INSECTS 



Sentina irrorella, Clerck. Very abundant' on 

 the beach between Shorcham and Cop- 

 peras Gap ; has also occurred rarely at 

 Hastings, Nnuhaven and Southwater 



Calligenia miniata, Forst. Not uncommon 

 in woods and plantations. A form 

 with the red ground colour replaced by 

 yellow has occurred once at Battle 



Lithosia mesomella, Linn. Woods and heaths ; 

 rather common 



— sororcula, Hufn. In woods ; Abbots 



JVood (some years very zo\\wwon),Battle, 

 Brighton, HaywarcTs Heath, Horsham, 

 Lewes, Laughton 



— griseola, Hb. Generally common, the 



variety stramineola, Dbl. occurring 

 occasionally with the type 



— deplana, Esp. Rare ; perhaps some- 



times overlooked. Woods between 

 Arundel and SHndon, St. Leonards Forest 

 (Price) 



— iurideola, Zinck. Generally common 



— complana, Linn. Woods and heaths. 



Abbots Wood, Battle, Brighton, Chichester 

 Cissbury, Eastbourne, near Emsworth, 

 Hastings, Hayward's Heath, Laughton 

 and Lewes 



[ — caniola, Hb. Near Rye, but the record 

 requires confirmation. — W.H.B.F.] 



Gnophria quadra, Linn. Generally rare, but 

 in 1872 or 1874 it was so abundant in 

 Abbots IVood that Mr. H. Gorringe took 

 105 ^specimens at 'sugar' in one night; 

 Abbots JVood, Ashburnham, near Ems- 

 worth, Guestling, Hastings, Hayward's 

 Heath, Lewes, St. Leonards Forest ; 

 hedges between Lancing and Shoreham 



— rubricollis, Linn. Woods; apparently some- 



what local. Abbots IVood, sometimes 

 in swarms about oak trees,' near Ems- 

 worth,Fernhurst,Hayward'' s Heath,Hast- 

 ings, Lewes, Worthing (Manual, i. 1 40) 



Deiopeia pulchella, Linn. Scarce and some- 

 what sporadic in appearance. Specimens 

 have been taken from time to time at 

 the following places : Bexhill, Brighton,* 

 Bognor, Eastbourne, Hastings, Little- 

 hampton, Ringmer, Worthing 



Euchelia jacobasae, Linn. Common and 

 generally distributed ; taken in Chiches- 

 ter. Mr. Anderson has two specimens 

 in which the crimson of the wings is 

 replaced by yellow 



' It was so in the ' seventies ' and may be still.— 

 H.G. 



- I saw all the specimens unset. — H.G. 



' I have seen it swarming around oak trees in 

 Abbots Wood.— H.G. 



* Three specimens were brought to me alive in 

 Brighton between 1872 and 1875. — H.G. 



Callimorpha dominula, Linn. Rare, if not 

 extinct in the county. Tilgate Forest ; 

 old lists record it from the neighbour- 

 hood of Eastbourne and Lewes, from 

 which it has disappeared. Mr. Fletcher 

 took a specimen some twenty years ago 

 in a garden at Worthing. It is re- 

 corded also from Chichester by Mr. 

 Anderson 



Nemcophila russula, Linn. Probably occurs 

 on most of the heaths throughout the 

 county. Very common formerly in 

 Tilgate Forest and St. Leonards Forest 



— plantaginis, Linn. Rather common in 



woods in East Sussex ; seems less so in 

 the western division. Mr. Stainton 

 records it as having occurred at Wor- 

 thing, but not annually (Manual, i. 

 146). Formerly abundant in Abbots 

 Wood 

 Arctia caja, Linn. Generally distributed, 

 though less common than formerly 



— villica, Linn. Widely distributed, though 



apparently less abundant than formerly. 

 The larvEC used to be plentiful near 

 Portslade 

 Spilosoma fuliginosa, Linn. Not common. 

 Abbots Wood, Bell Vale, Brighton, Battle, 

 Hayward's Heath, near Emsworth, 

 Leives, Tilgate Forest, SHndon 



— mendica, Clerck. Widely distributed but 



not common. Abbots Wood, Battle, 

 Brighton, Chichester, near Emsworth, 

 Fernhurst, Horsham, Hastings, Lewes, 

 Tilgate Forest 



— lubricipeda, Linn. Generally common 



— menthastri, Esp. ,, „ 



— urticas, Esp. Local and rare ; near the 



Arun at Horsham, Lewes marshes, 

 Shoreham 

 Hepialus humuli, Linn. Very common 



— sylvanus, Linn. Not very abundant ; 



Brighton, Eastbourne, Hastings, Hay- 

 ward's Heath, Lewes, Shoreham, Up- 

 marden. Worthing 



— fusconebulosa, De Geer. Local and 



scarce ; Denne Park, Horsham, Up- 

 marden. The variety gallicus, Ld., 

 also occurs at the latter locality 

 (Christy) 



— lupulinus, Linn. Abundant everywhere 



— hectas, Linn. Common in woods 

 Cossus cossus, Linn. Common and generally 



distributed 



Zeuzera pyrina, Linn. Not common but 

 widely distributed 



Heterogenea limacodes, Hufn. Somewhat 

 rare ; Abbots Wood, Battle, Brighton, 

 Goring Woods, Guestling, Hayward's 

 Heath, Plashct IVcod, Upmarden 



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