112 ADEPHAGA. [BemUJium,. 



distributed in the south and Midlands ; more local in the north. Scotland, rare, 

 Lowlands, Tweed, Forth, Clyde. 



B. affine, Steph. {Stephensi, Crotch, nitidulum var., H. E. W.). 

 Considerably larger than the preceding species, which it otherwise very 

 closely resembles : the head is more oblong, so that the eyes do not 

 appear prominent ; antennae dark, first three joints, and often base of 

 fourth, red ; thorax longer with the sides less dilated in front and less 

 abruptly narrowed behind ; elytra much less strongly and coarsely 

 punctured on disc ; legs testaceous, femora slightly clouded at base. 

 L. 6 mm. 



Sandy and gravelly places inland and on the coast, local and not very common ; 

 Red Hill, Reigate, Woking, Charlton, Lewishara ; Jsle of Wight; Hastings district; 

 Brighton ; Southampton ; Sutton Park, Birmingham ; Repton ; North Wales ; 

 Liverpool ; Bridlington, Yorkshii-e ; Northumberland and Durham ; not recorded 

 from Scotland or Ireland. 



By some authors this species is considered a variety of the preceding, 

 but it seems to be distinct. 



B. monticola, Sturm [nitidulum var., H. E. "\V.). Bluish or 

 greenish, metallic ; antennse with first joint clear testaceous, the second 

 and base of the third often lighter than the rest which are dark ; thorax 

 rather small, sides very little rounded before middle, narrowed behind, 

 posterior angles sharp, prominent, dorsal furrow distinct, basal foveas 

 deep ; elytra long oval, rather convex, with somewhat finely punctured 

 striae, becoming much feebler towards sides and apex ; legs entirely pale 

 testaceous. L. 5 mm. 



This species is easily distinguished from B. decorum (with which I 

 have taken it in company) by its more convex elytra which are more 

 rounded at the sides, and rather differently punctured striae^ and also by 

 its lighter legs and less rounded sides of thorax ; from B. hrunnipes and 

 affine it ditt'ers in the shape of the thorax, light femora, and in having 

 only the basal joint of the antennae testaceous. 



Local and easily overlooked where it occurs, as it hides itself deeply in the crevices 

 of sandy banks; it is also found in old stumps of willows, Ac, near streams and 

 rivers; banks of Dove, Burton-on-Treut ; Sawloy-on-Ribble ; banks of Dee, Llan- 

 gollen ; Wallitigtoa ; Bewdley ; Draycott, near Derby ; Liverpool district ; North 

 Yorkshire; Northumberland and Durham; Scotland, common, Tweed, Forth, Tay, 

 Solway ; not recorded from the south of England; it probably occurs in Ireland, but 

 I can find no record. Although this species appears to be found more abundantly in 

 hilly and mountainous districts, yet it is by no means a mountain species, as is proved 

 by the above localities. 



B. stomoides, Dej. Dark obscure metallic green, shining; an- 

 tennae reddish brown with the base testaceous, palpi entirely testaceous ; 

 in all the other species of the group the penultimate joint is more or less 

 fuscous ; thorax oblong, very convex, strongly and evenly rounded from 

 behind anterior angles to some distance behind middle, thence con- 

 tracted to base, posterior angles sharp, projecting, dorsal furrow distinct, 

 abbreviated in front and behind, base coarsely punctured, basal foveas 



