110 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Even in London, good Staphylinidcz have been found on the 

 pavements, some of the best in the courtyard of the British 

 Museum itself. 



All pools and puddles in roads, especially old ones in deep 

 ruts, should be examined. Mr. J. J. Walker — who did so much 

 for British Coleoptera before he went abroad, and whose liberality 

 was so extensive (for he kept no collection, but sent all his number- 

 less captures to his friends) — once took in a single haul, besides 

 commoner species, the following : — Homalota hepatica, Anisotoma 

 dubia, A. hadia, Cyrtiisa imiixilla, Amphicjillis globus, Orobitis 

 cyaneiis, Chrysomela varians, Psylliodcs dulcamarce, and Mniophila 

 miiscorum. 



The School House, Lincoln, April, 1882. 



DICRORAMPHA DISTINCTANA, Hkin. 



A SPECIES ADDED TO THE BRITISH FAUNA. 



Ky Richard South. 



The Dicrorampha I captured in North Devonshire last year, 

 and which was figured in vol. xiv. of the 'Entomologist,' Plate I., 

 fig. 15, and referred to at p. 60 of this volume, has been identified 

 by Mr. C. G. Barrett as D. distinctana of Heinemann. 



This addition to our fauna is interesting, but will add some- 

 what to the difficulty already existing in the satisfactory 

 identification of the species in this perplexing genus. 



Dicroravipha distinctana is nearly allied to Z). consortana, 

 but may be distinguished therefrom by its larger size, and 

 by the brighter and more clearly defined whitish blotch on the 

 inner margin. 



This is evidently a rare species, as Mr. Barrett informs me 

 that it has only been taken by Herr Heinemann near Vienna. 



I only met with two specimens ; both were taken on the 

 same day early in July, and within a few paces of each other, as 

 they were flying over herbage in the afternoon. 



12, Abbey Gardens, St. John's Wood, N.W., April 15, 1882. 



