INSECTS 



Mr. Jenner Weir informed me that this species was formerly abundant 

 near Keymer and elsewhere in the county, Mr. Stainton in his Manual 

 mentions Lewes as a locality, and it has been recorded from Firle, Hen- 

 field, the Holm Bush near Poynings, Horsham, and Abbots Wood' near 

 Hailsham. The Large Cabbage White [Pieris brassicce^ L.), the Small 

 Cabbage White (P. rapce, L.) and the Green-veined White (P. napi, L.) 

 are generally distributed, and are more or less abundant according to the 

 season. That rare butterfly the Bath White (P. dap/idice, L.) has been 

 frequently taken in the county. Its capture has been recorded from 

 Bognor, Eastbourne, Hastings, the Holmbush, Lewes, Brighton'' and 

 Polegate. The Orange Tip [Anthocaris cardamines, L.) is generally dis- 

 tributed and usually abundant by roadsides, and in lanes and woods, but 

 it does not occur so commonly on the south side of the downs or near 

 the coast. The Brimstone [Gonepteryx rhamni, L.) is generally common 

 throughout the county, but less so near the coast where its food plant, 

 the buckthorn, is scarce or altogether absent. It is very plentiful in 

 Abbots Wood,^ Wilmington Wood, Folkington Wood and elsewhere 

 near Hailsham and Hellingly. 



The Clouded Yellow [Colias edusa, Fb.) is very abundant in some 

 seasons in clover and lucerne fields, and also on the downs and railway 

 banks and in other localities. It occurred in great profusion in 1868, 



1869 and 1870, and again in 1877 and i 892, appearing in lesser numbers 

 in 1893 and the following years. In the south of Europe there appears 

 to be a succession of broods following one another throughout the year. 

 The white variety of the female (var. helice) is generally found with 

 the type, more or less commonly. It occurred freely in 1868, 1869, 



1870 and 1877. I have taken it in some numbers during the last thirty 

 years near Brighton, Lewes and Eastbourne, and it was common in the 

 county in 1892. The Pale Clouded Yellow (C. hyale, L.) is in some 

 years abundant in clover and lucerne fields. It was plentiful near 

 Brighton, Portslade, Rottingdean, Eastbourne and other parts of the 

 county in 1868 and 1888. Mr. Fletcher states that it occurred again 

 in 1900 all over the county and that a few specimens were taken near 

 Worthing in 1902. 



The Silver-washed Fritillary {Argynnis paphia, L.) is not uncommon 

 in some woods in the county, though far less abundant than in the New 

 Forest in Hampshire or in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. I 

 have taken it in Abbots Wood, Wilmington Wood and Folkington 

 Wood near Hailsham, and it occurs in Ashdown Forest, Tilgate Forest, 

 St. Leonards Forest and Charlton Forest. It has also been recorded from 

 Bosham, Hayward's Heath, Midhurst, Sheffield Park, Slindon Woods, 



* I have worked the neighbourhood of Poynings and Abbots Wood since 1868, but I never met 

 with this species in Sussex. — H.G. 



^ A specimen taken by Mr. H. Gorringe at Bevingdean near Brighton in August, 187 1, was 

 brought to me alive and is in my collection. — H.G. 



3 I took a gynandromorphous specimen in Abbots Wood in July, 1874. The right wings are 

 those of the female and the left wings those of a male, but I have not examined the sexual organs. — 

 H.G. 



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