A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



Trochilium crabroniformis, Lewin. Brighton, 

 Fair/ight, Guestltng, HaywarcTs Heath, 

 Lewes, Tilgate Forest and woods near 

 JVorthing 



Sclopteron tabaniformis, Rott. A specimen 

 taken in the ^r/^/j/aw Cemetery in 1868 

 was sold at the sale of the late Mr. S. 

 Stevens' collection in March, 1900 (lot 

 155), with another specimen for;^l 



Sesia spheciformis, Gerning. Not uncommon 

 in Tilgate Forest ; Mr. Adkin takes it 

 commonly there 



— tipuliformis, CI. A not uncommon gar- 



den insect 



— vespiformis, Linn, (cynipiformis) Not 



uncommon in oak woods ; Abbots Wood, 

 Black Brook IVood, Guestling, Hay-ward's 

 Heath, Laughton, Lewes, Tilgate Forest 



— myopasformis, Bkh. Rare ; Abbots Wood, 



occasionally in gardens at Lewes among 

 apple 



— culiciformis, Linn. Not uncommon in 



woods among birch ; Abbots Wood, 

 Battle, Glynde, Laughton, Lewes, Tilgate 

 Forest. "Mr. Meek and Mr. Tester 

 took it in plenty in Tilgate Forest 



— formicaeformis, Esp. Rare and very local ; 



occasionally near Lewes in osier beds 



— ichneumoniformis, Fb. Local but abun- 



dant among Anthyllis vulneraria and 

 Lotus corniculatus, especially on the 

 coast and on railway banks ; near 

 Brighton, Lewes (singly), Eastbourne, 

 Hastings on the cliffs, shingle near 

 Shorcham, railway banks in Tilgate Forest 



— chrysidiformis, Esp. Very rare and local ; 



Eastbourne, ' one, worn,' G. P. Shear- 

 wood {Ent. 1874, p. 224). Is it pos- 

 sible that this specimen should be re- 

 ferred to S. ichneumoniformis, which 

 occurs not uncommonly on the slopes 

 between Eastbourne and Beachy Head ? — 

 W.H.B.F. 



ZYGJENIDJE 

 Ino globulariae, Hb. Very local but abundant 

 where it occurs ; Bcvingdean, Holling- 

 bury and Monies Combe near Brighton, 

 Bible Bottom and downs near Lewes 



— statices, Linn. Very local ; Abbots Wood, 



downs near Brighton and Lewes, Ear- 

 thani (Edgell), Hayward\ Heath, Til- 

 gate Forest 



— geryon, Hb. Abundant in a few localities ; 



on the downs and in valleys near 

 Brighton and Lewes 

 Naclia ancilla, Linn. A specimen is recorded 

 as captured at JVorthing by Mr. Wild- 

 man in 1867 {Ent. Ann. 1 868, p. 104). 

 Mr. Meyrick remarks of the record 



that it is ' extremely dubious' {Brit. 

 Lep. p. 23) 

 Zygaena trifolii, Esp. Widely distributed ; 

 downs and wet commons ; Abbots Wood, 

 Battle, Brighton, Chailey, Ditchling Com- 

 mon, downs near Emsworth (in this last 

 locality Mr. Christy took a large num- 

 ber of the yellow' form in 1893 and 

 following years), Eartham, Hayward's 

 Heath, Hurston Warren, Tilgate 



— lonicera, Scheven. Reported (rom Brigh- 



ton, Hayward's Heath and Cuckmere 

 district. I have never seen a Sussex 

 specimen (W.H.B.F.) 



— filipendulae, Linn. Abundant and widely 



distributed, especially on the coast and 

 downs. The breeding of a specimen 

 of the very rareab.chrysanthemi,^Bork., 

 by Mr. Leslie at St. Leonards is re- 

 corded {E.M.M. i. 143) 



Sarothripus revayana, Scop. Abbots Wood, 

 Chailey, Brighton, Battle, Guestling, 

 Hayward's Heath, Roost Hole Horsham, 

 Tilgate Forest, W arningcamp 



Earias chlorana, Linn. Not uncommon in 

 osier beds ; Berwick, Brighton, East- 

 bourne, Heene, Guestling, Isficld, Lewes, 

 Uckfield 



Hylophila prasinana, Linn. Generally com- 

 mon in oak woods 



— bicolorana, Fues. Less common than 



the preceding ; Abbots Wood, Ashdown 

 Forest, Hastings, Guestling, Plashet Wood 

 Nola cucuUatella, Linn. Everywhere com- 

 mon among hawthorn 



— strigula, SchifF. Abbots Wood, plentiful in 



some years ; woods near Brighton and 

 Lewes, Battle, Guestling 



— confusalis, H.S. Widely distributed and 



not uncommon ; Abbots Wood, Battle, 

 Bognor, Brighton, Fernhurst, Guestling, 

 Hastings, Lewes, Worthing 



— centonalis, Hb. Very rare ; taken at 



Hastings in 1891 



— albulalis, Hb. Very rare. A single 



specimen taken in Abbots Wood by Mr. 

 T. Salvage in 1901 is now in Mr. 

 Fletcher's collection 

 Nudaria senex, Hb. Not uncommon in wet 

 places. Henfield Common, Hurston 

 Warren, Lewes (formerly), Shoreham, 

 Tilgate Forest 



— mundana, Linn. Widely distributed and 



not uncommon. Brighton, Bognor, Chi- 

 chester, near Emsworth, Guestling, Lewes, 

 Worthing 



' I have received specimens of this form from 

 Mr. Christy— H.G. 



- I took a specimen of the ab. ckrystinthcmi in 

 the New Forest in July, 1900. — H.G. 



