154 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
record that has not been beaten up to date. After a rest of two 
years the species suddenly appeared in May, 1874, in Cornwall, 
and in June in Sussex, two specimens being noted as taken in 
each county. In the autumn of that year three examples were 
captured on the south and south-west coasts, and one individual 
in Derbyshire. The next year twenty-four were recorded, the 
larger number from places on the south, south-east, and south- 
west coasts, between September 16th and 20th; but one was 
obtained on the south-west coast on October 2nd, and one ina 
clover-field at Waltham Cross on September the 19th, at about 
the same time that the largest number were being taken on the 
coast. ‘he number of specimens for 1876 is only one below that 
of the preceding year, and, with the exception of one example, 
which was taken at Neath, were all captured on the east, south, 
and south-west coasts, and the Isle of Wight. So far as I can 
find there is no notice of D. pulchella in England in 1877, and 
only three specimens are recorded for 1878; two of these were 
taken in May on the south-west coast, and one in the Isle of 
Wight some time during August. In 1879 a specimen was found 
between the deck planks of Southsea pier, and one at Gosport, 
but the time of year is not mentioned in either instance. 
The total for 1880 exceeds that of the two previous years, 
together, by one example; all the specimens were taken on the 
east and south-east coasts, and the Isle of Wight. One specimen 
was taken at Bournemouth in July, 1881; and one in Cornwall 
in September, 1884. In 1885 a specimen was captured on the 
Suffolk coast in May; and one at Folkestone in September. In 
the last-named place a specimen was taken in August, 1886; and 
two at Ramsgate in October of the same year. During the years 
1887—1891, inclusive, D. pulchella, if really in the country at all 
during that period, seems to have been overlooked, or at least 
unrecorded. Already this year (1892) we have received intelli- 
gence of six specimens having been taken on our coasts, one 
example i in anorthern suburb of London, and one in N. Stafford- 
shire; the largest number ever recorded so early in the year. 
The following table will show the erratic manner in which 
D. pulchella has appeared and disappeared in this country during 
the last quarter of a century. 
Table showing the occurrence of DEIoPEIA PULCHELLA in Britain during the 
last twenty-four years, 
Year Specimens Year Specimens Year Specimens 
USK) Soodundc 5) ST e tac sesteres nil ISIS SGodagadec 2 
SIO) eoecscoad 2 ISAS) sobadoode 3 Ske{a)- daooancac 3 
TRC Pet ecnatic 30 IGS) Sooonaced 2 IUI}S 76 Boaudeace nil 
SPA Wrebeca ue nil USte{0) roncdosoade 6 iifststel ase Gocdo oi 
LBB! acuenase 4A ISIS sgcsecoH il IS SOM eeencste s 
BTA stenctacte 18 Ueshe}A4 sGauosnac nil TUSK) segnadcce 5 
IS W/{5) Anos ae 24 IUCKSIB}-gedidoonad ar SOM seca A 
TST Gpesercesraiss 23 SBS: ceceeenes 1 1892 June,. 8 
