INSECTS 



Pterostoma palpina, Linn. Not uncommon ; 



Abhoti JFood, Ashdoivn Foreit, Buttle, 

 Brighton, near Emsworth, Hastings, 

 Hayxvard's Heath, Horsham, Lezves, 

 Tilgate Forest 

 Lophopteryx camelina, Linn. Rather common 

 and generally distributed 



— cuculla, Esp. Very rare ; taken at Hay- 



ward's Heath by the Rev. T. E. 

 Crallan 



— carmelita, Esp. Rare ; Asbdotvn Forest 



(Vine), Blackdoivn Wooas (Barrett), 

 Hayiuard's Heath (Jenner's list), Til- 

 gate Forest (Goss and Vine) 

 Notodonta dictasa, Linn. Widely distributed 

 throughout the county among poplars 



— dictaeoides, Esp. Not common but widely 



distributed ; Blackdoivn IVoods (Barrett), 

 Brighton, near Emsiuorth (Christy), 

 Faygate, St. Leonards Forest, Hastings, 

 Horsham, Slindon (Ed^ell), Tilgate Forest 

 (Vine) 



— dromedarius, Linn. Scarce ; Bexhill 



(once), Brighton, near Emsworth 

 (Christy), Faygate and Tilgate Forests, 

 Hayward's Heath 



— ziczac, Linn. Widely distributed ; Ab- 



bots JFood, Brighton, near Emsworth, 

 Guestling, Hailsham, Holm Bush, Hor- 

 sham, Ringmer, Slindon, Tilgate Forest, 

 TForthing 



— trepida, Esp. Abbots Wood, Brighton, 



near Emsworth, Hayward's Heath, 

 Horsham, Tilgate Forest 



— chaonia, Hb. Not common ; Abbots 



JFood, near Emsworth, Horsham, Tilgate 

 Forest, JFestmeston, Guestling 



— trimacula, Esp. Rare ; Battle, Brighton, 



near Emsiuorth, Horsham, Lewes, Tilgate 

 Forest 



Phalera bucephala, Linn. Everywhere com- 

 mon 



Pygasra curtula, Linn. Not common ; Abbots 

 JFood, Guestling, Horsham, Leives, Tilgate 



— anachoreta, Fb. Miss Edwards records 



the finding in August, 1893, of eggs of 

 this species on sallow at Bulverhythe and 

 the subsequent rearing of the moths 

 [Ent. xxvi. 361, xxvii. 176 ; see also 

 Barrett, Brit. Lep. iii. 172) 



— pigra, Hufn. Not an abundant species ; 



Abbots JFood, Brighton, Burgess Hill, 

 Guestling (once). Hassocks, Hayiuard's 

 Heath, Tilgate Forest 



NOCTU^ 

 Thyatira derasa, Linn. Generally common in 

 woods in East Sussex ; in the westerK. 

 division recorded from near Emsworth 

 and Holmbush 



Thyatira batis, Linn. Generally common in 

 East Sussex woods ; in JFest Sussex occurs 

 near Emsworth and is generally distri- 

 buted in the Fernhurst district 



— Cymatophora octogesima, Hb. Very rare; 



was taken at Hayward's Heath by the 

 late Rev. T. E. Crallan 



— or, Fb. Comes freely to 'sugar' in Abbots 



JFood; taken also at Battle, Blackdown 

 JVoods, Brighton, near Emsworth, Guest- 

 ling, Hayiuard's Heath, Tilgate Forest 



— fluctuosa,' Hb. Rare ; Abbots JFood, Battle, 



Brighton, Bell JFoods, Guestling, Hay- 

 ward's Heath, Tilgate Forest 



— duplaris, Linn. Generally common in 



woods 

 Asphalia diluta, Fb. Common in woods 



— flavicornis, Linn. Locally common among 



birch ; Abbots JFood, Battle, Brighton, 

 near Emsworth, Frant, Hastings, Hor- 

 sham, Tilgate Forest 



— ridens, Fb. In woods, rare ; Abbots JFood, 



Brighton, near Emsworth, Guestling, 



Lewes, St. Leonards Forest 



T, , •■ ,- "1 Generally common on 



Bryophila muralis, ,• , ' , ,, 



' ^ ^ '1 lichen-covered walls. 



, T^', I The moths come freely 



— perla, 1' b. < r i . 

 *^ ' ; to ' light 



Moma (Diphthera) orion, Esp.^ In oak woods, 

 rather rare, but in some seasons very 

 common at ' sugar ' in Abbots and JFil- 

 mington JFoods ; Battle, near Emsworth, 

 Guestling, Hollington, Plashet JFood, St. 

 Leonards Forest 



Demas coryli, Linn. Not uncommon ; Abbots 

 JFood, Eastbourne, near Emsworth, Fal- 

 mer, Guestling, Horsham, Lewes 



Acronyctatridens, SchifF.l Common andgen- 



— • psi, Linn. / erally distributed 



— leporina, Linn. Widely distributed in 



the county ; Abbots JFood, Battle, Bell 

 Hanger, Bognor, near Emsworth, Hast- 

 ings, Horsham, Ringmer, Tilgate Forest, 

 JForthing 



— aceris, Linn. Generally common 



— megacephala, Fb. Generally distributed 



and not uncommon 



— alni, Linn. Very rare though widely dis- 



tributed, usually taken singly and in 

 the larval state ; has occurred at Abbots 

 JFood, Ashdown Forest,^ Cuckfield, near 

 Emsworth, Groombridge, Hayward's 

 Heath, Holmbush, where two specimens 



* I have taken four or five in one evening at 

 ' sugar ' in Abbots Wood. — H.G. 



^ Abundant at ' sugar ' in Wilmington Wood and 

 adjoining woods about 1877 and 1880. — H.G. 



^ I possess a specimen from Ashdown Forest 

 taken by Mr. Pratt nearly thirty years ago. — 

 H.G. 



