Guernsey - specimens seen at light at 5 sites on 32 nights, between 2.vi.-6.x.l996, R.A. Austin, J. Brehaut & J. 

 Hooper; 27 in St. Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, between 1 1 .vi. -6.x. 1996, W.Angell; R.A. 

 Austin, 1997:30. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Fairy Wood, near Hog's Back, 7.vi. 1996, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNHJ. 

 Sark - 3 specimens taken at Stocks Hotel, 24.& 26.vi.1996, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]; R.A. 

 Austin, 1997:30. 



Alderney - 2 specimens taken at light at Platte Saline, 21. & 22.vii.1996, R. & M.L. Long; R.A. Austin, 

 1997:30. 



Guernsey - specimens taken of spring brood at 2 sites on 24 nights, between 24.v.-29.vi.l998, and summer 

 brood at 3 sites on 29 nights, between 12.viii.-20.ix. 1998, R.A. Austin & P.D.M. Costen; 8 in St. 

 Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, 25. v. -27. ix. 1998, W. Angell; [pers. comm. from Austin 

 database]. 



Sark - 1 specimen taken at Stocks Hotel, 29.vi.1998, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]; [pers. comm. 

 from Austin database]. 



Alderney - 4 specimens taken at light at Platte Saline, 9. & 1 1 . viii . 1 998, R. & M.L. Long; [pers. comm. from 

 Austin database]. 



Guernsey - specimens seen at 8 sites on 56 nights between 22.v.-23.ix.l999, various recorders; 46 in St. Martin, 

 Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, 18.v.-13.ix.l999, W. Angell; 1 in Castel, Fauxquets Valley, 27.vii.1999, 

 P.H. Sterling; [pers. comm. from Austin database]; [pers. comm. from P.H. Sterling]. 



Alderney - 10 specimens seen at light at Platte Saline, 12.viii.1999, R. & M.L. Long; [pers. comm. from Austin 

 database]. 



Guernsey - specimens taken in St. Pierre du Bois, La Broderie, viii. 1999, D.J. Wedd; [pers. comm.]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Stocks Hotel, 30.vi.2000, R. & M.L. Long; [Societe Sercquiaise files]. 

 Sark - 4 specimens taken at Le Clos Bourel, 15., 16.& 21.vi.2001, MJ. Bull; [BMNH]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Maricel, 7.vii.2001, H.E. Bull; [BMNH]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Maricel, 30.viii.2002, H.E. Bull; [BMNH]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Clos Bourel, 6.ix.2002, M.J. Bull; [BMNH]. 



XESTIA Hiibner, 1818 (XESTIA Hiibner, 1818) 



AMATHES Hiibner, [1821] 

 AGROTIS; sensu Jordan, 1888 

 NOCTUA; sensu auct. 



c-nigrum (Linnaeus, 1758) Setaceous Hebrew Character 



c'nigrum; misspelling 



Jersey - listed by F.P. Johnson & F.G. Piquet, in, D.T. Ansted & R.G. Latham, 1862; & 1865:228; & W.A. 



Luff, 1909b(5):492 [recorded as Noctua c-nigrum, L. }. 

 Guernsey - noted as common, coming to sugar in autumn, W.A. Luff, 1873b(6):377; & 1890b(l):164 {recorded 



as Noctua c-nigrum } . 



Jersey - specimens taken, 9 & 17. vi. & 1 7-30. viii. 1903, G.B. Coney, 1904(37):128; & W.A. Luff, 1909b(5):492 



{recorded as Noctua c-nigrum, L. } . 

 Sark - several specimens taken at sugar, 9-14. vii. 1906, W.A. Luff, 1907a(5):190 {recorded as Noctua c-nigrum, 



L.}. 



Jersey - noted as common in August and September all over the island, also to be seen in June, A.C. Halliwell, 



1935a([12?]):385 {recorded as Noctua c-nigrum). 

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



Guernsey - noted as common at light-trap in 1968, C.J. Shayer, 1969(18):270 {recorded as Amathes c'nigrum 

 [sic]). 



Alderney - specimen [s?] taken in m/v light-trap in 1970 [data not given], R. & M.L. Long & V. Mendham; C.J. 



Shayer, 1971(18):451 {recorded as Amathes c'nigrum [sic]}. 

 Guernsey - noted as abundant in 1971, C.J. Shayer, 1972(19): 18. 



Guernsey - noted as common in 1973, C.J. Shayer, 1974(19):250 {recorded as Amathes c'nigrum [sic]}. 

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



Jersey - specimens taken in St. Ouen, Le Mielle de Morville, 15., 18.& 20.ix. 1988, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 

 Jersey - specimens taken in St. Ouen, Le Mielle de Morville, 7.& 1 1 .ix. 1 989, A.C. Warne; [pers. comm.]. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen at 2 sites on 5 nights between 1 2.v.- 1 2. vi. 1 990 and at 13 sites on 46 nights between 



2. viii. -17.x. 1990, R.A. Austin; [pers. comm. from Austin database]. 

 Guernsey - specimens seen, 12-19. vi. 1990, D.J.L. Agassiz & J.R. Langmaid; [pers. comm.]. 

 Sark - 1 specimen taken at Le Dos D'Ane, 1 1. viii. 1995, M. & M. Shaffer; [BMNH}. 



Guernsey - specimens seen at light at 8 sites on 59 nights, between 1 .vi.-2.xi.1996, several recorders; 67 in St. 

 Martin, Burnt Lane, Rothamsted trap, between 6.vi.-21 .x. 1996, W. Angell; R.A. Austin. 1997:30. 



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