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pamphilus^ L., was but little more common, while Pieris brasstccB, 

 L., and P. rapce, L., were notable rather by reason of their scarcity 

 than on account of any unusual abundance. 



Among the moths that might be observed by day, for I did no 

 night work, Plusia gamma, L., was probably the commonest, but 

 there was certainly no unusual number of them to be seen. Some 

 other species that used to be very common in the neighbourhood 

 appear to have ceased to exist there, or, if still keeping a foothold, 

 to occur only in greatly reduced numbers ; but probably the cause 

 is rather the hand of man than any natural agency. When I first 

 remember Eastbourne, the half mile west of the Wish Tower had a 

 sea front of sloping cliff, thickly overgrown with innumerable chalk- 

 loving plants, and was a very paradise for the entomologist. This 

 was some years ago converted into a series of parades and roads, the 

 banks between them being planted with tamarisk {Tamarix gallica, 

 L.), etc. The conversion did not, however, appear to have any 

 very great effect in diminishing the number of several of the species 

 at first, for the parades were but little used, and no great care was 

 bestowed upon the shrubs that had been planted, and, as a conse- 

 quence, a fair crop of the "native weeds" continued to flourish, and 

 afforded food and shelter for the various insects that affected the 

 locality, but this state of things is now altogether altered, the parades 

 are a favourite resort of townsfolk and visitors alike, and a whole 

 army of gardeners appear to spend their existence on the banks 

 hoeing up every green thing except the shrubs that they themselves 

 have planted. One of the commonest, perhaps the commonest, 

 species that haunted this particular spot in the good old days was 

 Stenia pundalis, Schiff It was to be found in abundance through- 

 out the months of July and August, and even into September. On 

 the parades being made its numbers perceptibly dimmished, or it 

 would, perhaps, be more correct to say that its range became more 

 restricted, being confined to a small portion of ground at the extreme 

 end of the parade, but it appears now to have entirely disappeared 

 from the district. In 1891 I made a careful search for this species, 

 and was rewarded by the capture of a single wasted specimen ; but, 

 although over the ground repeatedly both in 1893 and the present 

 year, I altogether failed to find a trace of it. Acidalia marginipimc- 

 tata, Goze., appeared to increase in numbers for a time after the 

 alterations, possibly on account of the stone-work of the banks 

 affording a beneficial, though artificial protection to the imago ; but 

 during the last three years the decrease in numbers has been very 

 striking, probably not a score of individuals coming under my notice 

 this year — not from any want of observation on my part, for a daily 

 search was made. I attribute this continuing thinning-down of the 

 species to the watchful care of the gardeners entirely. One cannot 

 help feeling a certain sense of regret at the disappearance of species 

 that have become to be regarded almost as old friends ; but on the 

 borders of a large and growing town such things are inevitable, and 



