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 INSECTS Eupoecilia manniana, Fisch. Guestltng, rare — rupicola, Curt. Abundant in chalk pits near Arundel and Goring among Eupatorium cannabinum ; Guest/ing, somewhat rare — roseana, Hw. Arundel^ Pett ; abundant among Dipsacus sylvestris — subroseana, Hw. Abbots JVood, abundant among Solidago virgaurea — implicitana, Wck. Very abundant on both sides of the basin near Southwick among Matricaria inodora, Guest/ing Xanthosetia zoegana, 1 Widely distributed on Linn. V the downs, near the — hamana, Linn. J coast, etc. Chrosis alcella, Schulze. Widely distributed and very abundant on the downs and coast shingles, also at Abbots JVood, Fern- hurst, St. Leonards Forest, etc. — bifasciana, Hb. Not rare in the ridings in Abbots JVood ; rare at GuestUng ; has occurred at Lewes once and also is found in Tilgate Forest Lobesia permixtana, Hb. Abbots JVood and woods between Binsted and Tortington Argyrolepia hartmanniana, Clerck. Abbots Wood and Ditchling Common ; in the latter locality abundant and very vari- able ; occurs also at Battle, Lewes, Laugh- ton, Hastings, Tilgate Forest, though possibly some of these localities may appertain to the following species — subbaummaniana, Wlk. Burpham and Houghton chalk pits — zephyrana, Tr. Abundant on the downs and coast among Daucus carota ; re- ported also from Eivhurst — maritimana, Gn. On the Camber Sand- hills among Eryngium maritimum — badiana, Hb. Bramher, GuestUng; appar- ently not abundant — cnicana, Dbld. Abbots JVood, GuestUng, Fair light, Hurston JVarren ; scarce Conchylis dipoltella, Hb. Brighton Doiuns, not uncommon — francillana, Fb. Brighton, Eastbourne, Hastings, Leives, Shoreham — dilucidana, Stph. Abbots JVood, Eastbourne ; very abundant on downs near JVorthing — smeathmanniana, Fb. Local ; not un- common on the Brighton Doiuns, occurs also at HoUington and JVorthing — straminea, Hw. Broadwater, Eastbourne, GuestUng, High Down near Goring Aphelia osseana, Scop. Abundant on the chalk Tortricodes tortricella, SchifF. Abundant in woods TINE^ Lemnatophila phryganella, Hb. Abundant in woods Dasystoma salicclla, Hb. Abbots JJ^ood ; common in lanes near Bury, the larvae abundant in August and September on leaves of Cornus sanguinea ; GuestUng Diurnea fagclla, Fb. Abundant everywhere Semioscopis avellanella, Hb. Tilgate Forest, abundant Epigraphia steinkellneriana, SchifF. Fern- hurst, GuestUng, Salvington Down Narycia monilifera, Geoff. Bognor, the larva; not uncommon on tree trunks Diplodoma herminata, Geof. Abbots JJ-^ood, Broadiuater, GuestUng, Selsey Solcnobia inconspicucUa, Stainton. Eastbourne, St. Leonards Forest — lichenella, Linn. Locally abundant on park palings ; Angmering, Horsham Talasporia tubulosa, Retz. Generally distri- buted and abundant ; the full-grown larvas and pupas may be collected from palings and tree trunks Luffia ferchaultella, Stph. Widely distributed and very abundant among powdery lichens on trees and palings ; Arundel, Horsham, shingles near Shoreham Fumea casta, Pallas. Abbots JVood, GuestUng, Rackham Common, JVashington Whittleia reticella, Newman. Cuckmere estu- ary near Exceat Bridge; flies in the afternoon sunshine somewhat abun- dantly Epichnopteryx pulla, Esp. Brighton district (Cooke) (Tutt, Lep. Brit. ii. 365) [Acanthopsychevillosella, O. Sussex, Brighton district (Cooke) (torn. cit. p. 395)] Psychoides verhuellella, St. Felpham, Tarring; not uncommon among Scolopendrium vulgare in hedgerows Ochsenheimeria birdella. Curt. Fairlight, Lancing, Rackham, Rewel JVood — bisontella, Z. Abundant on Ditchling Common among bracken ; a single speci- men in a rough field, Slindon Scardia boleti, Fb. Arundel ; the larvae may be found not uncommonly in fungi on oak trees — corticella. Curt. Tilgate Forest (Vine) — parasitella, Hb. Fernhurst (Barrett) — granella, Linn. Burgess Hill — cloacella. Arundel Park, Broadiuater, Burgess Hill, GuestUng ; may be reared freely from fungi growing on trees — arcella, Fb. Clayton, Fairmile Bottom, GuestUng, Rewel JVood, Sullington, JVor- thing ; abundant in lanes — imella, Hb. Shingles and slopes between Brighton and Shoreham — ferruginella, Hb. Arlington, Broadwater, Fernhurst, Pett ; lanes and hedgerows, not common