INSECTS 



Triplirena iiiterjecta, Hb. Generally distri- 

 buted but not abundant ; Bogiior, 

 Brighton, Chichester, Cocking, Eastbourne, 

 Fernhurst, Hastings, Horsham, Hay- 

 ivarcTs Heath, Lewes, JVorthing 



— orbona, Hufn. Very scarce ; Mr. E. K. 



Robinson records having bred a speci- 

 men from a larva found in Hollington 

 JVood near Hastings{Ent. 1877, p. 299), 

 and Mr. Christy has taken a few on 

 the extreme west of the county near 

 Emszvorth 



— comes, Hb. Abundant everywhere 



— pronuba, Liim. „ „ 

 Amphipyra pyramidea, Linn. | Generally 



— tragopogonis, Linn. j abundant 

 Mania typica, Linn. Generally common, 



especially in marshy places 



— maura, Linn. Generally common 

 Panolis griseovariegata, Goeze. Local and 



somewhat scarce ; Bexhill, Brighton, 

 near Emsworth, Fernhurst, Frant, Hor- 

 sham, Isficld, Lewes, Ringmer, Tilgate 

 Forest, Worthing, TFych Cross 

 Pachnobia leucographa, Hb. Rare ; Battle, 

 Cocking, Emsworth, East Grinstead, 

 Groombridge, Horsham, Lewes, Tilgate 

 Forest, Ticehurst 



— rubricosa, Fb. Common at sallow bloom 

 Mesogona acetosellae, Fb. A single specimen 



was taken by Mr. T. Salvage at 

 ' sugar ' in his garden at Arlington on 

 26 October, 1895 (see article by Mr. 

 R. Adkin, Ent. xxviii. 317) 

 Tsemiocampa gothica,Linn. "j Common at sal- 



— incerta, Hufn. j low bloom 



— opima, Hb. Local and scarce ; Abbots 



Wood, Horsham, Hayward''s Heath, 

 Laughton, Tilgate Forest 



— populeti, Tr. Not common ; Abbots 



Wood, Guestling, Hayward'' s Heath, 

 Horsham, Laughton, Lewes, Worthing 



— stabilis. View. Common at sallow bloom 



— gracilis, Fb. „ „ „ 



— miniosa, Fb. Common ; the larva are 



sometimes very abundant on oak grow- 

 ing in hedgerows and woods 



— munda, Esp. Mr. Jenner notes this 



species as being rather scarce in East 

 Sussex, occurring at Abbots Wood, 

 Brighton, Battle, Frant, Hastings, Hay- 

 ward^s Heath, Laughton, Lewes ; it 

 seems quite common in West Sussex, the 

 larva being more often observed perhaps 

 than the imago 



— pulverulenta, Esp. Common in woods 

 Orthosia suspecta, Hb. Very local ; Tilgate 



Forest 



— fissipuncta, Hw. Locally common, es- 



pecially in marshy places ; the larvae 



may be found abundantly under the 

 bark of large willows (the Rev. C. D. 

 Ash) 

 Orthosia lota, Clerck. Generally common 



— macilenta, Hb. ,, ,, 

 Anchocelis lielvola, Linn. „ „ 



— pistacina, Fb. „ „ 



— lunosa, Hw. ,, ,, 



— litura, Linn. Reported by Mr. Jenner as 



scarce in East Sussex, but common in 

 the western division ; Abbots Wood, 

 Ashdown Forest, Brighton, Cockitig, Ems- 

 worth, Fernhurst, Guestling, Hayward' s 

 Heath, Horsham, Laughton, Lewes 

 Cerastis vaccinii, \ Both generally common 

 Linn. \ and the latter very vari- 



— ligula, Esp. j able 



— erythrocephala, Fb. Very rare and local ; 



the first British specimen was taken 

 near Brighton by Mr. H. Cooke in 

 November, 1847. Subsequently spec- 

 imens were taken by the late Mr. S. 

 Stevens under the South Downs be- 

 tween Brighton 2.nA Eastbourne {\?>'XX'!<tn, 

 Brit. Lep. vi. ii). Mr. Jenner re- 

 cords that between 1857 and 1874 

 several were taken by himself and 

 others near Lewes, the variety glabra 

 occurring with the type. None appear 

 to have been taken in the county since 

 1874 

 Scopelosoma satellitia, Linn. Generally com- 

 mon 



— rubiginea, Fb. Very rare ; has occurred 



nt?^r Brighton (J. H. A. Jenner), in the 

 grounds attached to Bramber Castle at 

 ivy bloom (A. C. Vine) and at Denne 

 Park, Horsham, at sallow bloom 



Hoporina croceago, Fb. Seems more abun- 

 dant in the eastern than in the western 

 division of the county, being not un- 

 common in the former in oak woods ; 

 Abbots JVood, Battle, Brighton, Guestling, 

 Hayward's Heath, Horsham, Laughton, 

 Lewes, Tilgate Forest, West Stoke (a 

 single specimen taken by Mr. Arnold 

 Shaw) 



Xanthia citrago, Linn. Very local ; Abbots 

 Wood, Hassocks, Horsham, Northiam 



— fulvago, Linn. Generally common ; the 



form flavescens, Esp., occurring with, 

 but less abundantly than, the type 



— lutea, Strom. Generally common 



— aurago, Fb. Sometimes abundant in 



beech woods ; Bramber, Charlton For- 

 est, Cocking, near Emsworth, Falmer, 

 Horsham, Isfield, Lewes 



— gilvago, Esp. Apparently very uncom- 



mon ; has occurred near Brighton, 

 wliere specimens of a 'bright orange- 



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