INSECTS Sentina irrorella, Clerck. Very abundant' on the beach between Shorcham and Cop- peras Gap ; has also occurred rarely at Hastings, Nnuhaven and Southwater Calligenia miniata, Forst. Not uncommon in woods and plantations. A form with the red ground colour replaced by yellow has occurred once at Battle Lithosia mesomella, Linn. Woods and heaths ; rather common — sororcula, Hufn. In woods ; Abbots JVood (some years very zowwon),Battle, Brighton, HaywarcTs Heath, Horsham, Lewes, Laughton — griseola, Hb. Generally common, the variety stramineola, Dbl. occurring occasionally with the type — deplana, Esp. Rare ; perhaps some- times overlooked. Woods between Arundel and SHndon, St. Leonards Forest (Price) — iurideola, Zinck. Generally common — complana, Linn. Woods and heaths. Abbots Wood, Battle, Brighton, Chichester Cissbury, Eastbourne, near Emsworth, Hastings, Hayward's Heath, Laughton and Lewes [ — caniola, Hb. Near Rye, but the record requires confirmation. — W.H.B.F.] Gnophria quadra, Linn. Generally rare, but in 1872 or 1874 it was so abundant in Abbots IVood that Mr. H. Gorringe took 105 ^specimens at 'sugar' in one night; Abbots JVood, Ashburnham, near Ems- worth, Guestling, Hastings, Hayward's Heath, Lewes, St. Leonards Forest ; hedges between Lancing and Shoreham — rubricollis, Linn. Woods; apparently some- what local. Abbots IVood, sometimes in swarms about oak trees,' near Ems- worth,Fernhurst,Hayward s Heath,Hast- ings, Lewes, Worthing (Manual, i. 1 40) Deiopeia pulchella, Linn. Scarce and some- what sporadic in appearance. Specimens have been taken from time to time at the following places : Bexhill, Brighton,* Bognor, Eastbourne, Hastings, Little- hampton, Ringmer, Worthing Euchelia jacobasae, Linn. Common and generally distributed ; taken in Chiches- ter. Mr. Anderson has two specimens in which the crimson of the wings is replaced by yellow ' It was so in the ' seventies ' and may be still.— H.G. - I saw all the specimens unset. — H.G. ' I have seen it swarming around oak trees in Abbots Wood.— H.G.
- Three specimens were brought to me alive in
Brighton between 1872 and 1875. — H.G. Callimorpha dominula, Linn. Rare, if not extinct in the county. Tilgate Forest ; old lists record it from the neighbour- hood of Eastbourne and Lewes, from which it has disappeared. Mr. Fletcher took a specimen some twenty years ago in a garden at Worthing. It is re- corded also from Chichester by Mr. Anderson Nemcophila russula, Linn. Probably occurs on most of the heaths throughout the county. Very common formerly in Tilgate Forest and St. Leonards Forest — plantaginis, Linn. Rather common in woods in East Sussex ; seems less so in the western division. Mr. Stainton records it as having occurred at Wor- thing, but not annually (Manual, i. 146). Formerly abundant in Abbots Wood Arctia caja, Linn. Generally distributed, though less common than formerly — villica, Linn. Widely distributed, though apparently less abundant than formerly. The larvEC used to be plentiful near Portslade Spilosoma fuliginosa, Linn. Not common. Abbots Wood, Bell Vale, Brighton, Battle, Hayward's Heath, near Emsworth, Leives, Tilgate Forest, SHndon — mendica, Clerck. Widely distributed but not common. Abbots Wood, Battle, Brighton, Chichester, near Emsworth, Fernhurst, Horsham, Hastings, Lewes, Tilgate Forest — lubricipeda, Linn. Generally common — menthastri, Esp. ,, „ — urticas, Esp. Local and rare ; near the Arun at Horsham, Lewes marshes, Shoreham Hepialus humuli, Linn. Very common — sylvanus, Linn. Not very abundant ; Brighton, Eastbourne, Hastings, Hay- ward's Heath, Lewes, Shoreham, Up- marden. Worthing — fusconebulosa, De Geer. Local and scarce ; Denne Park, Horsham, Up- marden. The variety gallicus, Ld., also occurs at the latter locality (Christy) — lupulinus, Linn. Abundant everywhere — hectas, Linn. Common in woods Cossus cossus, Linn. Common and generally distributed Zeuzera pyrina, Linn. Not common but widely distributed Heterogenea limacodes, Hufn. Somewhat rare ; Abbots Wood, Battle, Brighton, Goring Woods, Guestling, Hayward's Heath, Plashct IVcod, Upmarden 173
