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 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)