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 INSECTS Crambus inquinatellus, SchifF. Lewes, Hastings, rare ; widely distributed and abundant in JVest Sussex — contaminellus, Hb. Hastings, rare — salinellus, Tutt. Abundant on the coast at Lancing ; also met with at Bognor by Mr. Guermonprez. Probably occurs in all localities in the county where its food-plant, Glyceria (Poa) maritima, grows — geniculeus, Hw. Abundant and widely distributed — culmellus, Linn. Everywhere common — chrysonuchellus, Sc. Very abundant on the chalk downs ; Arundel, Lexves, Shore- ham, U'^orthing — craterellus, Sc, var. cassentiniellus, Z. Mr. Douglas exhibited a specimen taken by Mr. J. Hemmings on the downs near Brighton at the meeting of the Entomological Society of London on 2 October, 1854 {Proc. Ent. Soc. newser. iii. 1854-6, p. 27). Mr. Stain- ton stated (Ent. Ann. 1855, p. 43) that it was taken ' a few years back ' — hortuellus, Hb. Common everywhere Anerastia lotella, Hb. Reported as rare from Hastings, occurs also on the coast at Clymping and Southwick Homoeosoma sinuella, Fb. Eastbourne, Hast- ings, somewhat rare; abundant on the coast at Clymping, Lancing and Southwick — nimbella, L. Locally abundant. The larvas may be found abundantly on the coast between Hove and Shoreham in the flowers of Pyrethrum inodorum, near Amherley station in those of Senecio jacobaea, and in Thorney Island in those of Artemisia maritima — binaevella, Hb. Locally common ; Brigh- ton, Cissbury, Eastbourne, Hastings, Lewes, Shoreham Ephestia elutella, Hb. Occurs at Worthing in houses and stables, and is probably generally distributed throughout the county in stores and similar places — kuchniella, Z. This species, which may be expected to occur in mills and other places where flour is stored, has been found at Hastings Euzophora pinguis, Hw. Hastings, Lewes on ash trunks Cryptoblabes bistriga, Hw. Abbots JVood, Ashdown Forest, Hastings, Fernhurst Gymnancyla canella, Hb. On the Camber sandhills among Salsola kali ; occurs also at Pagham Phycis betulae, Goze. Not uncommon in Tilgate Forest ; found also at Battle and Hastings Phycis fusca, Hw. Not uncommon in Ashdoxvn and Tilgate Forests ; has been met with on Hurston Warren and near St. Leonards — dilutella, Hb. Common among wild thyme on the downs and coast shingles Dioryctria abietella, Fb. (decuriella, Hb.) A single larva found on a Scotch fir on Slindon Common in 1888, from which a moth was reared (Fletcher) Nephopteryx spissicella, Fb. Abundant in Abbots Wood and occurs at Hastings and in the Rezvcl Wood, Arundel — rhenella, Zk. Very abundant among heather in Ashdovjn Forest on Hurston Warren, and on Blackdown, Fernhurst Rliodophsa formosa, Hw. Charmandean near JVorthing — consociella, Hb. Abundant in Abbots JVood, Hastings, Lewes and Worthing [Manual, ii. 1 71) — advenella, Zk. Hastings, somewhat rare ; High Down near Gormg, Lewes and JVorthing (Manual, ii. 173) — marmorea, Hw. Not uncommon among stunted sloe bushes on the downs and commons ; Bury Hill, Charmandean, Eastbourne, Lewes, Milton Hide near Hailsham, Shoreham — suavella, Zk. Bury Down, Milton Hide — zelleri. Rag. Lewes and JVorthing [Manual, ii. 171); abundant in Abbots JVood; Guestling — tumidana, SchifF. Apparently rare. One at ' sugar ' at Shoreham on 28 August, 1895, and another on 31 August, 1896 (Vine) ; one on a paling at Charman- dean (Fletcher) Oncocera ahenella, Hb. Very generally dis- tributed over the chalk downs, but seems nowhere common ; Guestling Galleria mellonella, L. Reported from Hastings Aphomia sociella, L. Generally distributed and somewhat common Achroia grisella, Hb. Common in beehives TORTRICES Tortrix podana, Sc. Common and widely distributed ■ — piceana, Linn. Tilgate Forest{W. H. Tug- Well, Proc. S. Lond. Ent. Soc. 1 890, p. 5 5) — cratsgana, Hb. Local and not common ; Abbots JVood, Fernhurst, Hastings dis- trict, Lewes — xylosteana, Linn. Widely distributed and abundant ; Abbots JVood, Burgess Hill, Fernhurst, Guestling, Letues, Slindon — sorbiana, Hb. Common at Guestling and occurs also near Lewes 25 '93