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August 16th. Occurred sparingly near Sompting, Angmering, Lancing, 

 Clapham, and Goring. Bupalus piniaria. — June 6th. Storrington. 

 Aspilates ochrearia. — May 28th. Not common ; at Goring, by the sea 

 and on the Downs, near Clapham. Tephrosia punctularia. — May 15th. 

 On tree trunks at Storrington, Patching, and Angmering. Boarmia 

 consortaria. — On May 26th I found a <? on an oak trunk in a wood 

 near Patching. Is not this a very early date for this species ? 

 HemerophUa abrnptaria. — May 14th. One specimen only seen on a 

 paling at Worthing. Pachycnemia hippocastanaria. — July 16th. A $ 

 disturbed from heather near Storrington. Abraxas grossulariata. — June 

 6th. Very common, and I think inclined to be strongly marked, at 

 Worthing about the Euonymus. One of my sons brought me a specimen 

 of ab. nigrosparsata on June 25th. Pseudoterpna pruinata. — July 16th. 

 Storrington. Iodis lactearia. — May 26th. Patching. Henrithea stri- 

 gata. — May 31st. Patching and Clapham. Acidalia dimidiata. — ■ 

 July 14th. A number beaten out of Clematis on High Down Hill. 

 A. virgularia. — June 22nd. Common at Worthing. Eulype hastata. 

 — May 22nd. Not common ; about birch in Woods near Angmering 

 and Patching. Xanthorho'e rivata. — June 28th. One specimen netted 

 in a chalk pit near Lancing. MelaiitMa procellata. — July 14tb. 

 Several beaten from Clematis on High Down Hill. Asthena candidata.— 

 First brood, May 22nd ; second brood, August 5th. Angmering, Clap- 

 ham and West Burton. Mint) a murinata. — May 11th. Seen on the 

 wing in a wood near Arundel. Perizoma affinitata. — May 22nd. A 

 few beaten from bushes in woods near Angmering and Patching. P. 

 flavofasciata. — May 26th. Patching. Dysstroma (Cidaria) citrata 

 (immanata). — July 14th. Angmering. Anaitis plagiata. — First brood, 

 May 21st; second brood, August 5th. Clapham, Patching, and 

 Steyning. Mesotype virgata. — July 24th. A solitary specimen of the 

 second brood netted in a chalk pit near Lancing. Ortholitha plum- 

 baria. June 25th. Only met with in a heathy hollow on the Downs 

 near Sompting. I took one £ with the black central spot on the 

 forewings obsolete. 0. bipunctaria. — June 28th. Common on the 

 chalk in many localities. 0. limitata. — July 19th. On the Downs 

 near Lancing and Edburton, and by the sea near Goring. Eupithecia 

 abbreviata. — One specimen seen in April on a paling by some holm- 

 oak trees at Worthing. E. sobrinata. — August 7th. Abundant 

 amongst juniper near Sompting. E. pumUata. — July 16th. Storring- 

 ton. Herbula cespitalis. — Observed on the slopes of the Downs. Ebuled 

 crocealis. — July 24th. Several met with in a chalk pit near Lancing. 

 Spilodes palealis. — A search amongst wild carrot and on the flower- 

 ing heads of thistles near-by, in a rough meadow near the sea at 

 Goring, produced five specimens of this insect. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Nomenclature. — Polyommatus icarus. — In Ent. Bee, vol. xxxii., 

 p. 191, I recorded the capture in May, 1920, of the ab. figured in 

 South's Butterflies, plate 119, fig. 5, at the same time enquiring its 

 correct name, to which the reply was that it is usually identified with 

 ab. persica, Bienert, but is separated tentatively by Tutt as ab. 

 obsoleta. 



In the article in this month's issue of Ent. Bee. (vol. xxxiii.), on 



