A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



Eupithecia lariciata, Frr. Not uncommon among 

 larch ; Ashburnham, Charlton Forest, 

 Horsham, Laughton, Lewes, Sllndon Com- 

 mon, Tilgate Forest, IVych Cross 



— abbreviata, Stph. Widely distributed in 



oak woods ; Abbots Wood, Brighton, 

 Fernhurst, Guestling, Horsham, Laugh- 

 ton, Lewes, S/indon 



— dodoneata, Gn. In woods and lanes ; not 



common ; Abbots JVood, Bognor among 

 evergreen oak (Quercus ilex), Guest- 

 ling. See also E.M.M. xxxviii. 231 



— exiguata, Hb. Common and generally 



distributed 



— sobrinata, Hb. Very abundant on Ciss- 



bury and Salvington Downs and doubt- 

 less elsewhere in West Sussex, where 

 its food plant is very plentiful. East 

 of Brighton the juniper is very rare 

 and consequently the moth, which is 

 recorded from Brighton and Guestling 



— togata, Hb. Met with by the late Mr. 



W. H. Tugwell in Tilgate Forest. 

 Fallen cones eaten by larvae which may 

 have been of this species have been 

 noticed in a wood near Slindon 



— pumilata, Hb. Common and widely 



distributed 



— coronata, Hb. Common and widely dis- 



tributed, especially on the downs, among 

 clematis, hemp agrimony and other 

 plants 



— rectangulata, Linn. Common among apple 



in gardens and elsewhere 



— debiliata, Hb. Rare and local ; reported 



by Mr. Price as occurring near Hor- 

 sham 

 Lobophora sexalisata, Hb. Rare ; Abbots 

 Wood, Battle, Brighton, Fernhurst, 

 Holm Bush, Guestling, Laughton, Linch- 

 mere 



— halterata, Hufn. Local and rare ; Abbots 



Wood, Brighton, Chichester, Cocking, 

 Fernhurst, Lewes, Linchmere, Tilgate 

 Forest 



— viretata, Hb. Local and rare ; Bognor, 



Brighton, Ecclesbourne, Fernhurst, Hast- 

 ings, Lewes, Worthing 



— carpinata, Bkh. Not uncommon ; Abbots 



Wood, Brighton, Fernhurst, Front, 

 Hastings, Hayward' s Heath, Horsham, 

 Isfield, Laughton, Lewes, Linchmere, 

 Tilgate Forest 



— polycommata, Hb. Local but often 



abundant where it does occur. The 

 larvae may be found plentifully by 

 searching for leaves of privet with 

 ovate pieces eaten from their edges ; 

 Brighton, Emsworth, Findon, Lewes, 

 Po legate 



Thera juniperata, Linn. Very abundant on 

 Cocking Downs, Cissbury and Salvington 

 Downs, and no doubt elsewhere in 

 West Sussex, where juniper is abundant ; 

 not recorded from the eastern division, 

 where its food plant is very rare 



— cognata, Thnb. Recorded from Brighton, 



Hayward' s Heath and Tilgate Forest, but 

 the records are doubtful. The simulata 

 of Mrs. Merrifield's list {Nat. Hist. 

 Brighton, p. 2o8) marked as abundant in 

 the Weald is possibly the species now 

 known as T. variata, Schiff. 



— variata, Schiff. Generally common among 



Scotch fir 



— firmata, Hb. Rare ; Brighton, Bognor, 



Fernhurst, Hastings, Horsham 



— ruberata, Frr. Found by Mr. A. C. 



Vine in lanes and by roadsides near 

 Poynings 



— autumnalis, Strom. Rather rare ; Abbots 



Wood, Brighton, Guestling, Horsham, 

 Tilgate Forest 



— sordidata, Fb. Generally common 

 Melanthia bicolorata, Hufn. Local but not 



uncommon ; Abbots JVood, Battle, Bog- 

 nor, Donnington, Guestling, Hayward's 

 Heath, Horsham, Lewes, Poynings 



— ocellata, Linn. Generally common 



— albicillata, Linn. Not uncommon in woods 



in East Sussex ; occurs in Abbots IVood 

 and Charlton Forest, also at Fernhurst 

 and Withdean 

 Melanippe hastata, Linn. In woods, local ; 

 formerly very abundant in Abbots Wood 

 and the neighbouring woods (H.G.), but 

 very scarce of late years ; recorded also 

 from Battle, Fernhurst, Hastings, Hay- 

 ward's Heath, Laughton, Lewes, Tilgate 

 Forest 



— tristata, L. Very rare ; reported from 



Horsham, ' gardens very scarce,' a some- 

 what curious habitat for an insect 

 which occurs ' usually on heaths in 

 mountain districts, but occasionally in 

 fir woods and in the north flitting 

 about the borders of farms ' (Barrett, 

 Brit. Lrp. viii. 97) 



— proccllata, Fb. Abundant and widely 



distributed among traveller's joy (Cle- 

 matis vitalba), especially on and near the 

 downs 



— unangulata, Hw. Widely distributed and 



not uncommon ; Abbots Wood, Battle, 

 Brighton, Chichester, Cocking, Fernhurst, 

 Falmer, Guestling, Hayward's Heath, 

 Horsham, Piltdown, Rackham, Tilgate 

 Forest, Uckfield 



— rivata, Hb. Locally common ; Abbots 



JVood, Bognor, Brighton, Cocking, Eiist- 

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