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indistincta humerali alteraque majori obliqua ante apicem rufis ; antennis palpisque fusco-nigris, illis 



articulis l°~3 m rufis ; pedibus flavo-testaeeis, femoribus, tibiis apice tarsisque infuscatis. 



Long. 1| lin. 



Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca (H'dge). 



Similar in form to B. sphceroderum and in the glossy bronzed black colour ; but the 

 elytra are flattened above, and have much finer rows of punctures, the sutural one alone 

 reaching to the apex, gradually becoming an impressed stria, the others (four on each 

 elytron) being much abbreviated ; the last only half the length of the elytron. 



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head is broad, with large and prominent eyes, and the forehead has two impressed lines 





setiferous punctu 



The thorax approaches a circular form 









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B. cyclodi simile, sed differt palpis, pedibus antennarumque articulis 4 pallide rufis ; supra planatum viridi- 



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Hab. Mexico (Flohr). 



The red humeral spot begins at the base, and occupies for a considerable length the 

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Bembidium pictum, Leconte, Ann. Lye. 



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Hab. North America, California, Texas. — Mexico, Northern Sonora (Morrison), San 



Pedro Coahuila (Br. Palmer). 





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Bembidium vernale (p. 149). 



Var. Antennarum articulo primo solum rufo, elytrorumque striis exterioribus longe ultra medium prolongates 











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Hab. Panama, Pena Blanca (Champion). 



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makes a handsome species, distinguishable at once from B 



and its smaller size. 



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