A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



Acidalia aversata, Linn. Generally abundant 



— inornata, Hw. Not common ; Abbots 



Wood, Brighton, Hastings, Laughton, 

 Lewes, Uckfield 



— emarginata, Linn. Locally common ; 



Abbots Wood, Battle, Brighton, Chichester, 

 Cocking, Guest/ing, Rackham, Shoreham 

 Timandra amata, Linn. Common 

 Cabera pusaria, Linn. Generally common ; the 

 form rotundaria, Hw., has occurred at 

 Brighton, Hastings, Tilgate and Uckfield. 

 It is generally bred in captivity from 

 collected larvae 



— exanthemata, Scop. Generally common 

 Bapta temerata, Hb. Generally distributed 



— bimaculata, Fb. Not common ; Brighton, 



Charlton Forest, Cocking, Fernhurst, 

 Hastings, Hayward's Heath, Horsham, 

 Lewes, Worthing 



Aleucis pictaria. Curt. Local and rare ; 

 Bepton Down, Horsham, Lewes formerly 

 (Stainton, Manual, ii. 53), Tilgate 

 Forest 



Macaria alternaria, Hb. Very rare ; Fair- 

 light, Tilgate Forest 



— notata, L. Woods, scarce ; Abbots JVood, 



Battle, Brighton, Hastings, Hayward's 

 Heath, Heathfield, St. Leonards and 

 Tilgate Forests 



— liturata, Clerck. Among Scotch fir, not 



common ; Ashdown Forest, Brighton, 

 Bexhill, Fairlight, Fernhurst, Hayward's 

 Heath, Horsham, Laughton, Tilgate 

 Forest 



Halias wavaria, Linn. A not uncommon 

 garden insect 



Strenia clathrata, Linn. Locally common 



Panagra petraria, Hb. Common among 

 bracken in heathy places 



Numeria pulveraria, Linn. Not uncommon in 

 woods 



Scodiona fagaria, Thnb. Black Down, near 

 Fernhurst, Hurston Warren near Amber- 

 ley 



Ematurga atomaria, Linn. Generally common 

 on heaths and in woods 



Bupalus piniarius, Linn. Common in woods 

 among Scotch fir 



Minoa murinata. Scop. Local and rare ; near 

 Brighton, Charlton Forest in open cop- 

 pices, Hastings, Lewes 



Scoria lineata, Scop. Mr. Herbert Goss, who 

 is familiar with this species in its well- 

 known Kentish localities, took a speci- 

 men in a small wood between Hailsham 

 and Polegate on 25 June, 1875 



Sterrha sacraria, Linn. Very rare, probably 

 onlyan occasional immigrant; specimens 

 have been taken at Brighton, Lewes and 

 Shoreham 



Aspilates strigillaria, Hb. Local ; Abbots 

 Wood, Bexhill, Brighton, Cocking, Hay- 

 ward's Heath, Laughton, St. Leonards 

 and Tilgate Forests 



— ochrearia, Rossi. Local but sometimes 



not uncommon near the coast and on 

 the downs ; Bepton and Levin Downs, 

 near Cuckmere Haven, Eastbourne, Lewes 

 Downs, Ovingdean Slopes, coast and 

 downs near Shoreham 



— gilvaria, Fb. Rare and local ; Brighton, 



Horsham, near Polegate, Shoreham 

 Abraxas grossulariata, Linn. Abundant every- 

 where. Both in Cambridge and Sussex 

 this species has taken to feeding on the 

 evergreen Euonymus so common in 

 gardens 



— sylvata. Scop. Very local but sometimes 



abundant where it occurs ; Chichester, 

 West Dean, Fairlight once, near Lewes, 

 Withdean 



Ligdia adustata, SchifF. Generally common 

 among spindle (Euonymus europaus) 



Lomaspilis marginata, L. Very common in 

 lanes and woods 



Pachycnemia hippocastania, Hb. Locally 

 abundant on heaths ; Brighton, Fern- 

 hurst, Hastings, Linchmere, St. Leonards 

 and Tilgate Forests 



H)bernia rupicapraria, Hb. Abundant every- 

 where 



— leucophearia, SchifF. Locally abundant 



in oak woods in both East and West 

 Sussex 



— aurantiaria, Esp. Generally distributed 



and not uncommon 



— marginaria, Bkh. Generally common 



— defoliaria, Clerck. „ „ 

 Anisopteryx sescularia, SchifF. Generally 



common 

 Cheimatobia brumata, Linn. Everywhere 

 common 



— boreata, Hb. Local ; not uncommon in 



Tilgate Forest ; Brighton and Lewes, rare 

 Aporabia dilutata, Bkh. Generally common 

 Larentia didymata „ „ 



— multistrigaria, Hw. Common on the 



downs ; Brighton, Cocking, Fernhurst, 

 Horsham, Lnves, Shoreham 



— viridaria, Fb. Abundant 



Emmelesia affinitata, Steph. Common and 

 widely distributed 



— alchemillata, Linn. Locally abundant ; 



near Amherley, Abbots JVood, Bognor, 

 Brighton, Charlton Forest, Fernhurst, 

 Hastings, Horsham, Shoreham, Tilgate 

 Forest 



— albulata, SchifF. Not generally common ; 



Barcomlie, Bognor, Horsham, Hailsham, 

 Mundham, Shoreham 



