INSECTS 



Emmelesia flavofasciata, Thnb. Somewhat 

 common in woods and hedgerows ; 

 Battle, Brighton, Cocking, Chichester, 

 Fernhurst, Flansham, Haihham, Hast- 

 ings, Hayward's Heath, Lewes, Tilgate 

 Forest 



— unifasciata, Hw. Locally abundant on 



the downs among Bartsia odontites, 

 from the capsules of which the larva; 

 may be obtained in great numbers ; 

 Berwick, Brighton, Crowhurst, Cuck- 

 mere, Eastbourne, GuestUng (once), Lewes, 

 Sompting 



— adaquata, Bkh. The Rev. C. D. Ash 



records the capture of two specimens 

 in 1878 on the borders of Charlton 

 Forest {Trans. Chichester and JFest 

 Sussex Nat. Hist. Soc. 1886-7, P- 75)- 

 The only English counties given by 

 Mr. Barrett as habitats for this species 

 are Cumberland and Durham {Brit. 

 Lep. viii. 243) 

 Eupithecia vcnosata, Fb. Locally abundant 

 on the downs among Silene inflata ; 

 Brighton, Chichester, Cocking, Lewes, 

 Shoreham, Worthing 



— insigniata, Hb. Recorded by Mr. Stain- 



ton {Manual, ii. 84) as having occurred 

 at Lewes ; Rye in 1 90 1 



— linariata, Fb. Local, larvse sometimes 



common on Linaria vulgaris ; Amherley, 

 Brighton, Fernhurst, Hastings, Hayward's 

 Heath, Horsham, Lewes, Shoreham 



— pulchellata, Stph. Not uncommon among 



foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) ; Abbots 

 Wood, Brighton, Charlton Forest, Crow- 

 borough, Eastbourne, Fernhurst, GuestUng, 

 Horsham, Laughton, Tilgate Forest 



— oblongata, Thnbg. Generally com- 



mon 



— succenturiata, Linn. Rare ; Brighton, 



Chichester, GuestUng, Hayward's Heath, 

 Lewes 



— subfulvata, Hw. Not common ; Bognor, 



Cocking, Ditchling Common, GuestUng, 

 Lewes, Worthing 



— scabiosata, Bkh. Local ; Arundel Park, 



Horsham, on the coast near Lancing 



— plumbeolata, Hw. Common in woods 



among cow wheat (Melampyrum pra- 

 tense) 



— isogrammaria, H.S. Common on the 



downs among Clematis vitalba ; Bog- 

 nor, Brighton, Cocking, Goring, Lewes 



— satyrata, Hb. Very local ; Abbots Wood, 



Brighton, Cocking, GuestUng, Laughton. 

 At the last named locality Mr. Jenner 

 records the occurrence of the heath or 

 northern form 



— castigata, Hb. Generally common 



Eupithecia trisignaria, H.S. Woods between 

 Arundel and S-Undon 



— virgaureata, Dbld. Rare ; Abbots Wood, 



Hastings, Horsham 



— fraxinata, Crewe. Local and scarce ; 



sometimes found resting on palings 

 near ash trees ; Bognor, Brighton, Fern- 

 hurst, GuestUng, Lewes 



— pimpinellata, Hb. Common and gener- 



ally distributed, especially on the downs, 

 among burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella 

 saxifraga) 



— valerianata, Hb. Clapham Woods antl 



probably elsewhere among wild valerian 



— pusillata, Fb. Local ; Horsham, Laughton, 



St. Leonards and Tilgate Forests ; among 

 larch 



— irriguata, Hb. Rare and local ; Abbots 



JFood, Brighton, Burgess Hill, Fernhurst, 

 GuestUng, Laughton, St. Leonards Forest 



— denotata, Hb. Very local, but common 



where it occurs among Campanula 

 trachelium ; Leives, South Stoke near 

 Arundel 



— indigata, Hb. Very local ; Brighton, 



Highwood, Bexbill, Fernhurst, Tilgate 

 Forest 



— distinctaria, H.S. Rare ; Brighton, Lewes, 



Wolstonbury 



— nanata, Hb. Common on heaths through- 



out the county 



— subnotata, Hb. Local, but not uncom- 



mon in waste places along the shore ; 

 Bognor, Brighton, Horsham, Laughton, 

 Lewes, Pett, Shoreham 



— vulgata, Hw. Abundant everywhere 



— albipunctata, Hw. Not uncommon in 



woods among wild angelica ; Abbots 

 Wood, Goring Woods, GuestUng, Hastings, 

 Laughton, Lewes, Warrengore 



— expallidata, Gn. Not generally common, 



though the larvze are sometimes very 

 abundant in Abbots JFood on golden 

 rod ; reported also from Brighton, Fair- 

 Ught, Lnues, Tilgate Forest 



— absinthiata, Clerck. Thisusually abundant 



insect seems to be rather local in its 

 distribution in Sussex ; It is reported 

 from Bognor, Cocking, Ditchling Common, 

 Ford, GuestUng, Lewes, Tilgate 



— minutata, Hb. On heaths ; local ; 



Fernhurst, Hayicard's Heath, Leives, 

 Midhurst Common 



— assimilata, Gn. Common among cur- 



rants and hops 



— tenuiata, Hb. Apparently rare ; Guest- 



Ung, Slindon Common, Tarring 



— inturbata, Hb. Very local ; abundant 



in Arundel Park, and occurs also near 

 Lewes among maple 



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