INSECTS 



Ephippiphora pflugiana, Hw. Widely distii- 

 buted and abundant, the larvae feeding 

 in stems of thistles ; Abbots JVood^ Ciss- 

 bury. Fern/mist, Tilgcite Forest 



-- luctuosana, Dup. Apparently less abun- 

 dant than the preceding, the larvse 

 feeding in stems of Centaurea scabiosa ; 

 canal bank between Barnham and Chi- 

 chester, railway bank between Po legate 

 and Hallsham, Pagham 



— brunnichiana, Frol. Locally abundant 



among coltsfoot ; Brighton, Eastbourne, 

 Lewes, Steyntng 



— inopiana, Hw. Abundant in and near 



Goring JP^oods, and doubtless in many 

 other places in the county among Inula 

 dysenterica 



— foenella, Linn. Locally abundant at 



Broadwater and Laming among Arte- 

 misia vulgaris 



— nigricostana, Hw. Not uncommon among 



Stachys sylvatica ; Abbots IVood, Bram- 

 ber. High Down near Goring 



— signatana, Dgl. Very local ; Abbots (Food, 



Leaves 



— trigeminana, Stph. High Down near 



Goring, Hastings, Lewes, Tilgate Forest 



— tetragonana, Stph. Abbots Wood, where 



it may be found flying freely among 

 Rosa arvensis at the end of July and 

 beginning of August ; occurs also at 

 Guestling and in Tilgate Forest 



— populana, Fb. Abbots Wood, Fernhurst, 



Uckfield 



— gallicolana, Z. Guestling, Tilgate Forest 

 Olindia ulmana, Hb. Generally distributed 



in the Fernhurst district (Barrett), Ore, 

 Tilgate Forest not common (Vine) 

 Semasia spiniana, Dup. Abbots IVood, Bury 

 Down, Hassocks 



— janthinana, Dup. Arundel Park, Broad- 



water, Burgess Hill, Hastings 



— gallicana, Gn. Generally common near 



the coast among Daucus carota; on the 

 downs near Shoreham the larvas feed 

 on Pastinaca sativa, and on Slindon 

 Common on Silaus pratensis 



— woeberiana, SchifF. Worthing, and doubt- 



less elsewhere among old fruit trees 

 Coccyx cosmophorana, Tr. Rewel JVood ; 

 the moths may be reared from the 

 fallen cones of spruce collected in early 

 spring 



— scopariana, H.S. Ditchling Common among 



Genista tinctoria 



— strobilella, Linn. Rewel Wood, the larvae 



feeding in fallen cones of spruce 



— splendidulana, Gn. Fernhurst, Guestling, 



Goring Woods, Offington ; probably 

 generally common in oak woods 



Coccyx argyrana, Hb. Goring IVoods, Guestling 



— tedella, Clerck. Generally very abundant 



among spruce firs 



— distinctana, Hcin. One specimen taken 



in St. Leonards Forest 7 June, 1 8 90 

 (Fletcher) 



— nanana, Tr. Reivel Wood and Tilgate 



Forest, abundant among spruce 

 Heusimene fimbriana, Hw. Abbots Wood, 



Hastings 

 Retinia buoliana, Schiff. Common among 

 Scotch fir ; Blachington, Fairlight, Pres- 

 ton, Slindon Common 



— pinicolana, Dbld. Hastings, Tilgate 



Forest, Uckfield 



— turionana, Hb. Very abundant on Slin- 



don Common, Uckfield 



— pinivorana, Z. Bexhill, Slindon Common, 



Uckfield 

 Carpocapsa splendidana, Hb. Ablwts IVood, 

 Guestling, Rewel Wood, Worthing 



— grossana, Hw. Arundel Park, Bognor ; 



Fainter JVoods, abundant ; Hastings 



— pomonella, Linn. Everywhere abundant 



among apples 



— funebrana, Tr. Bognor among damson 



trees (Fletcher) ; Mr. Vine has bred 

 the moths from plums supposed to have 

 been grown in Sussex ; Guestling 



Endopisa nigricana, Stph. Generally distri- 

 buted and not uncommon 



Stigononota obscurana, Stph. Rare and local ; 

 Tilgate Forest 



— perlepidana, Hw. Abbots Wood, abundant ; 



Tilgate Forest 



— pal lifron tana, Z. Abundant near Bury ; 



flies at the beginning of July in the 

 sunshine from 2-4 p.m. along hedge- 

 rows in which Astragalus glycyphyllos 

 grows 



— compositella, Fb. Common among clover 



on the downs and in meadows 



— nitidana, Fb. Abbots Wood, Fernhurst, 



Guestling, St. Leonards Forest; among 

 oak 



— flexana, Z. In beach woods ; Falmer, 



Guestling, Houghton Forest 



— regiana, Z. Sometimes very common 



among sycamores even in towns ; the 

 larvee and pupae may be found freely 

 under the loose hark on the trunks ; 

 Bognor, Hastings, Lewes, Worthing 



— roseticolana, Z. Not uncommon among 



wild roses ; Abbots Wood, Lancing, 

 Thorney Island 



— germarana, Hb. Abbots Wood, Fernhurst, 



Hastings, Lewes 

 Dichrorampha alpinana, Tr. Locally abun- 

 dant among yarrow ; Eastbourne, Ford, 

 Guestling, between Lancing 3.n6. Worthing 



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