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 INSECTS Argyresthia ephippella, Fb. Hastings, Reivil Wood, Salvmgtoii, Worthing ; abundant among garden and wild cherries — nitidella, Fb. Generally abundant among hawthorn — semitestacella, Curt. Arundel Park, Fernhurst, Preston, Rewel JVood ; abun- dant among beech — albistria, Hw. Generally abundant among sloe — conjugella, Z. Fernhurst, Guestling — semifusca, Hw. Fairmile Bottom, Preston, common on palings, Rackham, believed also to occur at Guestling — mendica, Hw. Generally abundant among sloe — glaucinella, Z. Abbots Wood — retinella, Z. Abbots Wood, Arundel Park, Fernhurst, Guestling, Rackham ; abun- dant among birch — dilectella, Z. Cissbury, downs near Steyn- ing; abundant among juniper — andereggiella, Dup. Wiggonholt Common — Cornelia, Fb. Guestling, Wiggonholt — pymaeella, Hb. Abbots Wood, Fernhurst, Goring Woods, Guestling, JVorthing — gcedartella, Linn. Abbots Wood, Broad- water, Guestling, Rackham — brockeella, Hb. Abbots Wood, Arundel Park, Guestling — arceuthina, Z. "> Cissbury, abundant — aurulentella, Stt. / among juniper Cedestis farinatella, Dup. Arundel Park, Fernhurst Ocnerostoma piniariella, Z. Broadwater, Fernhurst, Tilgate Forest Zelleria hepariella, Stt. Rewel Wood, Tilgate Forest Gracilaria alchimiella, Sc. Binsted Woods, Fernhurst, Guestling, Tortington ; abun- dant in oak woods — stigmatella, Fb. Abbots Wood, Guestling, Salvington ; probably occurs everywhere among sallows and willows — falconipennella, Hb. Abbots Wood, rare (Vine) — semifascia, Hw. Arundel Park, among maple — populetorum, Z. Abbots Wood (Vine), Lewes and Worthing [Manual, ii. 377) — elongella, Linn. Abbots Wood, Fernhurst, Guestling, Hardham, Sullington ; prob- ably common, generally among alder. The variety stramineella, Stt. occurs with the type in Abbots Wood — tringipennella, Z. Widely distributed and abundant among Plantago lanceo- lata — syringella, Fb. Everywhere abundant among ash, lilac, privet and allied plants Gracilaria omissella, Stt. Locally abundant among Artemisia vulgaris. Broadwater, Hurston JVarren, Sompting — phasianipennella, Hb. Fernhurst (Barrett) — auroguttella, Stph. Abbots JFood, East- bourne, Guestling, Worthing ; very abun- dant among Hypericum — ononidis, Z. Arundel Park, Ditchling Common, downs near Bramber and Sompting, Slindon ; not uncommon among red clover Coriscium brongniardellum, Fb. Abbots Wood, Coldwaltham, Fernhurst, Guest- ling, near Steyning — cuculipennellum, Hb. Fernhurst, Rewel Wood, larvae from which imagines have been bred abundant on ash and privet ; also on Slindon Common — sulphurellum, Hw. Abbots Wood, Guest- ling, Rewel Wood Ornix avellanella, Stt. Everywhere abun- dant among hazel — anglicella, Stt. Everywhere abundant among hawthorn — betulas, Stt. Abbots Wood, Fernhurst, Guestling ; doubtless generally abundant among birch — torquillella, Z. Widely distributed and abundant among sloe — scoticella, Stt. Arundel Park, Bognor, Fernhurst, Worthing ; the larva; on leaves of Pyrus aria, malus, Cotoneaster affinis, etc. — guttea, Hw. Bognor, Guestling, Mund- ham. Worthing ; abundant in gardens among apple trees Goniodoma limoniella, Stt. Larvae found in September, 1889, in Thorney Island, and the moths bred in 1890 (Fletcher) Coleophora spissicornis, Hw. Arundel Park, Ditchling Common, Lancing, Shoreham, JVolstonbury ; the larvae feeding on fruits of Trifolium repens — deauratella, Z. Burgess Hill (Vine) — fuscocuprella, H.S. Abbots Wood ; larvae sometimes abundant on hazel ; Guest- ling — alcyonipennella, Koll. Arundel, Guest- ling, Salvington Doivn — paripennella, Z. Near Castle Goring ; the larvae feeding on bramble ; Guest- ling{}) — ahenella, Hein. Fernhurst (Barrett) — potentillae, Elisha. Cissbury, Guestling (f), Horsham, Hurston Warren, downs near Bramber ; the larvas feed on leaves of Potentilla,Poterium, Rubus,Spira;a, and even on those of stray elm suckers growing among their more usual food plants