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 INSECTS Penthina dimidiana,Sodof. Abundant in J lihots JFood, the larvae feeding on birch in the autumn ; occurs also at Guestling, and possibly in the Rewel Wood, Arundel — gentiana, Hb. Widely distributed and not uncommon among teazle — oblongana, Hw. Abhoti JFood, Ditchling Common ; abundant among Betonica officinalis — sellana, Gn. Arundel, Slindon, Steyning, Worthing ; not uncommon — fuligana, Hb. Widely distributed, but seems nowhere abundant ; Abbots IVood, Ditchling Common, Guestling, Tilgate Forest Antithesia salicella, Linn. Guestling, not com- mon ; Tarring, the larvae feeding on black poplar Hedya ocellana, Fb. Abundant everywhere — lariciana, Hein. Abundant at Blatching- ton and on Slindon Common ; flies in the afternoon round the tops of larches — aceriana, Dup. Abbots IVood, Hastings, Worthing — incarnana, Hw. Generally common — neglectana, Dup. Abundant in Abbots Wood, Hastings — servillana, Dup. Abbots Wood and Holm Bush ; the larvae may sometimes be found not uncommonly in swollen twigs of sallow — simplana, Fisch. Abbots Wood, not un- common among aspen Spilonota incarnatana, Hb. Clapham Doivns, Milton Hide near Hailsham, and pro- bably in other places in the county in which Rosa spinosissima occurs — suffusana, Z. Hastings, Worthing ; not uncommon — roSECColana, Dbld. Fernhurst, Guestling, Worthing ; not uncommon — roborana, Tr. Fernhurst, Guestling, Rewel Wood near Arundel, IVorthing Pardia tripunctana, Fb. ) Common and — uddmanniana, Linn. J widely distributed Sideria achatana, Fb. Abbots JVood, Bell Woods Fernhurst, Hastings, Hassocks ; somewhat uncommon Sericoris latifasciana, Hw. This very local species has been taken somewhat freely in Abbots Wood by Mr. Vine — euphorbiana, Frr. Locally abundant ; Arundel — littoralis, Curt. Very local, apparently much less widely distributed than its food-plant ; Clymping Common, Hastings, Pett — cespitana, Hb. Locally common on the coast and downs ; Abbots Wood, Clymp- ing Common, Lancing Ring, shingles near Chemical Works, Shoreham Sericoris rivulana, Sc. Rather local ; Char- mandean, Slindon, the larvse feeding on Origanum ; Tilgate Forest — urticana, Hb. Generally abundant and widely distributed — lacunana, Dup. Abundant everywhere Roxana arcuella, CI. Locally abundant in woods ; Abbots Wood, Battle, Guestling, Lewes Euchromia rufana var. purpurana, Hw. Locally abundant on the shingles near Lancing ^nd Southwick, the larvae feeding on Sonchus arvensis and Taraxacum densleonis ; occurs also at Hastings Ortliotaelia antiquana, Hw. Shoreham (Vine) — striana, SchifF. Not uncommon locally ; pupae sometimes collected with those of E. rufana ; Arundel Park, Bognor, Abbots Wood, Findon, Hastings district, shingles near Lancing and Southwick — ericetana, Westw. A single specimen in a ' hanger' on the outskirts of Clapham JVoods (Fletcher) Eriopsela fractifasciana, Hw. Local, but often excessively abundant where it occurs, the larvse on the radical leaves (flower heads, Meyrick, Handbook, p. 486) of Scabiosa ; Arundel Park, Abbots Wood, Ewhurst ; High Down, Goring ; Sompting — quadrana, Hb. Abundant in Abbots Wood among Teucrium, on which perhaps the larvae may feed ; has been also taken at Lewes and once at Guestling Phtheochroa rugosana, Hb. Seems to occur abundantly round JForthing wherever Bryonia dioica grows Cnephasia politana, Hw. Abbots Wood, Brighton, Chailey, Tilgate Forest, Uck- field — musculana, Hb. Generally common in woods Sciaphila nubilana, Hb. Hastings, extremely abundant in a hawthorn hedge at Broadwater, and doubtless in many similar places in the county — conspersana, Dougl. Hastings — incertana, Tr. — wahlbomiana, Linn., var. [Common virgaureana, Tr. j everywhere — pasivana, Hb. J — chrysantheana, Dup. Occurs freely on the park paling at Charmandean with several of its congeners ; Eastbourne — sinuana, Stph. Guestling, JVolstotibury ; larvae not rare on Scilla nutans — hybridana, Hb. Abundant and widely distributed Sphaleroptera longana, Hw. Hastings, locally abundant on the downs near Worthing