A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



Capua favillaceana, Hb. Very abundant in 

 Abbots Wood among hornbeam and nut ; 

 occurs at Fernhunt and is common at 

 Guestling 



Clepsis rusticana, Tr. Plentiful on Dltchlhig 

 Common and occurs in Tilgate Forest 



Bactra lanceolana, Hb. The small double- 

 brooded rush-feeding form is very- 

 abundant among rushes, the large form 

 feeding in Scirpus maritimus, which 

 seems to be single-brooded and may be 

 a distinct species, occurs freely in 

 ditches near the shore at Shorehain, 

 Lancing and Clymping 



Phoxopteryx siculana, Hb. Chalky^ Frrn- 

 hurst, Guestling, Tilgate Forest 



— • unguicella, Linn. Abbots Wood, Hurston 

 Warren, Tilgate Forest ; abundant in 

 heathy places 



— uncana, Hb. Abbots Wood, Fernhurst, 



Guestling, Hurston JVarren 



— biarcuana, Steph. Hurston Warren, 



Tilgate Forest ; probably widely dis- 

 tributed among sallows 



— inornatana, H.S. Guestling 



— comptana, Frol. Abundant in Abbots 



Wood and on the downs, where the 

 larva feeds on Poterium sanguisorba 



— myrtillana, Tr. Hastings, Fernhurst 



— lundana, Fb. Widely distributed and 



abundant in woody districts among 

 wild vetches 



— derasana, Hb. Abbots Wood, Bury Hill, 



Fernhurst, Salvington Down ; seems 

 abundant wherever Rhamnus catharticus 

 grows 



— diminutana, Hw. Not uncommon in 



Abbots Wood ; occurs also at Fernhurst, 

 Guestling and in Tilgate Forest 



— mitterbacheriana, SchifF. Abbots Wood, 



Fernhurst, Guestling, Tortington Wood 



— upupana, Tr. A specimen from Charlton 



Forest is in Mr. Guermonprez' col- 

 lection ; recorded from Guestling as 

 rare 



— lactana, Fb. Abundant in Abbots Wood 



and Tilgate Forest ; occurs also in Gor- 

 ing Woods 

 Grapholitha ramella, Linn. Widely dis- 

 tributed and not uncommon ; Abbots 

 Wood, Arundel Park, Guestling, Lewes, 

 Lancing Ring, Tilgate Forest 



— nisella, Clerck. Abundant at Burgess 



Hill; occurs also at Guestling and in 

 the Rewel Wood near Arundel 



— cinerana, Hw. Occurs at Ore ; is per- 



haps a form of the last species 



— nigromaculana, Hw. Widely distributed 



and not uncommon among Senecio 

 erucaefolia, in the flower-heads of which 



the larvae feed ; Broadwater, Cisshury, 

 Hurston JVarren, Pitt 

 Grapholitha subocellana, Don. Generally 

 common among sallows 



— trimaculana, Don. Very abundant among 



elm near Bognor and Worthing ; occurs 

 also at Fernhurst and Ecclesbourne near 

 Hastings 



— penkleriana, Fisch. Generally common 



in woods 



— obtusaiia, Hw. Not uncommon in 



woods ; Abbots IVood, Binsted, Fern- 

 hurst, Guestling, Goring Woods, St. 

 Leonards Forest 



— naevana, Hb. Apparently everywhere 



common 

 — geminana, Stph. Possibly a form of the 

 last species, attached to Vaccinium ; 

 occurs in Ashdown Forest and the Hast- 

 ings district 



— tetraquetrana, Hw. Generally abundant 



among birch 



— immundana, Fisch. In woods, widely 



distributed and not uncommon ; Fair- 

 light, Rewel IVood near Arundel, St. 

 Leonards and Tilgate Forests 



— demarniana, Fisch. ' Sussex ' (Meyrick, 



Handbook, p. 493) 



Hypermoecia cruciana, Linn. Abbots Wood, 

 Clapham Common, Fernhurst, Guestling, 

 Hassocks, Reivel Wood near Arundel 



Batodes angustiorana, Hw. Very abundant 

 at Bognor and Worthing among ever- 

 green oak and yew ; occurs also at Abbots 

 Wood, Arundel Park, Guestling, Is field 



Pasdisca bilunana, Hw. Broadwater, Fair- 

 light ; St. Leonards Forest, abundant 



— oppressana, Tr. Common at Burgess 



Hill on palings near poplar trees (Vine) 



— ratzeburghiana, Rtzb. Abundant among 



spruce firs in the Rewel IVood ; re- 

 corded also by Mr. Vine as common at 

 Blatchington among larch 



— corticana, Hb. -(Generally common in 



— profundana, Fb. J oak woods 



— ophthalmicana, Hb. Abbots Wood, not 



common (Vine) ; Lewes 



— diniana, Gn. Brighton, Hastings 



— solandriana, Linn. Not uncommon in 



woods among birch ; Abbots IVood, Ash- 

 down Forest, Fernhurst, Guestling, Rewel 

 Wood 



— semifuscana, Stph. Brighton, Felpham, 



Fernhurst, Fairlight ; Worthing, locally 

 abundant 



— sordidana, Hb. North Ambersham ; Til- 



gate Forest, abundant 

 Ephippiphora similana, Hb. Locally abun- 

 dant ; Abbots IVood, Amberley, Fern- 

 hurst, Guestling, Lewes 

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