A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



Heterogenea asella, Schiff. Very rare ; once 

 at Abbots IFood, Rewel IVood near Siin- 

 don, JVakehurst 



Porthesia chrysorrhoea, Linn. Not uncommon 

 and generally distributed. Mr. Ander- 

 son writes of this species : ' Larvae very 

 abundant on whitethorn hedges by 

 canal, Chichester, 1877. After that date 

 completely disappeared until 1900, 

 when a single specimen ( S ) was taken 

 on a gas lamp.' This quite tallies with 

 Mr. fletcher's experience. The species 

 seems to have been abundant at Arling- 

 ton in 1 90 1 



— similis, Fues. Very common 



Leucoma salicis, Linn. Common and gener- 

 ally distributed, especially where poplars 

 are extensively planted in streets and 

 gardens 



Psilura monacha, Linn. Woods ; Abbots 

 Wood (common). Battle, Brighton, 

 near Emsworth, Fletching, Hastings, 

 Hayward's Heath, Horsham, Henley 

 Hill (Barrett), Lewes, Tilgate Forest, 

 West Itchenor 



Dasychira fascelina, Linn. Occurred in the 

 White Field, Abbots Wood, in 1882 

 (Jenner) 



— pudibunda, Linn. Generally common 

 Orgyia antiqua, Linn. Common every- 

 where 



Trichiura cratsegi, Linn. Somewhat un- 

 common ; Abbots Wood, Chichester, 

 Horsham, Lewes, Ringmer, Stought'jn, 

 Tilgate Forest, JVest Itchenor 



Pcecilocampa populi, Linn. Generally dis- 

 tributed and not uncommon 



Eriogaster lanestris, Linn. Generally dis- 

 tributed 



Bombyx neustria, Linn. Usually extremely 

 abundant 



— rubi, Linn. Generally common, espe- 



cially on downs, heaths and commons 



— quercus, Linn. Generally common 



— trifolii, Esp. Rare and local ; Crowhurst, 



Eastbourne 



Odonestis potatoria, Linn. Generally com- 

 mon. Mr. Goss has obtained from 

 Brighton the form in which the male is 

 wholly of the pale yellowish bufF colour 

 usually distinctive of the female. On 

 the other hand Mr. Fletcher has bred 

 from larvae hom Arlington males entirely, 

 or nearly so, of a rich purplish chocolate 

 colour, some of the females even from 

 this locality being similarly though less 

 richly coloured 



Lasiocampa quercifolia, Linn. Seems gener- 

 ally distributed over the county but 

 nowhere abundant 



Endromis versicolor, Linn. Probably now 

 extinct ; formerly common in St. 

 Leonards and Tilgate Forests. Once 

 seen flying in Fernhurst parish (Barrett). 

 Mr. Goss writes : ' Mr. W. Borrer of 

 Hurstpierpoint told me that his cousin 

 in one day assembled with the aid of two 

 bred females one hundred and twenty- 

 five males in Tilgate Forest. I possess 

 a fine series taken in Tilgate Forest 

 about 1857 or 1858 by a Brighton 

 florist ; but the species had become 

 extinct or very rare before I was old 

 enough to collect ' 



Saturnia pavonia,' Linn, (carpini) Generally 

 distributed and not uncommon in 

 heathy places 



Drepana lacertinaria, Linn. Common and 

 generally distributed among birch 



— falcataria, Linn. Not uncommon among 



alder and birch 



— binaria, Hufn. Widely distributed in oak 



woods ; Abbots Wood, Blackdown, Brigh- 

 ton, Gucstling, Ha^ward's Heath, Lewes, 

 St. Leonards and Tilgate Forests 



— cultraria, Fb. Sometimes abundant in 



beech woods but does not seem gener- 

 ally common ; Eastbourne, Falmer, near 

 Harting and Hastings, Lewes, St. 

 Leonards Forest 

 Cilix glaucata. Scop. Common everywhere 

 Dicranura bicuspis, Bork. Very rare ; Ash- 

 down (Vine), St. Leonards and Tilgate 

 Forests. The larva has been found on 

 alder to the north of Three Bridges 

 (Fletcher). The old cocoons which 

 endure for some years are not uncom- 

 mon on old birch trunks in St. Leonards 

 Forest 



— furcula, Linn. Not common ; Abbots 



Wood, Ashdown Forest, Brighton, Hay- 

 ward's Heath, Laughton, Lewes, Pctt, 

 Tilgate Forest 



— bifida, Hb. Not uncommon among pop- 



lars ; Bognor, Brighton, Cuckfield, Guest- 

 ling, Horsham, Lewes, Tilgate, Worthing 



— vinula, Linn. Common among poplars 

 Stauropus fagi, Linn. Rare; Abbots Wood 



(Vine) ; Battle, Brighton, near Emsworth 

 (Christy) ; Hastings, Lewes, Rye (Bloom- 

 field) ; Slindon (Edgell) ; St. Leonards 

 Forest 



Ptilophora plumigera, Esp. Watergate, Ems- 

 worth. Mr. Christy writes to the effect 

 that he has taken several in his moth- 

 trap and that it is probably not un- 

 common in the neighbourhood 

 ' I have assemHed many dozens of males in 



Tilgate Forest by the aid of bred virgin females. — 



H.G. 



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