INSECTS 



Crambus inquinatellus, SchifF. Lewes, Hastings, 

 rare ; widely distributed and abundant 

 in JVest Sussex 



— contaminellus, Hb. Hastings, rare 



— salinellus, Tutt. Abundant on the coast 



at Lancing ; also met with at Bognor by 

 Mr. Guermonprez. Probably occurs 

 in all localities in the county where its 

 food-plant, Glyceria (Poa) maritima, 

 grows 



— geniculeus, Hw. Abundant and widely 



distributed 



— culmellus, Linn. Everywhere common 



— chrysonuchellus, Sc. Very abundant on 



the chalk downs ; Arundel, Lexves, Shore- 

 ham, U'^orthing 



— craterellus, Sc, var. cassentiniellus, Z. 



Mr. Douglas exhibited a specimen 

 taken by Mr. J. Hemmings on the 

 downs near Brighton at the meeting of 

 the Entomological Society of London 

 on 2 October, 1854 {Proc. Ent. Soc. 

 newser. iii. 1854-6, p. 27). Mr. Stain- 

 ton stated (Ent. Ann. 1855, p. 43) 

 that it was taken ' a few years back ' 



— hortuellus, Hb. Common everywhere 

 Anerastia lotella, Hb. Reported as rare from 



Hastings, occurs also on the coast at 

 Clymping and Southwick 

 Homoeosoma sinuella, Fb. Eastbourne, Hast- 

 ings, somewhat rare; abundant on the 

 coast at Clymping, Lancing and Southwick 



— nimbella, L. Locally abundant. The 



larvas may be found abundantly on 

 the coast between Hove and Shoreham 

 in the flowers of Pyrethrum inodorum, 

 near Amherley station in those of Senecio 

 jacobaea, and in Thorney Island in those 

 of Artemisia maritima 



— binaevella, Hb. Locally common ; Brigh- 



ton, Cissbury, Eastbourne, Hastings, 

 Lewes, Shoreham 

 Ephestia elutella, Hb. Occurs at Worthing 

 in houses and stables, and is probably 

 generally distributed throughout the 

 county in stores and similar places 



— kuchniella, Z. This species, which may 



be expected to occur in mills and other 



places where flour is stored, has been 



found at Hastings 

 Euzophora pinguis, Hw. Hastings, Lewes 



on ash trunks 

 Cryptoblabes bistriga, Hw. Abbots JVood, 



Ashdown Forest, Hastings, Fernhurst 

 Gymnancyla canella, Hb. On the Camber 



sandhills among Salsola kali ; occurs 



also at Pagham 

 Phycis betulae, Goze. Not uncommon in 



Tilgate Forest ; found also at Battle and 



Hastings 



Phycis fusca, Hw. Not uncommon in Ashdoxvn 

 and Tilgate Forests ; has been met with 

 on Hurston Warren and near St. 

 Leonards 



— dilutella, Hb. Common among wild 



thyme on the downs and coast shingles 

 Dioryctria abietella, Fb. (decuriella, Hb.) A 

 single larva found on a Scotch fir on 

 Slindon Common in 1888, from which 

 a moth was reared (Fletcher) 

 Nephopteryx spissicella, Fb. Abundant in 

 Abbots Wood and occurs at Hastings and 

 in the Rezvcl Wood, Arundel 



— rhenella, Zk. Very abundant among 



heather in Ashdovjn Forest on Hurston 

 Warren, and on Blackdown, Fernhurst 

 Rliodophsa formosa, Hw. Charmandean near 

 JVorthing 



— consociella, Hb. Abundant in Abbots 



JVood, Hastings, Lewes and Worthing 

 [Manual, ii. 1 71) 



— advenella, Zk. Hastings, somewhat rare ; 



High Down near Gormg, Lewes and 

 JVorthing (Manual, ii. 173) 



— marmorea, Hw. Not uncommon among 



stunted sloe bushes on the downs and 

 commons ; Bury Hill, Charmandean, 

 Eastbourne, Lewes, Milton Hide near 

 Hailsham, Shoreham 



— suavella, Zk. Bury Down, Milton Hide 



— zelleri. Rag. Lewes and JVorthing [Manual, 



ii. 171); abundant in Abbots JVood; 

 Guestling 



— tumidana, SchifF. Apparently rare. One 



at ' sugar ' at Shoreham on 28 August, 

 1895, and another on 31 August, 1896 

 (Vine) ; one on a paling at Charman- 

 dean (Fletcher) 



Oncocera ahenella, Hb. Very generally dis- 

 tributed over the chalk downs, but 

 seems nowhere common ; Guestling 



Galleria mellonella, L. Reported from 

 Hastings 



Aphomia sociella, L. Generally distributed 

 and somewhat common 



Achroia grisella, Hb. Common in beehives 



TORTRICES 



Tortrix podana, Sc. Common and widely 

 distributed 



■ — piceana, Linn. Tilgate Forest{W. H. Tug- 

 Well, Proc. S. Lond. Ent. Soc. 1 890, p. 5 5) 



— cratsgana, Hb. Local and not common ; 



Abbots JVood, Fernhurst, Hastings dis- 

 trict, Lewes 



— xylosteana, Linn. Widely distributed and 



abundant ; Abbots JVood, Burgess Hill, 

 Fernhurst, Guestling, Letues, Slindon 



— sorbiana, Hb. Common at Guestling and 



occurs also near Lewes 



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