A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



Dichrorampha quasstionana, Z. Locally abun- 

 dant among tansy in gardens and else- 

 where ; Brighton, Hastings^ river bank 

 near Petworth 



— sequana, Hb. Not uncommon among 



yarrow ; Burpham, Charmandean, Dur- 

 rington, Shoreham Shingles, Slindon Com- 

 mon, JVorthing 



", , ' „ ' Generally abundant 



— plumbana, be. J- ^ 



'^ , , ' ,^ amonfr yarrow 



— plumbagana, 1 r. j ^ ■' 



— acuminatana, Z. Burpham, High Down 



near Goring, Houghton among Chrysan- 

 themum leucanthemum 



— simpliciana, Hw. Broadwater, Lancing, 



Lewes, Petworth among Artemisia vul- 

 garis 



— consortana, Wilk. On the downs near 



Sompting and by the roadside between 



Bramber and Shoreham 

 Pyrodcs rheediella, Clerck. Common among 



hawthorn and whitebeam 

 Catoptria albersana, Hb. Locally abundant 



among honeysuckle ; Abbots Wood, 



Fernhurst, Guestling, St. Leonards Forest 



— succedana, Frolich. Everywhere abun- 



dant among Genista, Ulex, etc. 



— Juliana, Curt. Hastings ; the form herri- 



chiana, Hein., occurs in Jbbots Wood 

 (Fletcher) 



— hypericana, Hb. Fernhurst, Hastings, 



Lewes, Worthing ; probably generally dis- 

 tributed and abundant among Hypericum 



— cana, Hw. Widely distributed and abun- 



dant among Arctium, Carduus and Cen- 

 taurea 



— fulvana, Stph. Abundant in the Worthing 



district among Centaurea scabiosa 



— candidulana, Nolck. Abundant among 



Artemisia maritima ; banks of Arun 

 and Cuckmere, Rye 



— scopoliana, Hw. Generally abundant 



among Centaurea ; the small form, 

 parvulana, Wlk., is abundant in Abbots 

 JVood among Serratula tinctoria, and on 

 the downs near Sompting among Cen- 

 taurea nigra 



— caecimaculana, Hb. Apparently rather 



local and uncommon ; Abbots Wood, 

 Arundel Park, Polegate 



— aemulana, Schlag. Locally abundant 



among golden rod ; Abbots Wood, 

 Hastings, Rewel Wood, Arundel 



— expallidana, Hw. Local, among Sonchus; 



Hastings, near coast between Shoreham 

 and Worthing, Withdean 



— citrana, Hb. Not uncommon locally on the 



downs near Brighton and on the coast be- 

 tween that place and Worthing, Hastings 

 Trycheris aurana, Fb. Abundant on the 



downs in the neighbourhood oi Steyning 

 and JVorthing among Heracleum sphon- 

 dylium ; occurs also at Hastings 

 Choreutes bjerkandrella, Thnbg. ' Hurst, 

 Sussex ' {Manual, ii. I 59). The late Mr. 

 S. Stevens showed me a specimen that 

 he had taken at Poling on Inula bloom, 

 and I think stated that he had met with 

 another at Holmbush (Fletcher) 



— myllerana, Fb. Locally abundant ; Abbots 



JVood, Chailey Common, Henfield Com- 

 mon, Plashet Wood 



— pariana, Clerck. Felpham (Guermonprez), 



near Uckfield (Jenner) 



— fabriciana, Linn. Very abundant among 



nettles 

 Eupoecilia nana, Hw. Somewhat abundant 

 locally among birch ; Guestling, St. 

 Leonards and Tilgate Forests 



— dubitana, Hb. Locally abundant in 



rough places among Crepis virens ; 

 Brighton, Hove, Hastings, Worthing 



— atricapitana, Stph. Not uncommon locally 



among Senecio jacobasa ; Brighton, Fair- 

 light, on both sides of basin at Portslade 



— macidosana, Hw. Abundant in woods 



among Scilla nutans ; Abbots Wood, 

 Clapham JVood, Guestling, Linchmere 

 ■ — sodaliana, Hw. Not uncommon on the 

 downs round JVorthing where Rhamnus 

 catharticus grows 



— hybridella, Hb. Very local ; Houghton 



chalk pit, Pett, coast near Southwick 



— angustana, Hb. Generally distributed 



and abundant among heather and on 

 grassy places, especially on the downs, 

 among plantain 



— ambiguella, Hb. Local and perhaps not 



often observed except in the earlier 

 stages ; Fernhurst (Barrett), Tilgate 

 Forest (Jenner) 



— curvistrigana, Wilk. Locally abundant 



in woods among golden rod (Solidago 

 virgaurea) ; Abbots JVood, Guestling, 

 Rewel JVood near Arundel 



— affinitana, Dgl. Abundant by the estuary 



of the Adur at Shoreham and probably 

 wherever the food plant. Aster tripolium, 

 is common 



— vectisana, Westw. Abundant by the 



riverside at Shoreham among Triglochin 

 maritimum, in the crowns of which 

 the larvse feed 



— udana, Gn. Ditches near Lancing and 



Shoreham among Alisma plantago 



— notulana, Z. Lanes and roadsides at St. 



Johns Common (Vine) ; larvas probably 

 of this species have been observed in 

 stems of Lycopus europaeus in Abbots 

 JVood and at Mundham (Fletcher) 



