INSECTS 



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Calamia lutosa, Hb. Occasionally near Hast- 

 higs, Horsham and Lewes ; appears to be 

 fairly common at Bognor and Shore- 

 ham 



Gortyna ochracea, Hb. Widely distributed ; 

 recorded from near Emsworth, Hastings, 

 HaywarcFs Heath, Horsham, Tilgate 

 Forest, IForthing 



Hydroecia nictitans, Bkh. Common and 

 widely distributed. The form paludis, 

 Tutt, is abundant near Clyinping and on 

 the salt marshes at Lancing ; it occurs 

 also on the banks of the Arun, and 

 Mr. Christy has met with it on 

 Thorn ey Alarsh 



Hydroecia micacea, Esp. Common and widely 

 distributed 



Axylia putris, Linn. Generally common 



Xylophasia rurea, Fb. Common 



— lithoxylea, Fb. „ 



— sublustris, Esp. Locally common ; Abbots 



Wood, Brighton, Eastbourne, near Ems- 

 worth, Horsham, Leiues, St. Leonards, 

 Tilgate 



— monoglypha, Hufn. Everywhere abun- 



dant 



— hepatica, Hb. Generally common 



— scolopacina, Esp. Very local ; Arundel 



Park, Horsham 

 Dipterygia scabriuscula, Linn. Rare though 

 widely distributed. Ashdown Forest, 

 Brighton, near Emsworth, Fernhurst, 

 Hayward's Heath, Horsham, Lewes, 

 Tilgate Forest 

 Aporophyla australis, Bdv. Locally abun- 

 dant on the downs near Brighton, Lewes 

 and Shoreham 

 Lamphygma exigua, Hb. Very rare. Mr. 

 Vine reports the capture of three speci- 

 mens at Brighton, one on a gas-lamp, 

 two on the racecourse and three at 

 ' sugar ' at Shorehain. Other specimens 

 have been taken singly at Brighton and 

 Lewes. (Mr. Jenner), and Mr. Stainton 

 [Manual, i. 203) gives IForthing as 

 another locality in which the species 

 has occurred 



Neuria reticulata, Vill. Not generally abun- 

 dant, though Mr. Christy records it as 

 having been quite common at Stoughton 

 in 1885. It has occurred at Brighton, 

 Eastbourne and Lewes and rarely at 

 Guestling and Tilgate 



Neuronia popularis, Fb. Common 



Charaeas graminis, L. Occasionally common 

 near Brighton and Lewes ; has occurred 

 also near Emsworth, Hastings, Shoreham, 

 IForthing 



Cerigo matura, Hufn. Not uncommon, 

 especially on the downs 



Lupcrina tcstacea, Hb. Very abundant 



— dumerilii, Dup. A very rare immigrant ; 



' Sussex ' (Meyrick, Handbook, p. 1 1 3). 

 In a list of Lepidoptera captured and 

 bred in 1859, Dr. AUchin writes: 

 ' L. dumerilii ? Took one at Brighton in 

 September ' {Ent. Weekly Intell. vii. 

 203). I do not know if the doubt as 

 to the identity of the specimen ex- 

 pressed by the note of interrogation 

 was ever removed, nor do I know of 

 any record of the capture of any other 

 specimen in the county (VV.H.B.F.) 



— cespitis, Fb. Not often captured but is 



probably not uncommon on the downs. 

 It has occurred near Brighton, Chiches- 

 ter, Emsiuorth, Guestling, Hayward's 

 Heath, Horsham, Lewes and IForthing 

 Mamestra abjecta, Hb. Not common, and 

 confined to the neighbourhood of the 

 salt marshes near the coast. In East 

 Sussex has occurred near Brighton and 

 Leiues, and in the western division near 

 Shoreham, and Lancing and in Thorney 



— sordida, Bork. Not uncommon 



-— furva, Hb. ' Usually a northern and 

 western species, but it has been taken 

 rarely in Sussex' (Barrett, Lep. Brit.iv. 

 354). Once near Lewes ; no recent 

 record (J. H. A. Jenner) 



— brassicas, Linn. \ 



— persicarias, Linn. |- All very common 

 Apamea basilinea, Fb. j 



— gemina, Hb. Common in some parts ot 



the county but appears not to be so 

 generally. Reported from Bognor, 

 Brighton, Fernhurst, Hailsham, Horsham, 

 Hayward's Heath, Hastings, Lewes, 

 Stoughton, Tilgate Forest, Uckjield, etc. 



— unanimis, Tr. Shoreham ; reported as 



being rather common, but seems rare 

 elsewhere ; has occurred at Abbots Wood, 

 Brighton, Guestling, Hayivard's Heath, 

 Lewes, St. Leonards and Tilgate Forests 



— ophiogramma, Esp. Rare ; has been 



taken at HoUington, Horsham, Shore- 

 ham 



— leucostigma, Hb. Very rare ; Brighton, 



Guestling (once in 1870), Shoreham, 

 Slaugham 



— secalis, L. (didyma, Esp.) Abundant 



everywhere 

 Miana strigilis, Clerck. Generally common 



— fasciuncula, Hw. ,, ,, 



— literosa, Hw. Probably not uncommon 



near the coast but rare elsewhere ; Ash- 

 doivn Forest, Blackdown IFoods, Brighton, 

 Chichester, Clymping, Cocking, Hayward's 

 Heath, Hastings, Lewes, Shoreham, 

 Thorney 

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