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Seiiibers on the list were represented by but one or two specimens.” 
He would conclude by bringing into one view the numbers in the 
different groups : Diurni, 32; Sphingide, 10; Bombyces, &¢., 393 
Geometre, 142; Dreponiule, 4; Pseudo-Bombyces, 11 ; Noctua, 139 ; 
Deltoides, 8; Pyralides, 30 ; Crambites, 25; total, 440. On com- 
paring this summary with the Haslemere list, it would be seen 
that it fell considerably short. This might be accounted for, partly 
_ by the far more restricted area over which he had collected, and 
also to his being a far less energetic collector than his friend, 
G. C. Barrett. He doubted not that he should still meet with 
many unrecorded species, as he had met with fifty-one new species 
- since 1869, and none of these had been very good collecting years. 
The names given, it might be mentioned, were taken from Mr. Double- 
day’s catalogue, second edition. 
A vote of thanks having been passed to the author of the paper, an 
interesting discussion followed. Mr. WONFOR and Mr. H. Goss 
pointed out that several species mentioned by Mr. Bloomfield were 
far more common in the neighbourhood of Brighton. This part of 
Sussex, in fact, was particularly rich in the Macro Lepidoptera. In 
1860, Mrs. Merrifield stated that 570 of the 842 known species were 
_ found within a few miles of Brighton, and the list had been consider- 
ably increased since then. Leucania Vitellina, Extranea, and Synia 
_Musculosa were first found at Brighton. Up to 1871, Detopeta 
_ Pulchella was very scarce, but several had since been taken. 
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VERIFICATION OF THE FAUNA AND FLORA 
OF THE COUNTY. 
a Previous to the reading of the above paper, the following Report of 
_ the Committee was approved and ordered to be acted upon :— 
“The Committee, having carefully considered the suggestions con- 
_ tained in Mr. Wonfor’s paper, beg to recommend that the following 
circular be sent to Members of this and kindred Societies and to 
naturalists generally :— 
This Society has determined to collect facts in connection with 
the Natural History of Sussex, for the purpose of verifying existing 
