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OUTLINE DESCRIPTIONS OP BRITISH COLEOPTERA. 



(Continued from p. 168.) 

 By Rev. T. BLACKBURN, B.A. 



Bembidium. 



1. The 9th int. of e. much narrower than the rest 



about equal to the rest. Pale copper or sil- 

 very. An., pal. and legs greenish. Th. tr.; ba. 

 angs. sharp. E. dist. p.-s. On the 3rd int. are 2 

 large square pits. 2 l / 2 1. B. N - 



2. Entire surface of h. and th. strongly punc. Greenish 



or dusky. Legs and ba. j. of an. more or less r. 

 Ba. angs. of th. sharp. E. strongly p.-s. 2%. 1. 



-L-. o* JL* • • • • • 



Not as above. ...... 



3. E. with 7 well def. symmetrical str. 



Str. of e. faint at sides and ap. ... 



4. - - - punc. ...... 



- - - impunc. Bronzy gr. An., pal. and legs dusky. 



Th. tr., not much contr. at ba. ; ba. angs. sharp. 

 Ap. of 5th str. of e. very deep. 2]/i 1. B. y - 



5. E. test. , often dusky at ap. H. and th. gr. An. , pal. 



and legs test. Th. little contr. at ba. A fov. on 

 each side of mid. line besides the usual ba. fov. 



Not as above. ...... 



6. 2nd and 3rd js. of an. more or less test. 



An. b. exc. 1st j. which is r. beneath. Bronzy gr. E. 

 with 2 narrow pale fasc. Th. tr., little contr. at 

 ba. E. finely p.-s.; ints. very flat. 1^ 1. E. s « . 



7. Ap. of h.-b. not dist. test. .... 

 Extreme ap. of h. -b. dist. test. H. and th. obsc. gr. 



E. and legs fuscous. E. more or less mottled with 

 test. An. and pal. dusky, test, at ba. Th. tr. 



1. 



E. strongly p. -s. ; ints. not quite flat in fir. 2 

 F S T 



8. Th. not wider at ba. than in fr. Obsc. gr. E. more 



or less mottled with test. Legs pit. Ba. of an 

 obsc. pale. Th. tr. E. finely p.-s.; ints. very 

 flat. 2^ 1. E. . 

 Very like prec. Th. wider at ba. than in fr. The 

 test, markings on e. well def., occupying at least 

 half the surface. Ba. 3 js. of an. , and the legs test. 

 E. more strongly str. i^f 1. E. 



9. Th. cons, narrowed at ba. ; more or less cordate ; ba. 



angs. sharp. . 



- little narrowed at ba. ; not cordate ; ba. angs. obt. or 



rounded ; mars, very narrow . . , 

 ; - - ; mars, very broad 



paludosum 



punctulatum 



3 



4 

 9 

 5 



prasmum 



ephippium 

 6 

 7 



obliquunv 

 8 



flammulatum 



vanum 



adust um 



10 



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