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 A HISTORY OF SUSSEX Eupithecia lariciata, Frr. Not uncommon among larch ; Ashburnham, Charlton Forest, Horsham, Laughton, Lewes, Sllndon Com- mon, Tilgate Forest, IVych Cross — abbreviata, Stph. Widely distributed in oak woods ; Abbots Wood, Brighton, Fernhurst, Guestling, Horsham, Laugh- ton, Lewes, S/indon — dodoneata, Gn. In woods and lanes ; not common ; Abbots JVood, Bognor among evergreen oak (Quercus ilex), Guest- ling. See also E.M.M. xxxviii. 231 — exiguata, Hb. Common and generally distributed — sobrinata, Hb. Very abundant on Ciss- bury and Salvington Downs and doubt- less elsewhere in West Sussex, where its food plant is very plentiful. East of Brighton the juniper is very rare and consequently the moth, which is recorded from Brighton and Guestling — togata, Hb. Met with by the late Mr. W. H. Tugwell in Tilgate Forest. Fallen cones eaten by larvae which may have been of this species have been noticed in a wood near Slindon — pumilata, Hb. Common and widely distributed — coronata, Hb. Common and widely dis- tributed, especially on the downs, among clematis, hemp agrimony and other plants — rectangulata, Linn. Common among apple in gardens and elsewhere — debiliata, Hb. Rare and local ; reported by Mr. Price as occurring near Hor- sham Lobophora sexalisata, Hb. Rare ; Abbots Wood, Battle, Brighton, Fernhurst, Holm Bush, Guestling, Laughton, Linch- mere — halterata, Hufn. Local and rare ; Abbots Wood, Brighton, Chichester, Cocking, Fernhurst, Lewes, Linchmere, Tilgate Forest — viretata, Hb. Local and rare ; Bognor, Brighton, Ecclesbourne, Fernhurst, Hast- ings, Lewes, Worthing — carpinata, Bkh. Not uncommon ; Abbots Wood, Brighton, Fernhurst, Front, Hastings, Hayward' s Heath, Horsham, Isfield, Laughton, Lewes, Linchmere, Tilgate Forest — polycommata, Hb. Local but often abundant where it does occur. The larvae may be found plentifully by searching for leaves of privet with ovate pieces eaten from their edges ; Brighton, Emsworth, Findon, Lewes, Po legate Thera juniperata, Linn. Very abundant on Cocking Downs, Cissbury and Salvington Downs, and no doubt elsewhere in West Sussex, where juniper is abundant ; not recorded from the eastern division, where its food plant is very rare — cognata, Thnb. Recorded from Brighton, Hayward' s Heath and Tilgate Forest, but the records are doubtful. The simulata of Mrs. Merrifield's list {Nat. Hist. Brighton, p. 2o8) marked as abundant in the Weald is possibly the species now known as T. variata, Schiff. — variata, Schiff. Generally common among Scotch fir — firmata, Hb. Rare ; Brighton, Bognor, Fernhurst, Hastings, Horsham — ruberata, Frr. Found by Mr. A. C. Vine in lanes and by roadsides near Poynings — autumnalis, Strom. Rather rare ; Abbots Wood, Brighton, Guestling, Horsham, Tilgate Forest — sordidata, Fb. Generally common Melanthia bicolorata, Hufn. Local but not uncommon ; Abbots JVood, Battle, Bog- nor, Donnington, Guestling, Hayward's Heath, Horsham, Lewes, Poynings — ocellata, Linn. Generally common — albicillata, Linn. Not uncommon in woods in East Sussex ; occurs in Abbots IVood and Charlton Forest, also at Fernhurst and Withdean Melanippe hastata, Linn. In woods, local ; formerly very abundant in Abbots Wood and the neighbouring woods (H.G.), but very scarce of late years ; recorded also from Battle, Fernhurst, Hastings, Hay- ward's Heath, Laughton, Lewes, Tilgate Forest — tristata, L. Very rare ; reported from Horsham, ' gardens very scarce,' a some- what curious habitat for an insect which occurs ' usually on heaths in mountain districts, but occasionally in fir woods and in the north flitting about the borders of farms ' (Barrett, Brit. Lrp. viii. 97) — proccllata, Fb. Abundant and widely distributed among traveller's joy (Cle- matis vitalba), especially on and near the downs — unangulata, Hw. Widely distributed and not uncommon ; Abbots Wood, Battle, Brighton, Chichester, Cocking, Fernhurst, Falmer, Guestling, Hayward's Heath, Horsham, Piltdown, Rackham, Tilgate Forest, Uckfield — rivata, Hb. Locally common ; Abbots JVood, Bognor, Brighton, Cocking, Eiist- 88