INSECTS 



Scopula olivalis, Schiff. Every where common 



— prunalis, Schiff. „ „ 



— ferrugahs, Hb. Fairly common and 



double brooded ; Bogno>\ Brighton, 

 Eastiourne, Fernhurst, Hastings, Leiues, 

 JVorthing 



Mecyna polygonalis, Hb. Probably an im- 

 migrant. A specimen taken in 

 October, 1855, by Mr. Mitten at 

 Hurstpierpoint was included in the sale 

 of the late Mr. S. Stevens' collection in 

 March, 1900, and is now in the col- 

 lection of Mr. E. R. Bankes of Corfe 

 Castle, Dorsetshire 



Botys pandalis, Hb. Widely distributed in 

 woods ; Abbots IFood, Battle, Brighton, 

 near Emsworth, Eartham, Hastings, 

 Lczues 



— flavalis, Schiff. Abundant on the chalk 



near Brighton, Eastbourne and Leiues 

 (Goss) ; a single specimen on the 

 Clymping sandhills in 1889 (Fletcher) 



— hyalinalis, Hb. Very local ; Abbots IVood, 



near Emsworth 



— ruralis, Scop. Everywhere common 



— fuscalis, Schiff. Locally abundant among 



Melampyrum, Pedicularis and Rhinan- 

 thus 



— asinalis, Hb. ' Sussex to Devon and Pem- 



broke^ (Meyrick, Handbook, p. 417), 

 Eastbourne (Shearwood) 

 Ebulea erocealis, Hb. Widely distributed 

 among Conyza squarrosa and Inula 

 dysenterica and not uncommon 



— verbascalis, Schiff, Rare ; reported only 



from St. Leonards 



— sambucalis, Schiff. Everywhere com- 



mon 



— stachydalis, Germ. Locally abundant 



among Stachys sylvatica ; Brighton, 

 Bramber, near Emsworth, High Down 

 near Goring, Hastings 

 Spilodes stiticalis, Linn. Brighton {Manual, ii. 

 153), C/wi«;7, one specimen (Fletcher), 

 Eastbourne 



— palealis, Schiff. Coast near Brighton, 



Bevendean Slopes, Cisshury, Eastbourne 

 {Shearwood), Hastings, IForthing 



— verticalis, Linn. Apparently not com- 



mon; Brighton {Manual, ii. 153), East- 

 bourne 



Pionea forficalis, Linn. Everywhere com- 

 mon 



Orobena straminalis, Hb. Apparently scarce ; 

 Arundel Park, Brighton commonly 

 (Manual, ii. 152), Bramber, Battle, 

 Eastbourne, Guestling 



Perinephele lancealis, Schiff. Not common ; 

 Abbots JVood, Brighton {Manual, ii. 149), 

 Emsworth, Battle, Guestling 



Margarodes unionalis, Hb. An occasional 

 immigrant. A specimen taken at 

 Brighton was in the late Mr. Stevens' 

 collection, and at tlie sale thereof passed 

 into the possession of Mr. Sydney Webb. 

 Another, a male, was taken in Bognor 

 in 1895 by Mr. Guermonprez 



Diasemia litterata, Sc. The late Mr. Samuel 

 Stevens on more than one occasion told 

 me that many years ago he met with this 

 species on Bury Hill near Arundel. I 

 know of no recent captures in ITist Sussex 

 (W.H.B.F.) ; Eastbourne (R. Adkin) 



— ramburialis, Dup. Probably an occasional 



immigrant. Once at Landport near 

 Letues (G. H. Verrall) 



Stenia punctalis, Schiff. Very local ; East- 

 bourne, Palmer, Hastings, Lewes 



Cataclysta lemnata, Linn. Very common, 

 flying over ponds and ditches ; may 

 be bred from old flower stems of 

 Alisma plantago collected in May 



Paraponyx stratiotata, Linn. Locally abundant 

 at Lewes and North Mundham, and 

 occurs also at Eastbourne and Hastings 



Hydrocampa nympheata, Linn. Common 

 and widely distributed, especially in 

 marshy districts 



— stagnata, Don. Locally common ; Arundel 



Park, near Emsiuorth, Hastings, Lewes, 

 Shoreham 

 Acentropus niveus, Olivier. Rare ; Hastings, 

 Guestling once taken at ' light ' 



PTEROPHORI 



Agdistis bennetii, Curt. Thorney Island and 

 doubtless in other places round Chi- 

 chester Harbour where Statice limonium 

 grows. The moth is also very abun- 

 dant on the shores of Hayling Island 



Platyptilia ochrodactyla, Hb. Brighton ; not 

 uncommon among Achillaea millefolium 

 (Vine) and along the bank of the river 

 near Petworth among Tanacetum vul- 

 gare ; occurs also in the Fernhurst district 



— bertrami, Rossi. Not common ; recorded 



from Brighton, Leiues, Hastings 



— gonodactyla, Schiff. Among Tussilago 



farfara at Burgess Hill, Hastings, Lewes, 

 Steyning 

 Amblyptilia acanthodactyla, Hb. Common 

 and generally distributed 



— cosmodactyla, Hb. Apparently very local ; 



Brighton, FalmerDoivns, Shoreham (Vine) 

 Oxyptilus teucrii, Jordan. Not uncommon in 

 Tilgate Forest (Vine) 



— parvidactylus, Hw. Widely distributed 



and not uncommon, especially on the 

 downs. Arundel Park, Clapham Down, 

 Ditchling Common, downs near Shoreham 



