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to Stainton. I had it placed in my hands at the time by a friend of 

 mine, who was, I believe, the captor. His name was Farr. He died, 

 and it has been with me ever since " (Entomologist's Record," &c, 

 Vol. III., p. 63), whilst at the same time Mr. J. B. Hodgkinson 

 wrote : — " I believe the first specimen of Pselnophorus brachydactyla that 

 was captured in England to be in the possession of Mr. Jenner Weir. 

 The second specimen was taken at Carlisle by a local collector from 

 whom I bought it for twopence, with a number of Platyptilia pallidactyla. 

 It was sent on to Stainton to be named, and is now, I believe, in the 

 Rev. Henry Burney's collection " (I.e.). Dr. F. Buchanan White 

 gives us the following records of the species. He writes: — "With 

 regard to the notes on this species (" Entomologist's Record," III., 

 pp. 33 and 63), vide " Scottish Naturalist," IV., p. 246, 1877-78, where 

 I record the capture of two specimens near the mouth of Glen Tilt, 

 Perthshire. One was taken by the late Sir T. Moncreiffe (see " Scottish 

 Naturalist," Vol. II., p. 203), and is, I suppose, still in his collection. 

 I think the other was taken by Mr. W. Herd, who has probably still 

 got it. There is no doubt about the species, but I did not know that 

 it was quite so rare " (" Entomologist's Record," &c, Vol. III., 

 p. 114). Wocke gives the following as its area of distribution: — 

 " Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, England, France and 

 Central Italy," whilst for var. poggei he gives : — " Bithynia and the 

 Crimea " (" Catalog," p. 344). 



BEMBIDIUM IRICOLOR, Bedel. 



A SPECIES NEW TO THE BRITISH LIST.- 

 BY E. A. NEWBERY. 



(Read at the City of London Entomological and Natural History Society, Oct. 17, 1893.) 



Bembidium biguttatum and its allies have always been puzzling 

 species to the student of British Coleoptera, and it is perhaps for 

 that reason that so conspicuous an insect as Bembidium tricolor, Bedel 

 (described as a new species in 1879), has so long been omitted from 

 the British list, although the insect itself is so well known to most of 

 our coleopterists. 



Having lately had occasion to examine a large number of specimens 

 belonging to this group, I found that there were three distinct forms 

 which possessed characteristics of sufficient importance to entitle 

 them to rank as species, and upon referring to Bedel's " Coleopteres 

 du bassin de la Seine," I found therein a diagnosis of each of the forms 

 in question, that of B. iricolor appearing to agree with our omitted 

 species. 



