108 ADEPHAGA. [Bemhiduim, 



in the preceding species, posterior angles sharp, projecting, dorsal furrow 

 fine, base with a fovea on each side and also one or two large punctures 

 between them and the central line ; elytra rather convex, long oval, 

 striag rather finely punctured, evanescent towards apex and sides ; legs 

 reddish. L. 3 mm. 



Sandy banks of ponds, &c. ; also in salt marshes ; very local, but occasionally 

 common where it occurs. Cobham, Darenth Wood, Strood, Wimbledon, Battersea, 

 Horsell ; Glanvilles Wooton ; taken on the Till, Northumberland, by J. Hardy ; 

 Scotland, local, Tweed, Forth, Tay, Solway, Clyde, Moray; Ireland, near Belfast, 

 and local near Dublin. I know of no record from Yorkshire or the Midlands. 



Group V, (lieja, Megerle.) 



I. Colour black (with or without a bluish or pitchy tinge). 

 i. Legs black or pitchy brown. 



1. Thorax shorter and broader; antennfE and legs bhick B. MINIMUM, F. 



2. Thorax longer and narrower ; legs and base of anteuuse 



brown B. nohmannum, Dej. 



ii. Legs red, femora (at least underneath) pitchy; punctua- 

 tion of elytra weaker B. Schuppbli, Dej. 



iii. Legs entirely red ; punctuation of elytra very strong . B. GiLTlPJiS, Sturm. 

 IL Colour shining bronze. 



i. First joint of antennae red ; thorax strongly contracted 



towards base B. lampeos, Herlst. 



ii. First joint of antennae black ; thorax not strongly con- 

 tracted towards base B. nigeicobne, Gyll. 



S. minimum, F. {pusillum, GylL). Black or black with a slight 

 bluish tinge, shining, elytra nnicolorous, with the apex occasionally 

 lighter ; head large, eyes rather prominent, frontal furrows parallel, 

 antennae black ; thorax transverse, cordiform, with sides strongly rounded 

 in front and contracted behind, posterior angles rather acute and pro- 

 jecting, dorsal furrow faint, basal fovete small, base depressed and 

 punctured ; elytra long oval with seven strongly punctured stripe, entire 

 at sides but evanescent towards apex ; legs black (tibise occasionally 

 with a slight brown tinge). L. 2^ mm. 



Wet muddy places on or near the coast ; common and widely distributed in 

 the south, more local iu the north. Scotland, local. Forth, Solway. Ireland, near 

 Belfast. 



S. normannum, Dej. This species bears a rather close resemblance 

 to the preceding, of which it has been considered a variety ; it differs, 

 however, by its evidently longer and narrower thorax, which is less 

 rounded at the sides, and also by its colour which is more or less 

 pitchy ; the legs are brownish or pitchy ; the apex of the elytra is 

 occasionally lighter, and sometimes an obscure subapical patch is trace- 

 able, but there is no regular spot as in many other species. L. 3 mm. 



Wet muddy places on or near the coast; local but not uncommon; often taken 

 in company with the preceding in the southern and south-eastern districts of 

 England. 



B. Schiippeli, Dej. Obscure greenish or l)luish black ; antennae 

 fuscous with the base red ; frontal furrows parallel behind converging 



