Brighton and its surrounding locality, including Lewes, have obtained considerable repute amongst entomologists for producing a great many rare insects, owing, no doubt, to there being several persevering and good collectors in the district. There are only sixty-four indigenous Butterflies in England,—certainly very few when compared with the number of species found in Europe. Of those sixty-four, Brighton and its neighbourhood contribute forty-eight, and of Moths,—of which there are upwards of two thousand found in England,—nearly the same proportion. It is a curious fact in Natural History, that some families, which years ago were rare in England, have now become common; and, others which were frequently met with, are very rare; some species have disappeared altogether, while new ones,—owing to the great addition and perseverance of collectors,—are every year discovered and added to the lists. The Holmbush,—about eight miles from Brighton, and the commencement of the Weald of Sussex,—has hitherto been the great emporium for moths, and a good many butterflies, particularly _the fritillaries_, whose resort is in and near the large woods there. A few years ago, the Wood White,—_Leucophasia sinapis_,—in June could be found there in abundance. Now the species is rarely seen, but, being a denizen of the interior of the woods, and the woods all about there being strictly _tabooed_, the collector has not the opportunity to get them he formerly had. The Green-veined White,—_Pieris napi_,—the pretty little Orange Tip,—_Anthocharis cardamines_,—and the Brimstone Butterfly,—_Gonepteryx rhamni_,—are common in that locality; but for the Clouded Yellows,—genus, _Colias_,—Brighton must be closer approached in the clover fields, about August. They are of a rich golden colour, banded with black; and there is a variety called _Helice_, which are considered a prize to any entomologist. _The_ great prize, the Queen of Spain,—_Argynnis lathonia_,—_has_ been taken in a garden at Kemp Town; but like “Angels’ visits,” they are very “few and far between.” The gorgeous Large Copper,—_Polyommatus hippothoe_,—whose wings, edged with black, shine like burnished gold, and cast into shade any colour which the device of man can create,—was once plentiful in two counties of England, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire; but it is now considered by our best entomologists extinct in this country.