148 MODERN SYSTEM. 



B. Palpi moderatelt/ porrected. Anterior tarsi of the male tiith 

 three or four dilated joints. (Neck none.) 



* Anterior tibia notched on their hinder or lozcer side. 



Stirps 4. — Wings two (habit of the Cicindelada). 



Genus 18. NOTHIOPIIII.US. Dnmiri/, Bonel, Fanz., Leach. 



Labrum quadrate, its apex rounded : labium on each side dilated round- 

 ed : lingula rather long, broad, corneous : thorax flat, subquadrute, 

 subtransverse, as broad as the head and abdunien : eyes prominent : 

 winns two. (Anterior tarsi of the male not distinctly dilated.) 



Sp. 1. Not. aquuticus. Panz. 



Cieindela aquatica. Marsh. 



Inhabits Europe, and is very common in Britain. 



Genus 19. ELAPIIRUS. Fabr., Latr., Bond., Leach, &c. 



Labrum transverse, trimcate : lip on each side obliquely subtruncatc: 

 lingula short, narrow, membranaceous : tliorax truncate-obcordatc, 

 convex and unequal, narrower than the liead and abdomen : eyes 

 very prominent. {Anterior tarsi of the male distinctly dilated.) 



Sp. 1. Etuph. riparius. Fabr. 



Inhabits the edges oi' ponds on Epping Forest, Coombe Wood, and 

 Battersea Fields. 



Genus 20. BEMBIDIUM. Leach, Gyll. Bembidion, Latr., 

 Bonel., Fanz. Ocydromus. Frolich, Clairv. 

 Labrnm transverse : thorax narrower than the at)domcn, and as broad 

 as the head : eyes more or less prominent : zvings two, generally per- 

 fect. (Anterior tarsi of the male witli the first joint very much di- 

 lated.) Maxilluri/ palpi \\\\h their last joint minute, abruptly nar- 

 rower than the preceding joint. 

 Sp. 1. Bemh.flavipes. Latr. 

 Inhabits sandy places, and roots of grass. 



Genus 21. CILLENUS. Leaclis MSS. 



Labrum transverse : thorax narrower than the abdomen and as broad 

 as the head ; eyes rather prominent : wings two, imperfect. Antei-ior 

 tarsi with the second, third, and fourth joints transverse (of the 

 male wider than those of the female : body depressed.) 



Sp. 1. cm. lateralis. I'iiorax piu-ple bronze cordate with an impressed 

 longitudinal line : elytra livid pm-ple striated, with some inqiressed 

 discoidal punctures, the striae running together behind, margins of 

 the elytra inflexed, base of the antenna; and legs testaceous : head 

 purplish or greenish-bronze. 



Inhabits the sea-shore. First discovered by Dr. Leach near Porto 

 Belio on the Frith of Forth, and afterwards takeu ul C'router ui 

 Nc^folk, ill great profusion. 



