A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



were taken at 'sugar' by the late Mr. 

 Thorncroft of Brighton some years ago, 

 Horsham, Petivorth, Plashet Wood, Til- 

 gate Forest, JVestfield 

 AcTonyctaligustri, Fb. Generally distributed in 

 East Sussex ; in West Sussex has occurred 

 near Emsiuorth and in the SHndon 

 Woods 



— rumicis, Linn. Widely distributed but 



apparently not so abundant as in some 

 other counties 



— auricoma, Fb. Very local, perhaps now 



extinct. Mr. Goss says it ' used to 

 be common at " sugar " in Abbots JVood 

 and adjoining woods,' and Mr. Vine 

 states, ' Used to be taken very freely 

 but now rare ; my last capture was 

 made April 17th, 1880.' Mr. 

 Fletcher took a larva off bramble in 

 Abbots JVood in June, 1884. The 

 species has also occurred at Battle and 

 Gucstling where several came to light 



Diloba caeruleocephala, Linn. Everywhere 

 common. 



Synia musculosa, Hb. Very rare and perhaps 

 only an occasional immigrant. Brigh- 

 ton : ' Several specimens were taken at 

 Brighton about the years 1856-60' 

 (Jenner's East Sussex List). Mr. Vine 

 writes : ' The late Messrs. Flowse, 

 M'Arthur, Thorncroft and Tidy took 

 about twenty specimens between them.' 

 Mr. Henry Cooke was also among the 

 fortunate captors in August, 1856 {Sub- 

 stitute, p. 28). 'Some specimens re- 

 cently sold at Stevens' Rooms were 

 labelled Bexhitl' (Jenner's East Sussex 

 List). More information about these 

 would be interesting 



Leucania conigera, Fb. Generally common. 



— vitellina, Hb. Several specimens of this 



rare species, which was added to the 

 British list by Mr. Henry Cooke [Sub- 

 stitute, p. 28), have been taken near 

 Brighton, Lewes and Shoreham from 

 time to time. Mr. Vine took three at 

 Shoreham in September, 1875, and two 

 at ' sugar ' on the Brighton Doiuns in 

 September, 1 900, in which month also 

 Professor Meldola captured two at 

 ' sugar ' at Bogmr 

 — - turca, Linn. Very local and perhaps ex- 

 tinct in some localities ; Chesivorth, 

 one near Etnsivorth (W. M. Christy), 

 wood near Leives, St. Leonards Forest 



— lithargyria, Esp. Common in the county 



— albipuncta, Fb. Rare ; one specimen at 



Chichester (J. Anderson) ; near Rye in 

 1900, 1 90 1 (Rev. E. N. Bloomfield) ; 

 several at Shoreham (A. C. Vine) ; also 



has occurred at Lewes and St. Leonards 

 (J. H. A. Jenner) 

 Leucania unipuncta, Hw. A very rare immi- 

 grant. A specimen taken by Dr. Allchin 

 near Lewes on 9 September, 1859, was 

 exhibited by him at the meeting of the 

 Entomological Society on 3 October, 

 1859 [Trans. Ent. Soc. new. ser. v. 79) 



— impudens, Hb. Very local. Brighton 



(Stainton, Manual, i. 189) ; Camber 

 Sandhills, Rye (Rev. E. N. Bloomfield) ; 

 Holmbush (A. C. Vine), Tilgate Forest 

 (M. S. Blaker) and St. Leonards Forest 



— loreyi, Dup. ' One of the most rare of 



British insects ' (Barrett, Brit. Lep. v. 

 163). Mr. Doubleday [Zoologist, 1863, 

 p. 8407) records the capture of two 

 specimens, females, by Mr. Thorncroft 

 near Brighton on 14 October, 1862. 

 Mr. Barrett (loc. cit.) brings the history 

 of these specimens up to date 



— comma, Linn. Generally common 



— straminea, Tr. Not common ; singly at 



Eastbourne, Lewes and Pett ; has occurred 

 also near Brighton, Eastbourne, Horsham 

 near Rye (Rev. E. N. Bloomfield). Mr. 

 Vine states that it comes freely to 

 flowers of rushes near Shoreham 



' 1 1 ' r • ' \ Both very common 



— pallens. Lain. ) ' 



Coenobia rufa, Hw. Very local ; has occurred 

 near Hastings, and is very abundant on 

 Henfield Common among Juncus articu- 

 latus, Linn. 



Tapinostola fulva, Hb. Not common, but 

 seems widely distributed. Abbots IVood, 

 Brighton, Fernhurst, Fairlight, Hay- 

 warcTs Heath, Horsham, Lewes, Shore- 

 ham (where Mr. Vine writes it may 

 be found freely by searching grass by 

 ditches) and Tilgate 



Nonagria canns, O. Of this species Mr. 

 Barrett says [Brit. Lep. v. 80) : ' Its 

 principle haunts are now the fens of 

 Norfolk and Suffolk, whence all the 

 more recent specimens have been ob- 

 tained ; but a few are occasionally 

 found about ponds in the middle of 

 Sussex.' Its name does not occur in any 

 of the local lists sent to me (W.H.B.F.) 



— typhas, Thnbg. Larvse and pupae ma)' 



be found commonly in Typha angusti- 

 folia and latifolia near Shoreham, but 

 the species does not seem to be generally 

 abundant in the county. It has been 

 taken at Brighton, Lnves,Hastings,Tilgate 



— geminipuncta, Hatchett. Marshes near 



Bognor, Brighton, Lewes and Shoreham. 

 The larva; and pupa: are not uncom- 

 mon in ' stems ' of reeds 



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