Dec -> ^i^] Notman : Bembidium. 297 



head and thorax not alutaceous. Head as broad as long, three fourths the 

 width of the thorax, slightly wider than the thorax at apex ; eyes strongly 

 convex prominent ; frontal grooves single, parallel, rather strongly marked, 

 extending to the clypeal suture ; clypeus with a large fovea either side, indis- 

 tinctly connected with the frontal grooves; antennae short, not quite as long as 

 the head and thorax, joints less than twice as long as wide; mentum tooth 

 acute. Thorax one third wider than long, not narrower at base than apex, two 

 thirds the width of the elytra, scarcely emarginate at apex, sides strongly 

 rounded anteriorly, oblique and slightly sinuate posteriorly, becoming parallel 

 for a short distance in front of the posterior angles which are sharply rec- 

 tangular ; transverse impressions very indistinct ; median line rather fine, feebly 

 impressed, abbreviated at either end ; basal foveae, large, deep, bistriate, nearly 

 smooth ; posterior angles strongly carinate ; margin narrow, finely reflexed. 

 Elytra one third longer than wide, humeri rounded, sides parallel and feebly 

 arcuate to the apical third, thence obtusely rounded to the apex; striae obso- 

 lete with the exception of the sutural which becomes deep on the apical third 

 and is continued around the apex joining the eighth which becomes confluent 

 with the margin at basal fourth. The position of the striae is occupied by 

 rows of coarse, closely placed punctures all of which become obsolete on 

 apical third ; the second almost reaches the apex. The punctures of the first 

 two rows are smaller and more closely placed ; the seventh row ends at the 

 middle. The third interval with two dorsal punctures near the third stria ; 

 the first at basal third, the second at apical third. Length 3.75 mm., width 

 1.5 mm. 1 5- 



Moss Pond, Mt. Redfield, Essex Co., N. Y. 17 July, 1919. 4300 

 ft. elev. 



Bembidium proximum new species. 



This species greatly resembles the foregoing. It is more slender in form. 

 The elytra are black. The antennae are very slightly more slender. The 

 thorax is one fourth wider than long; the base is slightly narrower than the 

 apex and the sides more strongly rounded in front. The elytra are one half 

 longer than wide, elongate-oval with the sides evenly arcuate from the base 

 to the apex. Length 3.75 mm., width 1.3 mm. 1 <£. 



Moss Pond, Mt. Redfield, Essex Co., N. Y. 17 July, 1919. 



These two specimens were collected on a flat partially moss- 

 covered ledge of rock in the heaver meadow in which the above pond 

 is located. 



