A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



Mimaescoptilus phaeodactyla, Hb. Brighton 

 Downs [Vme) 



— bipunctidactylus, Hw. Generally distri- 



buted and common 



— zophodactyla, Dup. Apparently not com- 



mon. A specimen taken in Abbots 

 Wood, and capsules of Erythraea centau- 

 rium found in Clapham JVood mined 

 as though by the larva of this species 

 (Fletcher) 



— pterodactyla, Linn. Abundant among 



Veronica chamaedrys 



CEdematophorus lithodactylus, Tr. Locally 

 abundant among Conyza squarrosa and 

 Inula dysenterica ; Goring, Hastings, 

 Lewes 



Pterophorus monodactylus, Linn. Generally 

 distributed and common 



Leioptilus tephradactylus, Hb. Locally com- 

 mon among Solidago virgaurea ; Abbots 

 JVood, Battle, Ditchling Common, Hast- 

 ings, Leives 



— osteodactylus, Z. Abundant in Abbots 



Wood among Solidago virgaurea 



— microdactylus, Hb. Abundant in chalk 



pits near Arundel and Goring among 

 Eupatorium cannabinum ; found also 

 at Hastings, Lewes 

 Aciptilia galactodactyla, Hb. Brighton, Hast- 

 ings (rare) ; common in the Goring, 

 Claphatn and Arundel Woods among 

 Arctium lappa 



— spilodactyla, Curt. A single specimen 



bred from a pupa found on Marrubium 

 vulgare on Cissbury several years ago 

 (Fletcher). A large number of bred 

 specimens of the moth from Freslnvater 

 were let loose in another locality in the 

 county a few years back, but it is un- 

 known if they established a colony (id.) 



— baliodactyla, Z. Bevendean Slopes, Lewes 



{Manual, ii. 444), abundant in a rough 

 field near Slindon among Origanum 

 vulgare 



— tetradactyla, Linn. Locally common on 



the downs; Arundel Pari, Clapham and 

 Lewes Downs 



— pentadactyla, Linn. Everywhere abun- 



dant 



— paludum, Z. In a boggy spot on a heath 



near Pulborough. The moths fly like 

 gnats over the bog for about an hour 

 before dusk, the first brood sparingly in 

 June and the second brood much more 

 abundantly on still warm evenings early 

 in September. The larvae from the 

 latter hatch in October and seem dis- 

 posed to hibernate in a small state, but 

 the food plant does not appear to be 

 known (Fletcher) 



Alucita hexadactyla, Linn. Generally com- 

 mon among honeysuckle 



CRAMBI 



Chilo phragmitellus, Hb. Apparently very 



uncommon in the county ; Hastings, 



very rare ; Lewes [Manual, ii. 186) ; 



Shoreham, three or four specimens (Vine) 



— forficellus, Thnb. Hen field Common, 



Lewes, St. Leonards, Worthing (Manual, 

 ii. 185) 



— mucronellus, SchifF. One specimen at 



Shoreham (Vine) 

 ■ — gigantellus, Schiff". Shoreham, not rare 



(Vine) 

 Platytes cerusellus, SchifF. Very abundant on 



the downs and on the sandhills and 



shingles near the coast 

 Crambus alpinellus, Hb. Not uncommon on 



the Clymping sandhills, flying at dusk in 



July and August, especially when a 



thunderstorm is brewing 



— falsellus, Schiff. Lewes, occasionally ; 



once found very abundantly over an old 

 thatch. Hastings, rare ; in West Sussex 

 common and generally distributed ; may 

 be bred freely from moss off old walls 



— verellus, Znk. A very fine male specimen 



was taken at The Dome, Bognor, by Mr. 

 Alfred Lloyd, F.E.S., in July, 1890 



— pratellus, Linn. Common and generally 



distributed 



— dumetellus, Hb. Very local ; abundant 



in a rough meadow in Abbots Wood; a 

 specimen in cabinet labelled Worthing 

 (Fletcher) ; Hastings, rare 



— hamellus, Thnb. Shoreham, one specimen 



(Vine) ; near St. Leonards, rare 



— pascuellus, Linn. Common, especially in 



wet places ; Arundel Park, Ditchling 

 Common, Fernhurst, Henfield Common, 

 Hastings, Hurston Warren, Lewes, Slin- 

 don 



— uliginosellus, Z. Abundant on Henfield 



Co?nmon and Hurston JVarren ; occurs 

 also at Clymping and near Shoreham 



— pinellus, Linn. Widely distributed, but 



seems not common ; Ashdoivn Forest, 

 Abbots Wood, Battle, Hastings, Lewes, 

 Plashet Wood, Slindon, Tilgate Forest 



— latistrius. Abbots Wood, common in the 



ridings (Vine) ; a single specimen on 

 a heath near Storrington (Fletcher) 



— perlellus, Sc. Widely distributed and 



common 



— selasellus, Hb. Locally abundant ; Hast- 



ings ; grassy places near the coast, 

 Lancing ; banks of the Arun below 

 Ford 



— tristellus, Fb. Generally common 



