A HISTORY OF SUSSEX Capua favillaceana, Hb. Very abundant in Abbots Wood among hornbeam and nut ; occurs at Fernhunt and is common at Guestling Clepsis rusticana, Tr. Plentiful on Dltchlhig Common and occurs in Tilgate Forest Bactra lanceolana, Hb. The small double- brooded rush-feeding form is very- abundant among rushes, the large form feeding in Scirpus maritimus, which seems to be single-brooded and may be a distinct species, occurs freely in ditches near the shore at Shorehain, Lancing and Clymping Phoxopteryx siculana, Hb. Chalky^ Frrn- hurst, Guestling, Tilgate Forest — • unguicella, Linn. Abbots Wood, Hurston Warren, Tilgate Forest ; abundant in heathy places — uncana, Hb. Abbots Wood, Fernhurst, Guestling, Hurston JVarren — biarcuana, Steph. Hurston Warren, Tilgate Forest ; probably widely dis- tributed among sallows — inornatana, H.S. Guestling — comptana, Frol. Abundant in Abbots Wood and on the downs, where the larva feeds on Poterium sanguisorba — myrtillana, Tr. Hastings, Fernhurst — lundana, Fb. Widely distributed and abundant in woody districts among wild vetches — derasana, Hb. Abbots Wood, Bury Hill, Fernhurst, Salvington Down ; seems abundant wherever Rhamnus catharticus grows — diminutana, Hw. Not uncommon in Abbots Wood ; occurs also at Fernhurst, Guestling and in Tilgate Forest — mitterbacheriana, SchifF. Abbots Wood, Fernhurst, Guestling, Tortington Wood — upupana, Tr. A specimen from Charlton Forest is in Mr. Guermonprez' col- lection ; recorded from Guestling as rare — lactana, Fb. Abundant in Abbots Wood and Tilgate Forest ; occurs also in Gor- ing Woods Grapholitha ramella, Linn. Widely dis- tributed and not uncommon ; Abbots Wood, Arundel Park, Guestling, Lewes, Lancing Ring, Tilgate Forest — nisella, Clerck. Abundant at Burgess Hill; occurs also at Guestling and in the Rewel Wood near Arundel — cinerana, Hw. Occurs at Ore ; is per- haps a form of the last species — nigromaculana, Hw. Widely distributed and not uncommon among Senecio erucaefolia, in the flower-heads of which the larvae feed ; Broadwater, Cisshury, Hurston JVarren, Pitt Grapholitha subocellana, Don. Generally common among sallows — trimaculana, Don. Very abundant among elm near Bognor and Worthing ; occurs also at Fernhurst and Ecclesbourne near Hastings — penkleriana, Fisch. Generally common in woods — obtusaiia, Hw. Not uncommon in woods ; Abbots IVood, Binsted, Fern- hurst, Guestling, Goring Woods, St. Leonards Forest — naevana, Hb. Apparently everywhere common — geminana, Stph. Possibly a form of the last species, attached to Vaccinium ; occurs in Ashdown Forest and the Hast- ings district — tetraquetrana, Hw. Generally abundant among birch — immundana, Fisch. In woods, widely distributed and not uncommon ; Fair- light, Rewel IVood near Arundel, St. Leonards and Tilgate Forests — demarniana, Fisch. ' Sussex ' (Meyrick, Handbook, p. 493) Hypermoecia cruciana, Linn. Abbots Wood, Clapham Common, Fernhurst, Guestling, Hassocks, Reivel Wood near Arundel Batodes angustiorana, Hw. Very abundant at Bognor and Worthing among ever- green oak and yew ; occurs also at Abbots Wood, Arundel Park, Guestling, Is field Pasdisca bilunana, Hw. Broadwater, Fair- light ; St. Leonards Forest, abundant — oppressana, Tr. Common at Burgess Hill on palings near poplar trees (Vine) — ratzeburghiana, Rtzb. Abundant among spruce firs in the Rewel IVood ; re- corded also by Mr. Vine as common at Blatchington among larch — corticana, Hb. -(Generally common in — profundana, Fb. J oak woods — ophthalmicana, Hb. Abbots Wood, not common (Vine) ; Lewes — diniana, Gn. Brighton, Hastings — solandriana, Linn. Not uncommon in woods among birch ; Abbots IVood, Ash- down Forest, Fernhurst, Guestling, Rewel Wood — semifuscana, Stph. Brighton, Felpham, Fernhurst, Fairlight ; Worthing, locally abundant — sordidana, Hb. North Ambersham ; Til- gate Forest, abundant Ephippiphora similana, Hb. Locally abun- dant ; Abbots IVood, Amberley, Fern- hurst, Guestling, Lewes 96
