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nanus, Schaum, and Bemb. inornatum, Say. — Ent. Works, ii. 502 ; taken in 

 Canada.] 



[57] 83. Notaphus [Bembidium] nigripes, Kirhy. — Length of body 

 2 lines. Three specimens, taken in lat. 54°. 



Body black, glossy; above bronzed with a greenish tint; the whole upper 

 surface, under a powerful magnifier, appears covered with innumerable 

 granules, which are much more distinctly seen in this family than in the 

 Peryphidce. Scape of the antennae, which are longer than the prothorax, 

 rufo-piceous; frontal impressions parallel; the punctiform impression adjoin- 

 ing the eyes on their inner side has a central elevation : prothorax short, with 

 a deep dorsal channel ; basilar impressions double, with a little ridge between 

 the external one and the margin : elytra furrowed ; furrows punctured for 

 about two-thirds of their length ; the first and second reach the apex, where 

 they are confluent; the third and fourth stop a little short of the apex, and 

 are also confluent, as are the fifth and sixth, which are still shorter, and 

 terminate in a little furrow common to both : the seventh and eighth reach 

 the apex, where they likewise unite; two punctiform impressions, in the 

 usual situation, adjoin the third furrow ; at the base of the elytrum, in the 

 interstice between the fifth and sixth furrows, is a longitudinal lurid streak, 

 then follows an abbreviated and articulate band of the same colour, consisting 

 of four streaks, those near the lateral margin being much the longest; in the 

 interstices between the second and third furrows are two such little streaks ; 

 near the apex is likewise another band, both articulated and undulated, con- 

 sisting of seven spots, the marginal one being rather the longest ; the tips of 

 the elytra are likewise lurid. 



N. nigripes is related to N. ustulatus, and appears to be its American 

 representative ; it differs from it in having black legs, and the lurid markings 

 of the elytra are different : it comes nearest to Gyllenhal's Variety C. [ Vide 

 Pro. Acad. N. S. Phil., July 1860, p. 316.] 



[58] 84. Notaphus [Bembidium] intermedins, Kirhy. — Length of 

 body If lines. A single specimen, taken in lat. 54°. 



Very nearly related to JV. nigripes, but the head and prothorax are greener; 

 antenna) as long as the prothorax ; the palpi are rufous, with the penultimate 

 joint rather dusky ; elytra bronzed-lurid, with a round black spot near the 

 base, a larger near the apex, and an angular band of the same colour between 

 them ; the legs are dull rufous. The sculpture of the elytra is nearly the 

 same as in that species, but the fifth furrow, by a turn outward, almost inter- 

 cepts the sixth and seventh, and then runs to the apex of the elytrum ; the 

 furrows themselves are black. 



