Herm - specimens seen, 3.ix. 1990, G. & F. Higgs & D. Poole; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 

 Jersey - specimens taken in St. Ouen, La Mielle de Morville, 17.& 19. ix. 1990, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 

 Jersey - 1 specimen taken in St. Ouen, La Mielle de Morville, 25. vi. 1991, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at La Rade Cottage, 7-14.ix.1991, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Sark - 2 specimens taken above Happy Valley, 4.vi.l996, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Guernsey - 2 specimens taken at light at L'Ancresse, 23.vi.-26.viii.1996, R.A. Austin, 1997:24. 

 Sark - dead specimens seen in horse trough near Le Pondon, 9. v. 1997, M. & M. Shaffer. 

 Sark - 1 specimen seen at Port a la Jument, 1 8. viii. 1 997, 1.C. Beavis; [pers. comm.]. 



Guernsey - specimens seen of spring brood at 2 sites on 14 nights between 14.v.-4.vii. 1998, and summer brood, 1 1 

 & 19. ix. 1998, R.A. Austin & P.D.M. Costen; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 



Alderney - 1 specimen taken on Longis Common, 1 by Braye Bay, 22. v. 1998; seen near Fort Clonque, seen at Fort 

 Corblets, 23.V.1998; 1 at The Giffoine, 24. v. 1998, R.A. & M. Austin, 1998(33):20, 21 & 22. 



Herm - 2 specimens taken at The Teazle, 26.V.1999, M. & M. Shaffer: [BMNH]. 



Herm - 1 specimen taken at Le Grande Monceau, 26.V.1999, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 



Guernsey - 7 specimens seen at 2 sites on 7 nights between 30.v.-17.ix. 1999, R.A. Austin and P.D.M. Costen; [pers. 



comm. from Austin database]. 

 Sark - specimens seen at La Vaurocque, 22.vii.2000, M. & M. Shaffer. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Clos Bourel, 25.x. 2000, M.J. Bull; [BMNHJ. 

 Sark - 2 specimens taken at Le Dos D*Ane, 10.& 17.vi.2001, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 Sark - specimens seen and 2 specimens taken at Le Clos Bourel, 13., 14., 17.& 19. vi. 2001 , M.J. Bull; [BMNH]. 

 Sark - specimens seen at Maricel, 8.& 29.ix.2001, H.E. Bull; det. M. Shaffer. 

 Sark - 1 specimen seen at Maricel, 23. viii. 2002. H.E. Bell; det. M. Shaffer. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken and 1 seen at Le Clos Bourel, 28. & 29.viii.2002, M.J. Bull; det. M. Shaffer; [BMNH]. 

 DYSCIA Hiibner, [1825] 



fagaria (Thunberg, 1784) Grey Scalloped Bar 



Jersey - 1 specimen taken in Trinity, Howard Davis Farm, 13. vi. 1977, Rothamsted Experimental Station; R. Long, 

 1981(23):27. 



PERCONIA Hiibner. [1823] 



ASPILATES; sensu Wilkinson, 1862 

 strigillaria (Hiibner, 1787) Grass Wave 



Jersey - listed by F.P. Johnson & F.G. Piquet, in, D.T. Anstcd & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865:226 {recorded as 



Aspilates strigillaria } . 



SPHINGOIDEA 



SPHINGIDAE SPHINGINAE 

 AGRIUS Hubner, [1819] 



HERSEOken, 1815. rejected by I.C.Z.N. 1956No.417 



HERSE Agassiz, 1 846 



SPHINX; sensu auct. 



convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758) Convolvulus Hawk-moth 



Guernsey - listed by Miss Wilkinson, /'/;, D.T. Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865:229 {recorded as Sphinx 

 convolvuli}. 



Jersey - listed by F.P. Johnson & F.G. Piquet, in, D.T. Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865:229; & W.A. Luff, 



1909b(5):487 {recorded as Sphinx convolvuli, L. }. 

 Alderney - 1 specimen sent to Luff in 1868, W.A. Luff. 1873a(6):352, & 1874(7):11; 1898a(3):176; 1900f(3):393 



{recorded as Sphinx convolvuli, L. }. 

 Guernsey - noted as very abundant in autumn 1868, only 1 specimen taken in 1870, another in 1871, W.A. Luff, 



1873a(6):352 {recorded as Sphinx convolvuli}. 

 Guernsey - 1 specimen taken in a greenhouse [date not given], E.D. Marquand, 1874(9):205 {recorded as S[phinx] 



convolvuli). 



Sark - several specimens noted in 1874, W.A. Luff. 1875(8):29; & 1890b(l):156 {recorded as Sphinx convolvuli}. 



Guernsey - noted as unusually abundant in autumn in 1875; 3 adults taken in St. Peter Port, Pedvin Street, 26. & 

 28. viii., 6.ix.l875; 2 in St. Peter Port, King's Road, 16. ix.; 1 in St. Martin. Le Mont Durand, 17.ix.; 5 

 specimens taken on 18.ix. when reported as very abundant, specimens hovering over Honeysuckle at dusk 

 in a garden in King's Road, where it was also reported that cats had been catching specimens for some 

 nights; 1 further very worn specimen on 23. ix, 1 taken on 24. ix. in the garden in King's Road; further 

 specimens were seen in a garden in Le Mount Durand; another was exhibited in window of a shop in St. 

 Peter Port, Smith Street; 1 found crushed in garden in St. Peter Port, Candie Road; Mr Cumber also 



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