A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



Anaitis plagiata, Linn. Generally common 

 among St. John's wort 



Chesias spartiata, Fuesl. Probably not un- 

 common where its food-plant, broom, 

 grows freely ; Brighton, Guestling, Hast- 

 ings, Horsham, Isfield 



— rufata, Fb. Very local among broom 



(Cytisus scoparius) and dyer's green- 

 weed (Genista tinctoria) ; Battle, Brigh- 

 ton, Ditchling Common, HaywareTs 

 Heath, Horsham 

 Tanagra atrata, Linn. Very local, but abundant 

 where it does occur ; Abbots Wood, 

 Brighton, Hayward' s Heath, Slaugham 



PYRALIDES 



Cledeobia angustalis, Schiff. Locally abun- 

 dant on commons, downs, and on sand- 

 hills and shingles near the coast 



Aglossa pinguinalis, Linn. Common in stables 

 and similar buildings 



Pyralis costalis, Fb. Generally distributed 

 and sometimes very abundant 



— glaucinalis, Linn. Occurs at Bognor, Brigh- 



ton, Battle, near Ennworth, Hastings, 

 Lewes, Shoreham ; being occasionally 

 taken at ' light ' and at ' sugar ' 



— - farinalis, Linn. Generally distributed, es- 

 pecially in stables and similar buildings 



Scoparia ambigualis, Tr. Generally common 



— basistrigalis, Knaggs. Probably widely 



distributed especially in beech woods on 

 the chalk ; Henley Hill near Fernhurst 

 (Barrett) ; woods near Arundel and 

 Slindon ; IVolstonhury, not uncommon 

 on beech trunks (Vine) 



— cembras, Hw. Arundel, Battle, Hastings, 



Houghton chalk-pit, Lewes, Salvington, 

 on the shingles near Soutlnvick 



— dubitalis, Hb. Very abundant, especially 



on the downs and near the coast. In 

 Mr. South's collection were some speci- 

 mens of the form ingratella, Knaggs, 

 from Eastbourne 



— murana. Curt. Lewes (Jenner) 



— lineola, Curt. Bognor, Eastbourne, Lewes 



{Manual, ii. 163) ; Worthing, where 

 the larvae may be found in great abun- 

 dance feeding on lichens growing in old 

 hedges and post and rail fences 



— frequentella, St. Common and generally 



distributed 



— cratasgella, Hb. Sometimes abundant in 



Arundel Park ; occurs also on Rackham 

 Common 



— resinea, Hw. Arundel Park, Lewes [Man- 



ual, ii. 162), Flansham near Bognor; Shore- 

 ham, where it comes freely to 'sugar ' and 

 is often very abundant and variable 



— truncicolella, St. Very abundant near 



Amber ley and Storrington, where the larvae 

 and pupae may be found in moss on old 

 thatch 

 Scoparia angustea, Stph. Apparently rather 

 local ; Amberley, Arundel Park, Hastings, 

 Camber Sandhills, Rye, Sompting 



— pallida, Stph. Locally abundant in damp 



places, ditch by side of Arun near Ford, 

 Henfield Common, Lewes, coast near 

 Southwick, Shoreham 



Nomophila noctuella, Schiff. Generally com- 

 mon and in some years very abundant 



Odontia dentalis, Schiff. Widely distributed 

 along the coast and in some places 

 abundant ; Brighton, Eastbourne, Hast- 

 ings, St. Leonards, Pagham Harbour, 

 Southwick, Shoreham ; formerly common 

 at Copperas Gap near Portslade (H.G.) 



Pyrausta aurata, Sc. Common and widely 

 distributed on the downs among Ori- 

 ganum vulgare 



— purpuralis, Linn. Widely distributed and 



not uncommon among Prunella vulgaris 

 — ostrinalis, Hb. Abbots JVood, Arundel, 

 Brighton, Falmer, Lewes, St. Leonards 



Hcrbula cespitalis, Schiff. Generally distrib- 

 uted and abundant 



Ennychia cingulata, Linn. Abundant at 

 Moulescombe Pit near Brighton ; occurs 

 also on downs near Eastbourne and Lewes 



— nigrata, Sc. Locally common on the 



downs among Asperula cynanchica ; 

 Arundel Park, Brighton, Cocking, near 

 Emsworth, Lewes, Slindon 



— funebris, Strom. Very local ; Brighton, 



Lewes [Manual, ii. 1 40). Sometimes 

 abundant in Abbots Wood ; also recorded 

 from Battle, Guestling, Laughton, Plashet 

 Wood 

 Agrotera nemoralis, Sc. Rare and very local ; 

 formerly common in Abbots Wood (abun- 

 dant in the 'seventies' — H.G.) now 

 very rare there if not extinct ; has 

 occurrred also at Battle, Guestling, and 

 Holm Bush near Henfield (Manual, ii. 



Endotricha flammealis, Schiff. Common in 

 woods and locally so on the coast ; 

 Abbots Wood, Battle, Bognor, Clymping 

 Common, Eastbourne, near Emsworth, 

 Hastings, Laughton, Plashet Wood, Rack- 

 ham, Slindon Woods, coast near Southwick 



Eurrhypara urticata, Linn. Everywhere com- 

 mon among nettles 



Scopula lutealis, Hb. Recorded from Hastings 

 doubtfully, and Lewes, but apparently 

 rare in the eastern division of the county, 

 in the western widely distributed in 

 the chalk district ; Botolphs, Cissbury, 

 Cocking, Salvington, Shoreham 



