A HISTORY OF SUSSEX Scardia rusticella, Hb. Generally abundant ; may be bred freely from old birds' nests — spilotella, Tengstrom. Apparently not uncommon in Abbots Wood. Birds' nests from that district yielded S. rusti- cella abundantly, but no spilotella (Fletcher) Tinea fulvimitrella, Sodof. Abbots JVood^Chs- bury, Fairlight, GueUling — tapetzella, Linn. Fernhurst, Giiestllng — albipunctella, Hw. Arlington, Burpbam, Chailey, Fahner ; rather scarce — caprimulgella, H.S. Arundel, in hollow trunks of ash — misella, Z. Abundantly in an old barn in Winding Botton near Sompting, and doubtless in similar places elsewhere — pellionella, Linn. Abundant in houses and outbuildings — fuscipunctella, Hw. Abundant in stables and outbuildings, where the cases of the larvas may be found on the roofs and walls — argentimaculella, Stt. Bognor, Broad- water, Horsham, near Petworth, Washington ; the silken tubes of the larvae abundant among powdery lichens on dry banks, old walls and tree trunks — pallescentella, Stt. Not uncommon in a house in Worthing — lapella, Hb. May be bred freely from old birds' nests — nigripunctella, Hw. Not uncommon in a cottage and stables attached to a house in Worthing — seniifulvella, Hw. Broadivater, Fernhurst, Guestling ; Preston, common on palings ; Wiggonholt Phylloporia bistrigella, Hw. Abbots Wood, Chailey, Guestling, Linchmere, Rackham ; not rare among birch Tineolabiselliella, Hummel. Common gener- ally in houses Lampronia morosa, Z. Sompting, among wild rose — luzella, Hb. Fernhurst, Goring Woods, Guestling — praelatella, Schiff. Abbots IVood, Binsted Woods, Goring Woods, Guestling — rubiella, Bjerk. Fernhurst, Hastings, North Ambersham, Wolstonbury Incurvaria muscalella, Fb. Abbots JVood, Fernhurst, Guestling, Tortington, Wor- thing; abundant — pectinea, Hw. Abbots Wood, Fernhurst — tenuicornis, Stt. Guestling, rare (Bloom- field) — oehlmanniella, Tr. Abbots Wood, Fern- hurst, Guestling — capitella, CI. Guestling, rare ; Wolstonbury Micropteryx calthella, Linn. Widely dis- tributed and very abundant — aruncella, Sc. North Ambersham (Barrett) — seppella, Fb. Clapham Woods, Cissbury, Fernhurst ; locally very abundant — mansuetella, Z. Not rare in moist meadows round Abbots Wood (Vine) — aureatella, Sc. Tilgate Forest (Vine) — thunbergella, Fb. Bury Hill, Fernhurst, Guestling, Goring Woods, Houghton Forest, Tortington Woods ; locally abun- dant — subpurpurella, Hw. Common in oak woods — purpurella, Hw. "1 „ n u . , — semipurpurella, Stph. <^^"^^"y ^.""'^^"^ — unimaculella, Zett. J =^"°"S birch — sangii, Wood. Chailey, Claphatn and Goring Woods ; abundant — kaltenbachii, Wood. Balcombe, Chailey, Hassocks — salopiella, Stt. Abbots JVood, Clapham Woods, Fernhurst — sparmannella, Boze. Abbots JVood, Fern- hurst, Guestling, Rewel JVood Nemophora swammerdammella, Linn. Fern- hurst, Guestling, JVorthing — schwarziella, Z. Fernhurst, Guestling, Houghton Forest, Tortington ; common — metaxella, Hb. Abbots JVood, Binsted JJ^oods, Fernhurst, Falmer JVoods, Guest- ling ; locally abundant Adela fibulella, Fb. Bury, Clapham JVood, Binsted, Fernhurst, Guestling, Houghton chalk pit ; abundant — rufimitrella, Sc. Abbots JVood, canal near Aldingbourne Bridge ; locally abun- dant — croesella, Sc. Durrington, Fernhurst, Hast- ings, JVorthing ; apparently uncommon — degeerella, Linn. Abbots JVood, Binsted JVoods, Guestling, Linchmere ; usually very abundant in its localities — viridella, Sc. Generally abundant in woods — cuprella, Thnbg. Fairlight (Bloomfield) Nematois metallicus, Poda. Local and rare ; Hastings, chalk pit near Bramber — cupriacellus, Hb. Locally abundant ; hedgerows between Berwick and Arling- ton, Moulescombc pit — minimellus, Z. Abundant in Abbots JJ'^ood ; occurs also on Ditchling Com- mon Swammerdamia combinella, Hb. Generally distributed in hedgerows — cresiella, Hb. Abundant and generally distributed among blackthorn — heroldella, Hb. Abbots JVood, abundant among birch ; Guestling
