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 INSECTS leaves of apple in the Infirmary garden, Ne Worthing, and a few were found feed- ing also in those of Prunus sinensis in another garden in the same town (Flet- — cher) Phyllocnistis sufflisella, Z. Abundant at Bognor and Worthing among Populus — nigra ; rare at Gueitling, North Amber- sham — saligna, Z. Abundant in the Arun Valley — between Nor-th Stoke and Warningcamp, rare at GuestUng, Fernhurst Cemiostoma spartifoliella, Hb. Burgess Hill, — Hastings ; among broom — laburnella, Stt. Extremely abundant, — generally in gardens among laburnum — scitella, Z. Broadwater, Hastings — — wailesella, Stt. Ditchling Common, Mund- ham ; abundant among Genista tinc- toria — — lotella, Stt. Tilgate Forest near Cinder- ford Opostega salaciella, Tr. Fernhurst, Gritham — Common, Rewel Wood, Tilgate Forest ; has been bred from Rumex acetosella (Meyrick, Handbook, p. 729), and has — been observed to lay its eggs on the leaves of that plant — — crepusculella, Z. Fairlight (Bloomfield) Bucculatrix nigricomella, Z., ab. aurima- culella, Stt. Bramher, Ditchling Com- — mon, GuestUng, High Doivn near Goring — cidarella, Z. Abbots Wood; Tilgate Forest, abundant among alder — — ulmella, Z. Goring Woods, Rewel Wood — crataegi, Z. Abbots Wood among haw- thorn and Pyrus torminalis, Burgess Hill — — demaryella, Dup. Abbots Wood, Fern- hurst. A few larvae cocoons and cocoonets found on birch in the Rewel Wood must no doubt be referred to this species — maritima, Stt. Very abundant in the — salt marshes between Shoreham and Worthing — boyerella, Dup. Broadwater — frangulella, Goeze. Fernhurst, Findon, — Parham, Storrington — cristatella, Z. Arundel Park, Clapham — Down, Clympitig, Ditchling Common, Lancing ; not uncommon among yar- — row — — thoracella, Thnbg. Horsham, among — lime trees Nepticula atricapitella, ^ Generally distributed — Hw. V and abundant — ruficapitella, Hw. j among oak — basiguttella, Heeri. Abbots Wood, scarce — anomalella, Goeze. Generally abundant — among garden and wild roses I 209 pticula fletcheri, Tutt. Widely distributed among Rosa arvensis ; Balcombe, Bram- ber, Clapham, Parham, Slindon pygmaeella, Hw. Arundel Park, Portslade, Worthing ; very abundant among haw- thorn pomella, Vaughan. Bognor, Mundham, Worthing ; abundant among apples in gardens oxyacanthella, Stt. Generally abundant, the larvse feeding in leaves of CratEegus, Cotoneaster and Pyrus minusculella, H.S. Worthing, sometimes abundant among pear in gardens viscerella, Stt. Bramber, Goring, Willing- don ; among elm catharticella, Stt. Arundel Park, Salving- ton Doiun ; among Rhamnus catharti- cus septembrella, Stt. Arundel, Abbots Wood, Eastbourne, High Down near Goring ; among Hypericum sp. cryptella, Stt. Arundel Park, Erringham, High Down, Shingles near Shoreham, Steyning intimella, Z. Abbots Wood, Hassocks ; among Salix sp., scarce headleyella, Stt. Not uncommon in Arundel Park ; among Prunella vul- garis subbimaculella, Hw. Abbots Wood, Fern- hurst, Goring Woods ; abundant among oak argyropeza, Z. Abbots JVood, F aimer Woods ; not uncommon among Popu- lus tremula trimaculella, Hw. Bognor, Worthing ; abundant in gardens and plantations among Populus nigra. Larvas observed in leaves of P. balsamifera near Am- berley and Braynber railway stations are probably of this species assimilella, Z. Abbots Wood, larvae in leaves of Populus tremula ; mines probably of this species have been ob- served in Tilgate Forest sericopeza, Z. Arundel Park ; larvae not rare in fruits of Acer campestre floslactella, Hw. Everywhere abundant among hazel and hornbeam lapponica, Wck. Chailey, Falmer Woods confusella. Wood J (Vine) salicis, Stt. Generally abundant among Salix cinerea, etc. vimineticola. Frey. Abbots JVood, valleys of the Adur and Arun ; not uncom- mon among Salix alba, in the leaves of which the larvas feed microtheriella, Stt. Generally abundant among hazel 27