THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Vout. XXYV.] JULY,.1892. [No. 350. 
DEIOPEIA PULCHELLA IN ENGLAND. 
By Ricuarp Sout. 
T am not able to ascertain the exact date of the earliest-known 
British specimen of Deiopeia pulchella, which I believe was taken 
in Yorkshire, but the example, generally considered to be the 
second-known “ Britisher,” is that figured in Samouelle’s ‘ Kntom. 
Calendar’ (1819), which was captured by the late Mr. J. C. Dale 
in a field near Christchurch, Hants, on the lst of October, 1818. 
Between the date last mentioned and the year 1827 two other 
specimens were captured in September and October, respectively, 
by Mr. Brown, at Hove, near Brighton. One of these found its 
way into the cabinet of the late Mr. J. F. Stephens, and was 
figured by Curtis on plate 169 of his ‘ British Entomology.’ The 
date on this plate is 1827. 
In the Westwood edition of Wood’s ‘Index’ the species is 
figured (pl. 8, fig. 95), but no additional localities are given. 
Stainton, in his ‘ Manual,’ vol. i. p. 150 (1857), gives Epping, 
Manchester, Stowmarket, and Worthing, and remarks that it is a 
very rare species, and has the reputation of being partial to 
stubble-fields. Newman, ‘ British Moths,’ p. 31 (1869), writes :— 
“Mr. Doubleday has a single specimen taken at Epping, and we 
believe there are two or three other British specimens in different 
cabinets.” 
In 1869 the capture of three other British D. pulchella is 
recorded. One of these was taken at Folkestone, a second at 
Reading, and the third in Monmouthshire, all in the autumn. 
Two specimens were added to the still small and select band in 
1870, i.e., one at Scarborough in June, and one at Littlehampton ; 
in the latter instance the month is not mentioned. 
The greatest capture of D. pulchella on British soil was made 
in 1871, when no less than thirty of these pretty moths were 
made examples of. These were all caught on the east, south, 
and south-west coasts, and the Isle of Wight, and established a 
ENTOM.—JULY, 1892. Q 
