Guernsey - noted as abundant in May and June and in August and September, a variety with two white spots in 



each of the forewing eye-markings is common, paper read in 1882, W.A. Luff, 1889a(l):69 {recorded 



as Pyrarga [sic] megaera [sic]}. 

 Sark - noted as abundant, details as given for Guernsey, paper read in 1882, W.A. Luff, 1889a (1):69 [recorded 



as Pyrarga [sic] megaera [sic]}. 

 Jersey - specimens taken, 21-28.viii.1886, R.C.R. Jordan, 1888(25):49 [recorded as Pararge megaera [sic]}. 

 Jersey - specimens seen in St. Brelade, St. Brelade's Bay, 4- ] 3. vi. 1 887, F.W. Hawes, 1888(21 ):63 {recorded as 



Pararge megaera [sic] } . 



Guernsey - noted as common, 14-15. vi. 1887, F.W. Hawes, 1888(21):64 [recorded as P[ararge] megaera [sic]}. 

 Sark - specimens seen, 16.vi. 1887, F.W. Hawes, 1888(21 ):64 [recorded as Pfararge] megaera [sic] }. 

 Sark - occurrence listed, W.A. Luff, 1889(22):76 {recorded as Pararge megaera [sic]}. 



Alderney - noted as not plentiful, i v.-vi. 1 897, W.A. Walker, 1897(30):223 {recorded as Satyrus megaera [sic]}. 

 Alderney - noted as common in 1899 by E.D. Marquand; W.A. Luff, 1900f(3):392 {recorded as Pararge 

 megaera [sic], L. }. 



Herm - noted as frequent, 4 specimens taken, 3 with extra eye spots on forewings, iv.-viii. 1904, E.D. Marquand; 



W.A. Luff, 1905a:378 {recorded as Pararge megaera [sic], L. }. 

 Sark - noted as abundant, 9-14. vii. 1906, W.A. Luff, 1907a(5):188 {recorded as Pararge megaera [sic], L. }. 

 Jersey - noted as very abundant, W.A. Luff, 1909b(5):487 [recorded as Pyrarga [sic] megaera [sic], L. }. 

 Guernsey - specimens of additional late summer brood seen in 1911, F.E. Lowe, 1912(6):264 {recorded as 



Pararge megaera [sic]}. 



Guernsey - noted as unusually abundant, 1$ specimen taken by the walls of the Semaphore of ab. mediolugens, 

 18. v. 1914, F.E. Lowe, 1915(7):121 {recorded as Pararge megaera [sic]ab. mediolugens Fusch 

 [Fuchs]}. 



Jersey - 2 specimens taken, both of them varieties, 1915, G.E.J. Crallan, 1916(41): 134 [recorded as Pararge 

 megaera [sic] }. 



Alderney - noted as common, 1919-24, W.F.K. Thompson, 1924:17 [recorded as P[ararge] megaera [sic]}. 

 Jersey - noted as fairly plentiful in St. Brelade, St. Catherine's Bay area, vi. vii. 1922, N.D. Riley, 1925(58):150 



[recorded as Pararge megaera [sic] L. }. 

 Sark - noted as very common, 25.viii.1922, W.J. Kaye, 1922(34):175 {recorded as Pararge megera}. 

 Alderney - specimens seen, viii.1922, W.J. Kaye, 1922(34):175 {recorded as Pararge megera). 

 Herm - specimens seen, viii.1922, W.J. Kaye, 1922(34):175 {recorded as Pararge megera). 

 Sark - 37 specimens taken, 2. v.-7.ix. 1 93 1 (2 broods), L.H. Newman, 1931(43):184-185 {recorded as Pararge 



megera}; & 1933(11):154 {recorded as Pararge megoera [sic]}; [Rothschild collection, BMNH]. 

 Jersey - noted as common, though never abundant, adults occurring from June to September or early October, 



A.C. Halliwell, 1933a([12?]):115 {recorded as Pararge megaera [sic]}. 

 Guernsey - noted as plentiful at end of v. 1942, C.J. Shayer, 1943(13):373. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen at beginning of v. 1943, C.J. Shayer, 1946(13):395. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen, 13. v. 1945, C.J. Shayer, 1946b(13):402. 

 Herm - specimens seen, 29.vii.1945, C.J. Shayer, 1946b(13):405. 

 Jersey - noted as common, W.J. Le Quesne, 1946a(82):23 {recorded as Dira megera). 

 Alderney - 1 specimen taken at Quoire, 28.viii. 1958, M. Shaffer; [BMNH], 1993(28):30. 

 Alderney - 1 specimen taken at Val de Fontaine, 30.viii. 1958, M. Shaffer; [BMNH], 1993(28):30. 

 Guernsey - noted as more common than usual in 1964, C.J. Shayer, 1965(17):532. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in St. Martin, Jerbourg, 23.viii.1965, M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in Forest, Les Fontenelles, 28. viii. 1965, M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Guernsey Bailiwick - noted as common in all the islands, C.J. Shayer, 1967a(18):28 & 29 {recorded as Pararge 



megera and named as Wall Brown }. 

 Channel Islands - noted as common in all the islands, R. Long, 1970(21 ):245 {recorded as Pararge megera and 



named as Wall Brown}. 



Guernsey - noted as abundant in 1971, C.J. Shayer, 1972(19):18 {recorded as Pararge megera and named as 

 Wall Brown}. 



Sark - noted as abundant in 1971, Col. J. La Trobe-Bateman; C.J. Shayer, 1972(19): 18 {recorded as Pararge 



megera and named as Wall Brown } . 

 Alderney - noted as characteristic of higher ground and often found basking; larvae feeding on grasses, R.B. 



Freeman, 1976[11]:9. 

 Jersey - noted as most often seen basking in the sunshine, F. Le Sueur, 1976:161. 

 Sark - specimens seen, 13-20.viii.1977, C. Cornell; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 

 Guernsey - several specimens seen, 27. vii. -9. viii. 1982, D.J.L. Agassiz; [pers. comm.]. 



Alderney - specimens seen, summer 1983, S. Emsley & M. Symes, 1984(19):5 [recorded as Parage [sic] 

 megera). 



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