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2. Bembidium champ 



B. sphcerodero proxime affine, differt tantum colore seneo politissimo elytrisque septemstriatis, striis vix 

 impressis, punctatis, 7 a brevissima, 6 a ante medium, 5 a paulo post medium terminatis ; f emoribus supra 

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Long. Ik lin. 



Hab. Guatemala, Quiche Mountains, 7000 to 9000 feet (Champi 



3. Bembidium rogersi. 



Bembidium rogersi, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 602 l . 



"Gracile, convexiusculum, nigro-seneum, pedibus piceis, antenuarum articulo basali subtus rufo; thorace 

 anguste cordato, antice rotundato, postice sinuatim angustato, angulis posticis rectis, basi transversim 

 depresso, vage punctato, foveis profundis carinaque elevata ad marginem fere parallela ; elytris punctulato 



" Long. 21 lin." 



Hab. Costa Rica, Volcan de Irazu, 6000 to 7000 feet (Bogers) 



4. Bembidium cognatum. 



Bembidium (Leja) cognatum, Dejean, Sp. Gen. Col. v. p. 169 1 . 



Hab. Mexico (Hopfner l ), Puebla (Salle), Guanajuato (Duges, coll. Salle), near the 

 capital (Flohr), Oaxaca, Jalapa (Hoge); Guatemala, near the city, Quezaltenango 

 (Champion). 



Extremely near B. flavopictum, Motschulsky (pictum, Lee), from California and 



Texas, and presenting the same range of variation in the pale markings of 



that attributed by Leconte to the North-American species. The two species, however, 

 differ constantly in the colour of the base of the antennae, always black in B. cognatum 

 and pale rufous in B. flavopictum. The thorax also differs in being narrower at the 

 base in B. cognatum, with a raised but obtuse carina at each angle between the deep 



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5. Bembidium mexicanum. (Tab. VI. fig. 13.) 



Bembidium (Peryphus) mexicanum, Dej. Sp. Gen. Col. v. p. 126 \ 



Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Salle), Guanajuato (Duges, coll. Salle), near the capital 

 (Flohr), Alvarez Mountains (Dr. Palmer), Jalapa, Oaxaca (Hoge) ; Guatemala, near the 

 city, Totonicapam (Champion). 



Yar. sailed (Chaud. in coll.). Differt tantum elytris ntrinque rufo-bimaeulatis, macula prima humerali elongata 

 (interdum vaga vel obsoleta), secunda subapicali plus minusve fasciiformi obliqua. 



Hab. Mexico, Puebla, Toluca, Etla (Salle), Guanajuato (Duges, coll. Salle), near the 

 capital (Flohr), Oaxaca (Hoge) ; British Honduras, river Sarstoon (Blancaneaux) ; 

 Guatemala, near the city, Totonicapam, Panajachel (Champion), 



The typical B. mexicanum is, as described by Dejean, " obscure viridi-aeneum " 

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