INSECTS 



Penthina dimidiana,Sodof. Abundant in J lihots 

 JFood, the larvae feeding on birch in 

 the autumn ; occurs also at Guestling, 

 and possibly in the Rewel Wood, Arundel 



— gentiana, Hb. Widely distributed and 



not uncommon among teazle 



— oblongana, Hw. Abhoti JFood, Ditchling 



Common ; abundant among Betonica 

 officinalis 



— sellana, Gn. Arundel, Slindon, Steyning, 



Worthing ; not uncommon 



— fuligana, Hb. Widely distributed, but 



seems nowhere abundant ; Abbots IVood, 

 Ditchling Common, Guestling, Tilgate Forest 



Antithesia salicella, Linn. Guestling, not com- 

 mon ; Tarring, the larvae feeding on 

 black poplar 



Hedya ocellana, Fb. Abundant everywhere 



— lariciana, Hein. Abundant at Blatching- 



ton and on Slindon Common ; flies in the 

 afternoon round the tops of larches 



— aceriana, Dup. Abbots IVood, Hastings, 



Worthing 



— incarnana, Hw. Generally common 



— neglectana, Dup. Abundant in Abbots 



Wood, Hastings 



— servillana, Dup. Abbots Wood and Holm 



Bush ; the larvae may sometimes be 

 found not uncommonly in swollen 

 twigs of sallow 



— simplana, Fisch. Abbots Wood, not un- 



common among aspen 

 Spilonota incarnatana, Hb. Clapham Doivns, 

 Milton Hide near Hailsham, and pro- 

 bably in other places in the county in 

 which Rosa spinosissima occurs 



— suffusana, Z. Hastings, Worthing ; not 



uncommon 



— roSECColana, Dbld. Fernhurst, Guestling, 



Worthing ; not uncommon 



— roborana, Tr. Fernhurst, Guestling, Rewel 



Wood near Arundel, IVorthing 

 Pardia tripunctana, Fb. ) Common and 



— uddmanniana, Linn. J widely distributed 

 Sideria achatana, Fb. Abbots JVood, Bell 



Woods Fernhurst, Hastings, Hassocks ; 

 somewhat uncommon 

 Sericoris latifasciana, Hw. This very local 

 species has been taken somewhat freely 

 in Abbots Wood by Mr. Vine 



— euphorbiana, Frr. Locally abundant ; 



Arundel 



— littoralis, Curt. Very local, apparently 



much less widely distributed than its 

 food-plant ; Clymping Common, Hastings, 

 Pett 



— cespitana, Hb. Locally common on the 



coast and downs ; Abbots Wood, Clymp- 

 ing Common, Lancing Ring, shingles near 

 Chemical Works, Shoreham 



Sericoris rivulana, Sc. Rather local ; Char- 

 mandean, Slindon, the larvse feeding on 

 Origanum ; Tilgate Forest 



— urticana, Hb. Generally abundant and 



widely distributed 



— lacunana, Dup. Abundant everywhere 

 Roxana arcuella, CI. Locally abundant in 



woods ; Abbots Wood, Battle, Guestling, 

 Lewes 



Euchromia rufana var. purpurana, Hw. 

 Locally abundant on the shingles near 

 Lancing ^nd Southwick, the larvae feeding 

 on Sonchus arvensis and Taraxacum 

 densleonis ; occurs also at Hastings 



Ortliotaelia antiquana, Hw. Shoreham (Vine) 



— striana, SchifF. Not uncommon locally ; 



pupae sometimes collected with those 

 of E. rufana ; Arundel Park, Bognor, 

 Abbots Wood, Findon, Hastings district, 

 shingles near Lancing and Southwick 



— ericetana, Westw. A single specimen in 



a ' hanger' on the outskirts of Clapham 

 JVoods (Fletcher) 

 Eriopsela fractifasciana, Hw. Local, but 

 often excessively abundant where it 

 occurs, the larvse on the radical leaves 

 (flower heads, Meyrick, Handbook, 

 p. 486) of Scabiosa ; Arundel Park, 

 Abbots Wood, Ewhurst ; High Down, 

 Goring ; Sompting 



— quadrana, Hb. Abundant in Abbots Wood 



among Teucrium, on which perhaps 



the larvae may feed ; has been also 



taken at Lewes and once at Guestling 

 Phtheochroa rugosana, Hb. Seems to occur 



abundantly round JForthing wherever 



Bryonia dioica grows 

 Cnephasia politana, Hw. Abbots Wood, 



Brighton, Chailey, Tilgate Forest, Uck- 



field 



— musculana, Hb. Generally common in 



woods 

 Sciaphila nubilana, Hb. Hastings, extremely 

 abundant in a hawthorn hedge at 

 Broadwater, and doubtless in many 

 similar places in the county 



— conspersana, Dougl. Hastings 



— incertana, Tr. \ 



— wahlbomiana, Linn., var. [Common 



virgaureana, Tr. j everywhere 



— pasivana, Hb. J 



— chrysantheana, Dup. Occurs freely on 



the park paling at Charmandean with 

 several of its congeners ; Eastbourne 



— sinuana, Stph. Guestling, JVolstotibury ; 



larvae not rare on Scilla nutans 



— hybridana, Hb. Abundant and widely 



distributed 

 Sphaleroptera longana, Hw. Hastings, locally 

 abundant on the downs near Worthing 



