INSECTS 



Boarmla consortaria, Fb. Not uncommon in 

 woods 



Teplirosia consonaria, Hb. In woods, local ; 

 Aihdown Foreit, Abbots IVood, Battle, 

 Brighton, Charlton Fonst, Falmer, Fern- 

 hunt, Guestling, Harvard's Heath, Til- 

 gate Forest 



— crepuscularia, Hb.\ Common and widely 



— biundularia, Esp. J distributed 



— luridata, Bkh. Not uncommon in woods 



in East Sussex ; taken by Mr. Barrett 

 at Fernhurst in the western division 



— • punctularia, Hb. Rather common and 

 generally distributed in woods among 

 birch 



Gnophos obscuraria, Hb. Locally abundant. 

 The form on the chalk is much lighter 

 in colour than that found on the clay 

 or sand, and a still lighter form (var. 

 calceata, Stgr.) is found somewhat rarely 

 at Lewes. Brighton, Crowborough, East- 

 bourne, Fernhurst, Hastings, Lewes, Stor- 

 rington, Tilgate Forest 



Pseudoterpna pruinata, Hufn. Common and 

 generally distributed 



Geometra papilionaria, Linn. Widely distri- 

 buted ; Ashdotvn Forest, Abbots Wood, 

 Battle, Bosham, Brighton, Cocking, Chich- 

 ester, Guestling, Hastings, Hayward^s 

 Heath, Horsham, Linchmere, Plashet 

 JVood, Tilgate Forest 



— vernaria, Hb. Common on the chalk 



among Clematis vitalba 

 Phorodesma bajularia, Hufn. Not rare in 

 Abbots Wood ; occurs also at Battle, 

 Brighton, Guestling, Hayward'' s Heath, 

 Horsham, Lewes, JVorthing 

 Thalera fimbrialis. Scop. The capture of a 

 specimen by his son on a slope near 

 Beachy Head on 7 August 1902 is re- 

 corded by Mr. Charles Capper (f.M.M. 

 xxxix. 216) 

 lodis lactearia, Linn. "1 Generally com- 



Hemithea strigata. Mull, j mon 

 Zonosoma porata, Fb."| Not uncommon in 



— punctaria, Linn, j oak woods 



— linearia, Hb. In beech woods ; local, but 



widely distributed 



— annulata, Schulze. Common among 



maple (Acer campestre) 



— orbicularia, Hb. Occasionally at Abbots 



Wood, Battle, Brighton, Guestling, Hay- 

 ivard's Heath, Holme Bush, Lewes, St. 

 Leonards and Tilgate Forests 



— pendularia, Clerck. Generally distributed 



and rather common among birch 

 Hyria muricata, Hufn. Rare and local ; St. 



Leonards and Tilgate Forests 

 Asthena luteata, Schiff. Abbots Wood, Battle, 



Bramber, Coding, Fernhurst, Guestling, 



Hayward's Heath, Horsham, Laughton, 

 Lewes, Tilgate Forest 

 Asthena candidata, Schift". Generally common 

 in woods 



— tcstaceata, Don. Not uncommon in 

 woods and widely distributed 



Eupisteria obliterata, Hufn. Not uncommon 

 among alders 



Acidalia rubiginata, Hufn. One specimen 

 taken at ' light ' by the Rev. E. N. Bloom- 

 field on 3 August, 1872 [E.Al.M. ix. 

 218) 



— dimidiata, Hufn. Generally common 



— bisetata, Hufn. „ „ 



— trigeminata, Hw. Not common ; Abbots 

 ^Wood, Charlton Forest, Horsham, Til- 

 gate Forest 



— rusticata, Fb. Very local ; recorded from 

 Brighton and Lezues 



— ■ dilutaria, Hb. Locally abundant ; East- 

 bourne, Fernhurst, Hailsham, Hastings, 

 Lewes, Worthing 



— virgularia, Hb. Common and generally 

 distributed 



— ornata. Scop. Very rare, near Hastings 

 and Tilgate 



— marginepunctata, Goze. Locally abun- 

 dant, especially on the chalk ; Arundel, 

 Brighton, Bognor, Clytnping, Eastbourne, 

 Hastings, Horsham, Lewes, St. Leon- 

 ards 



— straminata, Tr. Very rare ; one at East- 

 bourne, St. Leonards Forest 



— subsericeata, Hw. Local ; Abbots Wood, 

 Battle, Clymping Sandhills, Ditchling 

 Common, Guestling, Laughton, Plashet 

 Wood 



— immutata, L. In damp places, very local ; 

 Hurston Warren, Rackham, St. Leonards 

 Forest, Rye 



— remutaria, Hb. Very common in woods 



— immorata, L. Very local ; found near 

 Lewes in 1887 by Mr. C. H. Morris 

 and taken there by him and others 

 every year since. A specimen had 

 been met with many years before by 

 Mr. Desvignes and passed into Mr. S. 

 Stevens' collection, being regarded as a 

 variety of Strenia clathrata (Barrett, 

 Brit. Lep. viii. 51). No other British 

 locality is known 



— strigilaria, Hb. Hastings once 



— imitaria, Hb. Locally common ; Abbots 

 Wood, Battle, Bognor, Brighton, Chi- 

 chester, Fernhurst, Horsham, Hastings, 

 Lewes, Tilgate Forest 



— emutaria, Hb. Probably occurs in wet 

 places in all the marshes near the coast ; 

 Bognor, Clymping, Lewes, Shoreham, 

 Thorney 



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