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 A HISTORY OF SUSSEX Acidalia aversata, Linn. Generally abundant — inornata, Hw. Not common ; Abbots Wood, Brighton, Hastings, Laughton, Lewes, Uckfield — emarginata, Linn. Locally common ; Abbots Wood, Battle, Brighton, Chichester, Cocking, Guest/ing, Rackham, Shoreham Timandra amata, Linn. Common Cabera pusaria, Linn. Generally common ; the form rotundaria, Hw., has occurred at Brighton, Hastings, Tilgate and Uckfield. It is generally bred in captivity from collected larvae — exanthemata, Scop. Generally common Bapta temerata, Hb. Generally distributed — bimaculata, Fb. Not common ; Brighton, Charlton Forest, Cocking, Fernhurst, Hastings, Hayward's Heath, Horsham, Lewes, Worthing Aleucis pictaria. Curt. Local and rare ; Bepton Down, Horsham, Lewes formerly (Stainton, Manual, ii. 53), Tilgate Forest Macaria alternaria, Hb. Very rare ; Fair- light, Tilgate Forest — notata, L. Woods, scarce ; Abbots JVood, Battle, Brighton, Hastings, Hayward's Heath, Heathfield, St. Leonards and Tilgate Forests — liturata, Clerck. Among Scotch fir, not common ; Ashdown Forest, Brighton, Bexhill, Fairlight, Fernhurst, Hayward's Heath, Horsham, Laughton, Tilgate Forest Halias wavaria, Linn. A not uncommon garden insect Strenia clathrata, Linn. Locally common Panagra petraria, Hb. Common among bracken in heathy places Numeria pulveraria, Linn. Not uncommon in woods Scodiona fagaria, Thnb. Black Down, near Fernhurst, Hurston Warren near Amber- ley Ematurga atomaria, Linn. Generally common on heaths and in woods Bupalus piniarius, Linn. Common in woods among Scotch fir Minoa murinata. Scop. Local and rare ; near Brighton, Charlton Forest in open cop- pices, Hastings, Lewes Scoria lineata, Scop. Mr. Herbert Goss, who is familiar with this species in its well- known Kentish localities, took a speci- men in a small wood between Hailsham and Polegate on 25 June, 1875 Sterrha sacraria, Linn. Very rare, probably onlyan occasional immigrant; specimens have been taken at Brighton, Lewes and Shoreham Aspilates strigillaria, Hb. Local ; Abbots Wood, Bexhill, Brighton, Cocking, Hay- ward's Heath, Laughton, St. Leonards and Tilgate Forests — ochrearia, Rossi. Local but sometimes not uncommon near the coast and on the downs ; Bepton and Levin Downs, near Cuckmere Haven, Eastbourne, Lewes Downs, Ovingdean Slopes, coast and downs near Shoreham — gilvaria, Fb. Rare and local ; Brighton, Horsham, near Polegate, Shoreham Abraxas grossulariata, Linn. Abundant every- where. Both in Cambridge and Sussex this species has taken to feeding on the evergreen Euonymus so common in gardens — sylvata. Scop. Very local but sometimes abundant where it occurs ; Chichester, West Dean, Fairlight once, near Lewes, Withdean Ligdia adustata, SchifF. Generally common among spindle (Euonymus europaus) Lomaspilis marginata, L. Very common in lanes and woods Pachycnemia hippocastania, Hb. Locally abundant on heaths ; Brighton, Fern- hurst, Hastings, Linchmere, St. Leonards and Tilgate Forests H)bernia rupicapraria, Hb. Abundant every- where — leucophearia, SchifF. Locally abundant in oak woods in both East and West Sussex — aurantiaria, Esp. Generally distributed and not uncommon — marginaria, Bkh. Generally common — defoliaria, Clerck. „ „ Anisopteryx sescularia, SchifF. Generally common Cheimatobia brumata, Linn. Everywhere common — boreata, Hb. Local ; not uncommon in Tilgate Forest ; Brighton and Lewes, rare Aporabia dilutata, Bkh. Generally common Larentia didymata „ „ — multistrigaria, Hw. Common on the downs ; Brighton, Cocking, Fernhurst, Horsham, Lnves, Shoreham — viridaria, Fb. Abundant Emmelesia affinitata, Steph. Common and widely distributed — alchemillata, Linn. Locally abundant ; near Amherley, Abbots JVood, Bognor, Brighton, Charlton Forest, Fernhurst, Hastings, Horsham, Shoreham, Tilgate Forest — albulata, SchifF. Not generally common ; Barcomlie, Bognor, Horsham, Hailsham, Mundham, Shoreham