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promint^nf, auteuiiae barely reacliing basal foiirtli of el\tra, surface sinootli, 

 except for a few minute punctures on vertex. Pruthorax moderately convex, 

 a little wider than head, and about a third as wide again as \o\\s, sides gently 

 rounded and very slightly sinuate before hind angles, wliich are right, witli 

 well-marked carina; median line hue, base depressed, with deep rounded 

 foveae, basal area (except along margin) finely rugose-punctate with traces of 

 shoit longitudinal striae, surface smooth with some faint cross-striation. 

 Elytra moderately convex, parallel, shoulders square, barely a third wider 

 again than prothorax, but very nearly twice as long as wide, basal border 

 reaching stria 4 and forming with side border a distinct angle above stria 6 ; 

 finely striate-punctate, the striae nearly effaced behind, stria 1 only deep to 

 apex, scutellary striole fairly long, apical stria faint, joining stria o ; intervals 

 flat, 3 with two very large and conspicuous pores at a tliird aTid two-thirds, 

 occupying the whole interval, the aiea surrounding the front one slightly 

 transversely depressed, surface smooth. Underside smooth. 



Closely allied to B. splendid urn Sturm, but the shagreened surface 

 makes it less shiny. The fi'ontal foveae are shallower and vaguer, sides 

 of front striate ; prothorax narrower, with more rounded fi-ont angles, 

 more contracted behind, base rugose, the foveae not so sharply defined ; 

 elytra narrower, the punctures of the striae more evident, interval 8 with 

 much more conspicuous ])orc's, tlie angle at shoulder less acute. The 

 apex of the femora is testaceous. 



United Pbovinces : Kumaon, llanikhet, West Bhatkot, 4000 ft., 

 and West Almora (^. G. Champion), 6 ex. Biiiae : Pusa (Agric. 

 Res. Inst.), 2 ex. Type in the British Museum. 



Bembidiutn compactum, sp. nov. 



Length 4-25-4-75 mm.; width 1-70-1-90 mm. 



Upper surface cupreous, sometimes brassy and occasionally with purplish 

 blotches, underside black ; joints 1-2 of antennae and base of 3-4 (rest fuscousi, 

 palpi (penultimate joint fuscous), and legs (knees slightly iufuscate) testaceous. 

 Surface shiny. 



Head Avith rather shallow, but distinct furrows, extending to clypeus, 

 which is bordered in front, eyes rather flat, antennae not reaching beyond 

 basal fourth of elytra, surface moderately punctate, sparsely on vertex, middle 

 of front and neck smooth. Prothorax cordate, very convex, very little wider 

 than head, and barely a third wider again than long, extremities truncate, 

 sides of base slightly oblique, sides moderately rounded and sinuate close to 

 hiud angles, which are right, though they project a little, without trace of 

 carina; median line fairly deep, confined to disk, base strongly depressed, 

 almost constricted, foveae hardly distinguishable, the whole basal area coarsely 

 rugose-punctate, occasionally with some punctures along front margin, 

 surface otherwise smooth, with some vague cross-striation. Elytra convex, 

 nearly parallel, with very square shoulders, side border reaching stria 4, nearly 

 twice as wide as prothorax and about half as long ngain as wide ; striae 



