148 MODERN SYSTEM. 



B. Palpi moderutclif porrecled. Anterior tarsi of (he male n-it/i 

 three or four dilated joints. (Neck none.) 



* Anterior tibia- notched on their hinder or lower side. 



Stirps 4. — Wings two (habit of the Cicinde/adce). 



Genus 18. NOTHIOPHILUS. Dumiril, Bond, Panz., Lrach. 



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

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

 subtransverse, as broad as the head and abdomen : ct/cs prouiinent : 

 zoings two. (Anterior tarsi ot" the male not distinctly dilated.) 



Sp. 1. Not. aquaticus. Panz. 



Cicindela aquatica. Marsh. 



Inhabits Europe, and is very common in Britain. 



Genus 19. ELAPHRUS. Fabr., Latr., Bonel, Leach, kc. 



Lahrum transverse, truncate : lip on each side obliquely subtruncate : 

 lingula short, narrow, membranaceous : ihoi-ax truncate-olicordate, 

 convex and imequal, narrower than the head and abdomen : eyes 

 very prominent. {Anterior tai^si of the male distinctly dilated.) 



Sp. 1. Elaph. riparius. Fabr. 



Inhabits tlie edges of ponds on Epping Forest, Coombe Wood, {Ind 

 Battersea Fields. 



Genus 20. BEMBIDIUM. Leach, Gi/IL Bembidion. Lair., 

 Bond., Panz. Ocydromus. Frulich, Clairv. 

 Lcd^rum transverse : thorax narrower than the abdomen, and as broad 

 as the head : ei/es more or less prominent : zciugs two, generally per- 

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

 lated.) Maxillurtj palpi with their last joint minute, abruptly nar- 

 rower than the preceding joint. 

 Sp. 1. Bemb.Jhnnpes. Latr. 

 Inhabits sandy places, and roots of grass. 



Genus 21. CILLENUS. Uach's MSS. 



Lubrum transverse : thorax narrower than the abdomen and as broad 

 as the head: eyes rather prominent : a'/H^s t\vo, imperfect. Anterior 

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

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



Sp. 1. cm. lateralis. Thorax purple bronze cordate with an impressed 

 longitudinal line : elytra livid purple striated, with some impressed 

 discoidal punctures, the strite running together behind, margins of 

 tlie elytra indexed, base of the antennae and legs testaceous : head 

 purplish or greenioh-bronze. 



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

 Bello on the Frith of Forth, and afterwards taken at Cromer lu 

 Norfolk, in great profusion. 



