hastings, Lewes, Worthing — virgularia, Hb. Common and generally distributed — ornata. Scop. Very rare, near Hastings and Tilgate — marginepunctata, Goze. Locally abun- dant, especially on the chalk ; Arundel, Brighton, Bognor, Clytnping, Eastbourne, Hastings, Horsham, Lewes, St. Leon- ards — straminata, Tr. Very rare ; one at East- bourne, St. Leonards Forest — subsericeata, Hw. Local ; Abbots Wood, Battle, Clymping Sandhills, Ditchling Common, Guestling, Laughton, Plashet Wood — immutata, L. In damp places, very local ; Hurston Warren, Rackham, St. Leonards Forest, Rye — remutaria, Hb. Very common in woods — immorata, L. Very local ; found near Lewes in 1887 by Mr. C. H. Morris and taken there by him and others every year since. A specimen had been met with many years before by Mr. Desvignes and passed into Mr. S. Stevens' collection, being regarded as a variety of Strenia clathrata (Barrett, Brit. Lep. viii. 51). No other British locality is known — strigilaria, Hb. Hastings once — imitaria, Hb. Locally common ; Abbots Wood, Battle, Bognor, Brighton, Chi- chester, Fernhurst, Horsham, Hastings, Lewes, Tilgate Forest — emutaria, Hb. Probably occurs in wet places in all the marshes near the coast ; Bognor, Clymping, Lewes, Shoreham, Thorney [85 24