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 A HISTORY OF SUSSEX Common in the Miana bicoloria, Vill. Everywhere common — arcuosa, Hw. Marshy places, not com- mon ; Abbots JVood^ Brighton, Hastings, Horsham, Hay-ward's Heath, Lewes ; rough ground near Castle Goring Celaena haworthii, Curt. Rare ; recorded as taken at Brighton formerly, at Bexhill recently, Horsham Grammesia trigrammica, Hufn. Generally common Stilbia anomala, Hw. Rare and very local ; Fernhurst, Hastings, near Horsham, near Leives, once ; Tilgate Forest Caradrina morpheus, Hufn. — alsines, Brahm. • tjL county — taraxaci, Hb. J ■' — ambigua, Fb. A few specimens have been taken by Mr. Vine on Brighton Racecourse and near Shoreham ; one was taken at ' sugar ' by Professor Mel- dola at Pagham in 1 900 — quadripuncta, Fb. Common Rusina umbratica, Goeze. „ Agrotis vestigialis, Rott. Very local ; proba- bly confined to the coast ; has been taken on the Camber and Clymping sandhills — puta, Hb. Not uncommon and generally distributed — ypsilon, Rott. Generally common — saucia, Hb. Periodically common and generally distributed — segetum, SchifF. Very abundant — exclamationis, Linn. „ „ — corticea, Hb. Not uncommon — cinerea, Hb. Not taken in great num- bers but widely distributed on the chalk ; downs near Brighton, Clayton, Goring, Lewes, Steyning, Polegate — ripse, Hb. Very local, confined to the coast sandhills. At Pagham, where the larvas may sometimes be taken in large numbers, the imago is rarely seen. Has occurred also on the Camber and Clymp- ing sandhills — nigricans, Linn. Not uncommon — tritici, Linn. Common on the downs at Brighton, appears to be less so else- where ; reported also from Clymping, Eastbourne, Horsham in gardens, Lewes^ Pett, Thorney — aquilina, Hb. Scarce ; perhaps occurs more on the downs and less on the coast than the last ; Brighton, Lewes, Shoreham — obelisca, Hb. Not rare at Shoreham (A. C. Vine) but seems so elsewhere ; Dr. Allchin took one at Brighton in 1859 {Ent. JVeekly Intell. vii. 204), and Mr. W. E. Nicholson has met with the species at Lewes Agrotis agathina, Dup. The larvas are reported as being common in Tilgate Forest and would probably be found to be so generally on Erica cinerea (bell heather), if that plant were searched or swept for them in late spring ; recorded also from Ashdown Forest, Fernhurst, St. Leonards Forest — strigula, Thnb. Common among ling, calluna, throughout the county Noctua glareosa, Esp. Not common ; Abbots IVood, Brighton, Fernhurst, GuestUng, Hassocks, Hohnbush, Lewes — augur, Fb. Very local ; Brighton, woods near Horsham, and marshes near Lewes — plecta, Linn. ) Common and gener- — c-nigrum, Linn, j ally distributed — ditrapezium, Bork. Very local ; may be taken freely in the larval state from birch and sallow in Tilgate Forest ; also recorded from Cowfold, near Emszvorth (2), Fernhurst, HaywardU Heath, Hor- sham — triangulum, Hufn. Common, especially in woods — stigmatica, Hb. Seems generally rare in the county, but is reported by Mr. Christy as not uncommon lately at Stoughton ; rare in Charlton Forest (the Rev. C. D. Ash) ; also reported as having occurred at Hayward's Heath, and once near Lewes — brunnea, Fb. "j Common, especially in — primulse, Esp. J woods — dahlii, Hb. Locally common in woods ; Abbots Wood, Battle, Brighton, near Emsworth, GuestUng, Horsham, Lnves — rubi. View. Common and widely dis- tributed — umbrosa, Hb. Not uncommon — baja, Fb. „ „ — castanea, Esp. Very local ; Cocking, near Hastings, Laughton. Mr. Vine states that the larvas may be taken freely in Tilgate Forest. This would most likely be the case in most of the heathy places in the county. The fact that many of these are not easily worked by entomologists after dark probably accounts for many moths being observed less frequently than would otherwise be the case — xanthographa, Fb. Common everywhere Triplijena janthina, Esp. Generally com- mon — fimbria, Linn. Not uncommon, especially in woods ; Abbots Wood, Battle, Brigh- ton, Chichester, Cocking, Hastings, Hay- ward''s Heath, Horsham, Laughton, Lewes, Worthing 178