Guernsey - 1 specimen taken at a window in St. Peter Port, 30. viii. 1 955, C.J. Shayer, 1956(16):20 {recorded as 

 Nycterosia [sic] obstipata). 



Jersey - 2 specimens taken in St. Helier, ltf, 28. vi. 1960, 1$, 24.x. 1960, M.L. & R. Long & J.H. Richards; R. 



Dobson, 1961(18):25 {recorded as Nycterosea obstipata, named as Narrow-barred Carpet}. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken at m/v light in St. Lawrence, Handois Reservoir, 15.x. 1968, M.L. & R. Long, 1969(20): 15 



{ recorded as Nycterosea obstipata } . 

 Jersey - noted as a migrant and not common; 2 specimens seen in St. Saviour, Swiss Valley, viii. 1969, [P. Rix?]; 



M.L. & R. Long, 1970(20):107 {recorded as Nycterosia [sic] obstipata}. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in Forest, Le Chene, 3. viii. 1982, D.J.L. Agassiz; [pers. comm.]. 

 Guernsey - 4 specimens taken, from x.-5.xi.l983; T.N.D. Peet, 1984(21):273. 



Guernsey - noted as seen annually, T.N.D. Peet, 1988(100):23; & R.F. Bretherton & J.M. Chalmers-Hunt, 1989b 

 (101):228. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in Forest, Le Chene, ix. 1988, T.N.D. Peet; R.A. Austin, 1989(22):365. 



Guernsey - 4 specimens taken at m/v in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, 24. & 27.x. & 1 l.xi.1988, P.D.M. Costen, 



1989(1()1):60; & R.F. Bretherton & J.M. Chalmers-Hunt, 1989b(101):228. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken in Trinity, Howard Davis Farm, 10-1 1. v. 1994, Rothamsted Insect Survey; A.M. Riley, 



1999(111):208. 



Guernsey - 1 specimen taken at m/v in Vale, Old Marais, 16.viii.1989, R.A. Austin, 1990(22):545. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen seen at light in St. Pierre du Bois, Les Sages, 22.x. 1995, J. Brehaut; R.A. Austin, 

 1996(23):857. 



Guernsey - 5 specimens taken at light in Vale, L'Ancresse, 22. vi., 20.vii., 17.& 31. viii. & 20.x. 1996. R.A. Austin; 1 



in Forest, Le Chene, 24.x. 1996, T.N.D. Peet; 1 in St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, 2 1.x. 1996, W. 



Angell; R.A. Austin, 1997:19; & 1997a:59; 1997b:37 & 38. 

 Alderney - 1 specimen taken at actinic light at Platte Saline, 20.vii. 1 996, R. & M.L. Long, 1996(31 ):18; & R.A. 



Austin, 1997:19; 1997a:59; 1997b:38 & 43. 

 Guernsey - noted as seen in recent years; specimens seen in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, La Claire Mare, 1.& 



6.viii.l996, P.D.M. Costen, 1997(3):48; & R.A. Austin, 1997:19; 1997a:59; 1997b:38. 

 Herm - 1 specimen taken, 8.x. 1996, P.H Sterling; R.A. Austin, 1997:19; & 1997a:59; 1997b:38 & 43. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen seen in Vale, L'Ancresse, 3.x. 1997, R.A. Austin; 1 in Forest, Le Chene, 19.x. 1997, T.N.D. 



Peet; 1 in St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, 19.x. 1997, W. Angell; 1 in St. Pierre du Bois, La 



Broderie, 26.xi.1997, P.D.M. Costen; R.A. Austin, 1998(4):46; & 1998a(24):195; B. Skinner & M. 



Parsons, 2000(1 12):57. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken in 1997; M.L. & R. Long, 1998(27): 196. 



Guernsey - 1 1 specimens seen in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, 1 1 .v., 20. vi., 8., 24. & 25. viii., 1 ., 3., 4.& 5.ix. 1998, 

 P.D.M. Costen; 3 in Vale, L'Ancresse, 19.v. & 29.viii.1998, R.A. Austin; 1 in St. Peter Port, St. John, 

 1 1 .viii. 1 998, R.A. Austin; 1 in Forest, Le Chene, 1 8.viii. 1998, T.N.D. Peet; [pers. comm. from Austin 

 database]; R.A. Austin, 1999(6):45; & 1999a(24):372. 

 Jersey - 7 specimens seen at light in St. Ouen, Mont Orgeuil, 8-15. viii. 1998, D.J. Wedd, 1999(7):49 

 Guernsey - 2 specimens taken in St. Sampson, Clos des Pecqueries, 25. vii. & 14.ix.2000, M.P. Lawlor; 3 specimens 

 taken in Vale, L'Ancresse,23.ix.& 7. & 15.X.2000 R.A. Austin; R.A. Austin, 2001(12):44 & 

 2001a(24):782. 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken in Grouville, golf course, 1 1. viii. 2000, D.J. Wedd; [pers. comm.]. 



Guernsey - 2 specimens taken in St. Sampson, Clos des Pecqueries, 25. viii. & 19.X.2001, M.P. Lawlor; 1 in St. 

 Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, 19.ix.2001, P.D.M. Costen; 2 in Vale, L'Ancresse, 12.X.& 2.xi.2001,R.A. 

 Austin; 1 in Castel, Mont D'Aval, 17.X.2001, M. Simmons; 2 in St. Peter Port, St. John, 23. & 25.X.2001, 

 R.A. Austin; 1 in Forest, Le Chene, 27.X.2001, T.N.D. Peet; R.A. Austin, 2002(15):47; & 2002a(l):40. 



Guernsey - 22 specimens seen from 18.v.-24.xi.2002; R.A. Austin, 2003(18):44; & 2003a(25):261. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Dos D'Ane, 25. ix. 2002, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



XANTHORHOE Hiibner, [1825] 



COREMIA Guenee, 1845 



CIDARIA; sensu Jordan, 1888 



MELANIPPE; sensu auct. 



MELANTHIA; sensu Luff, 1907a 



XANTHORHOE; misspelling 

 biriviata (Borkhausen, 1794) Balsam Carpet 



Guernsey - listed by Miss Wilkinson, in, D.T. Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865:228 {recorded as Melanippe 



biriviata } . 



designata (Hufnagel, 1767) Flame Carpet 



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