THE INSECTS OF JERSEY. 



BY MR. W. A. LUFF, F.E.S. 



Jersey is the largest and most southerly of tlie Channel 

 Islands. It has a much richer Insect Fauna than Guernsey, 

 which may be accounted for by its larger size, its closer 

 proximity to the French coast, and its much more recent 

 separation from the mainland. The land area of Jersey is 

 about 45 square miles, it is about 16 miles from the nearest 

 portion of the French coast and 17^ miles from St. Martin's 

 Point, in Gruernsey. Nearly the whole of the island is divided 

 into small fields by lofty hedges, as in Guernsey, but the 

 valleys are more numerous and much deeper, and it is much 

 more thickly wooded than with us. 



The inclination of the land is from north to south, exactly 

 the reverse of that in Guernsey, the high land being on the 

 north coast where the cliffs, as at Mont Mado and at Bouley 

 Bay, rise to the height of 473 feet above sea-level. The 

 south coast is often only slightly raised above high-water 

 mark, and is broken by the fine serai-circular bay of St. Aubin. 

 In St. Brelade's Parish, in the south-western part of the 

 island, is a remarkable elevated tract of land called the 

 Quenvais, covered with loose and drifting sand, and at a much 

 lower level, the sandy district of St. Ouen's Bay, which 

 extends for five miles along the Avest coast. It is here that 

 many of the rare and non-British insects have been discovered. 



I had hoped that some resident entomologist would have 

 given us a complete list of the insect fauna of the island for the 

 purpose of com])arison Avith the other islands of tlie Channel 

 group, published in the Transactions; ; this, however, has not 

 been forthcoming. I have, therefore, ventured to compile a 

 list of all the species which have been recorded up to date, 

 with the addition of numerous species captured by myself on 

 occasional brief visits during the last thirty years. In 

 preparing the list I have made use of the following papers : — 

 [1908.] 



