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 INSECTS hounify Goring, Hastings, Hiiywiird's Heath, Horsham, Lewes Melanippc sociata, Bkh. Generally common — montanata, SchifF. „ „ — galiata, Hb. Local but not uncommon in chalk pits ; Brighton, Coding, East- bourne, Goring, Hastings, Hayiuard^s Heath, Lewes — fluctuata, Linn. Very abundant Anticlea cucullata, Hufn. Very local near Amberley, Chichester, Eastbourne, Ems- worth and JFest Dean. The pretty and somewhat conspicuous larvae may be found in the middle of August in the daytime extended bridge-like between the branchlets of the inflorescence of Galium muUugo growing in hedge- rows — rubidata, Fb. Locally common ; Bognor, Bramber, Brighton, Chichester, Cocking, Fairlight, Horsham, Lewes — badiata, Hb. Common among wild rose — nigrofasciata, Goeze. Widely distributed but not common ; Abbots JVood, Brigh- ton, Cocking, Fern hurst, Hastings, Ha)<- ivard's Heath, Horsham, Lewes, Uckfield Coremia designata, Rott. Generally common, especially in woods — ferrugata, CI. ■) Common and generally — unidentaria, Hw.J distributed Camptogramma bilineata, L. Abundant everywhere — fluviata, Hb. Rare ; occasionally taken at Blatchington, Brighton, Battle, Guest- ling, Goring, St. Leonards Phibalapteryx tersata, Hb. Locally common among traveller's joy (Clematis vitalba) ; Battle, Brighton, Chichester, Cocking, Guestling, Goring, Lewes — vittata, Bkh. Very local ; Amberley, Hastings, Hayward's Heath, Horsham, Leives — vitalbata, Hb. Local but sometimes not uncommon among traveller's joy (Cle- matis vitalba) ; Abbots JVood, Bognor, Brighton, Chichester, Cocking, Goring, Hastings, Lewes, North Stoke Triphosa dubitata, Linn. Local, but the larvae may sometimes be found abundantly where the buckthorn occurs ; Abbots IVood, Brighton, Cocking, Chichester, Hastings, Horsham, Lewes, Salvington Down Scotosia certata, Hb. Very rare ; Mr. Vine took three specimens at Hailsham some few years ago, and it is also recorded from Tilgate Forest — undulata, Linn. In woods, scarce ; Ashdown Forest, Abbots Wood, Battle, Brighton, Bosham, Charlton Forest, Guestling, Holm Bush, Hayivard's Heath, Hfrsham, Lewes Scotosia vetulata, SchifF. Locally common among buckthorn ; Brighton, Lewes, Salvington Down, Tilgate Forest — rhamnata, SchiflF. Occurs among buck- thorn in the same localities as the last species Cidaria psittacata, Hufn. Not common ; Abbots IVood, Brighton, Fcrnhurst, Front, Horsham, Lewes, Tilgate Forest — miata, L. Generally common — picata, Hb. Woods, rather scarce ; Abbots JVood, Ashdoivn Forest, Battle, Brighton, Charlton Forest, Guestling, Horsham, Tilgate Forest — corylata, Thnbg. Generally common in woods — truncata, Hufn. Generally common — immanata, Hw. ,, „ — sufFumata, Hb. Widely distributed but not common — silaceata, Hb. Locally common ; Battle, Brighton, Charlton Forest, Clapham JVoods, Fernhurst, Guestling, Horsham, Leiues, Poling, Tilgate Forest — prunata, Linn. Common in gardens — testata, Linn. Generally common — populata, Linn. Brighton (Stainton's Manual, ii. i 14), Shoreham (A. C. Vine) — fulvata, Forst. Generally common — dotata, L. Generally distributed, but not common — associata, Bkh. Local and not common ; Abbots IVood, Bognor, Brighton, Guest- ling, Horsham, Lewes, Shoreham, Tilgate Forest, IVorthing Pelurga comitata, Linn. Common and gener- ally distributed near the coast, seems less so inland ; Bognor, Brighton, Chich- ester, Hastings, Horsham, Lewes, U^orthing Eubolia cervinata, SchifF. Not uncommon among mallow ; Bognor, Brighton, Bramber, Chichester, Clymping, East- bourne, Hastings, Horsham, Leives — moeniata, Sc. A specimen is recorded to have been taken 11 August, 1873, "S'^'' East Grinstead, by Mr. W. Thomas [Ent. vi. 516). Very few specimens have been recorded as captured in the British Isles, and supposing no errors in identification have occurred they are probably but chance immigrants — limitata, Sc. Generally common — plumbaria, Fb. Locally common, especi- ally on heaths — bipunctaria, SchifF. Abundant on the chalk Mesotype virgata, Rott. Locally abundant on the downs and coast sandhills