118 ADEPHAGA. [Bembidium. 



pvinctiired ; thorax scnrcely broader tlian the head with eyes, rather 

 short, dilated and rounded below anterior angles (which are punctured), 

 contracted behind, posterior angles right angles, not projecting, dorsal 

 furrow distinct, base depressed and punctured, basal fovese shallow ; 

 elytra broad, short, round oval, convex, disc with punctured striae 

 reaching beyond middle, evanescent towards sides and apex ; legs testa- 

 ceous. L. 4| mm. 



Sedgy margins of streams, and damp places, near the sea in Norfolk, Suffolk, 

 Essex, Dorset, Devon, &.c. ; Bournemouth ; shores of Bristol Channel ; Swansea ; 

 Ljtbam and Liverpool; Norfolk; Northumberland; Holy Island; Scotland, local. 

 Forth, Moray, Clyde, Argyle. Ireland, near Belfast ; Baldoyle ; Killarney ; Lough 

 Neagh. 



B. bipunctatum, L. Bronze or brassy, sometimes bluish black or 

 blackish ; antennae and palpi black ; head and anterior and posterior 

 margins of thorax strongly punctured ; thorax transverse, si;bcordiform, 

 posterior angles sharp, rather prominent, dorsal furrow and basal fovese 

 near posterior angles distinct ; elytra considerably broader than thorax, 

 with fine punctured strite, evanescent towards sides and apex, third 

 interstice with two large deep impressions, from Avhich the species derives 

 its name ; legs black, somewhat metallic. L. 4 mm. 



Gravelly banks of rivers, &c. ; local, but widely distributed. Richmond, Wands- 

 worth, Putney, Notting Hill ; Bewdley ; Cannock Cliase; Swansea ; Cheshire ; I/iver- 

 pool; Northumberland and Durham ; Scotland, commou, as far north as the Moray 

 district ; Ireland, Portmaruock and near Belfast. 



Group IX. (Notaphus, Steph. pars.) 



I. Head and thorax punctured ; upper side uuicolorous 



bronze B. PUNCTULATITM, Drap. 



II. Head and thorax smooth. 



i. Upper side unicolorous black ; stria; of elytra im- 



punctate B. PEASixuir, Dvfl. 



ii. Elytra with more or less distinct markings ; 

 stria; of elytra punctured at all events to middle. 



1. Antennffi entirely testaceous; elytra testaceous 

 with a dark, more or less indistinct band behind 



middle B. ephippium, Marsh. 



2. Antenna? dark, except base ; elytra bronze 



with wavy yellow markings. 



A. Thorax with well-marked lateral border; 



apex of abdomen testaceous B. flammulatum, C'lairv. 



B. Thorax with narrow and indistinct lateral 



border; abdomen unicolorous. 



a. Legs and base of antennae light (femora 



darker), 

 a*. Striae of elytra finer; size larger . . B. vaeium, 01. 

 h*. Striffi of elytra deeper ; size suialler . B. AJiVSTUM, iSckaum. 



b. Legs and antennae (except first joint) 



black B. OBLIQTJTJM, Sturm. 



S. punctulatum, Drap. (velax, Daws. G. Brit.). Bronze or brownish 

 brassy, occasionally blue black : in general appearance it much resembles 

 B. hipimdahim, but is larger, and has all the striae of the elytra entire 

 and plainly continued to apex ; head coarsely punctured ; antennic dark 



