UJ- [August, 



The group of du'/sus has the d' armature very wide, the stipites not 

 grooved, and the mandibles toothed in the 5 in the typical forms, with a 

 sub-grou]) in which the mandibles are simple and the armature of 

 the d" slender. The third group comprises the species with the stipites 

 of the d genital armature having a large groove longitudinally, the 

 pygidial area of the 5 narrow and more or less raised in the middle. 



Newton Abbot. 



Jamiari/ 1922. 



NOTES ON OlilENTAL VARABIDAE.—IU* 

 Y.Y n. E. AXDREWES, F.E.S. 



^oine new ><j)ecles of Bembidilm from the Himalayas. 



So far as 1 am aware, nine species of the genus Bniibidium have 

 hitherto been descril)ed from the Indian region, and of these, three only 

 are found in the plains of India. Numerous forms, however, occur in 

 the Himalaya at higher elevations, and six new ones are described 

 in this paper, all of which will. I think, fit into the subgenus Peryplius. 

 The characters ])resented by the Himalayan species generally are such, 

 however, as will render it difficult to place all of them with accuracy in 

 the various subgenera which are in common use for palaearctic members 

 of the genus, and, as an aid to identification, I propose to indicate as far 

 as possible the relationship of the new ones to well-known palaearctic 

 species. Moi-e remain to be described, and no doubt many more will be 

 discovered as time goes on. I shall hope to tabulate the Indian species 

 at a later date. 



Bembidium recjale, sj). nov. 



Length S'O nn.a. ; width 3-0 nnn. 



Head ana prothoru.x. bhie with some greenish reflections, elvtra bright 

 blue, with some faint irregular greenish-blaclc patches, underside black, head 

 and metepisterna with bluish reflections, joint 1 of antennae and apex of 11 

 reddish, apical ynnx. of palpi testaceous, rest of antennae and palpi, with tibiae 

 and tarsi, piceous-black. Surface very shiny. 



Head rather small, moderately convex, frontal furrows simple, short, wide, 

 uneven and not very deep, extending to sides of clypeus, which is convex and 

 transversely depressed in front, a small depression on vertex and a few minute 

 punctures at sides, eyes not prominent, antennae reaching quite to basal fourth 

 of elytra. Prothorax small, cordate, uioderatt-ly convex, very little wider than 

 head and not much wider than long, sides rounded, sinuate near hind angles, 

 which are sharp and project a little laterally, though sHghtly obtuse, owing to 



* Part I was issued in vol. Ivi, pp. 2;i5-240 (Oct. 1920), and Part II in vol. Ivii, pp. 248-252 

 A^ov. 1921). 



