78 FAMILY 11.^ — CARABID.E. 



95 (417). Bembidium QiAURnrAci latim IJiui.. Syst. X;it.. I, 175S. -tlG; 

 Say, Ed. Lee. H. .".lU. .V.:;. 



Mdderately elouyate. slii,'litly depn^ssed. Head and thorax bronzed or 

 hlac-kisb-broiized, sbhiiii.c; elytra browuisb or black, with a triangular 

 snbbunieral si)ot"and a smaller one behind the middle, dull yellow; au- 

 Icnna' ])ic<>;)iis. the lias.-il joints :ind le;.'s dull yellow. Length 'J.7-.">.7 mm. 



Soiillicfii lijiir of Slate; scarce. A[)ril 1 l-December 27. Ke- 

 scinl)l('s [x <]ic<]l(tl mil ])\\\ is less convex and witli punctures of ely- 

 tra finer and more closely placed: elyti'.d spots more distinct. Hi- 

 bernates as imago. 



!Hi (407). Bembidh'm affixk Say. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, II, 1823, S(); 

 ibid. II. 501. 



Slightly elongate, convex. P.lack or plceous, slightly bronzed, shining; 

 elytr.n with a small spot near humerus, a large, triangular submarginal 

 (ine .-it middle, a small one one-fourth from apex and often the apex, dull 

 yelldw: antennjie fuscous, the basal .ioints and legs dull yellow. Thorax 

 slightly wider than long, sides curved in front, sinuate behind, hind angles 

 rectangular, very finely carinate. Elytra more than one-half wider than 

 tbor.-ix. strife distinctly imnctate, the first and second only entire. I^engtb 

 l2.5-;!.5 mm. 



IMirouglioiit the Str!t<'; common !^\'l)ruary 20-Novem])er S. 

 llilicnmtes as imago. 



B. ynui>cicola Hayw., 2.5-3.2 mm. in length, has been taken in 

 Michigan and northern Illinois and should be found in the north- 

 ern third of Indiana. 



!»7 (4101. Bp:miudum aaguliferum Lee, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist., V, 1852, 185. 

 Slightly elongate, convex. Black, feebly bronzed, shining: elytra with 

 dull yellow markings as given in key: legs reddish-brown to piceous. 

 'I'horax much narrower ;it l)ase ihan aiiex: bas.-il impressions deep, with 

 one stria: sidts curved in front, simi.nte l>eliind; hind angles acute, cari- 

 nate. Elytra one-h;ilf wider than thorax, stria^ iiuncfate. feebly im])ressed, 

 especially on sides; intervals neai-ly Hat. Length 3.2—1 mm. 



Lake County ; rare. ^May 5. A species of northern range, ex- 

 tending across the continent. 



OS (414 1. ]'.EMi!ii»ir.M assimile (iyll.. Ins. Suec., II. 1810, 2(3. 



Moderately robust. Black ; elytra piceous or brownish with subniar- 

 ginal s]int and aiiex palei-: antenujie fuscous, paler at base; legs dull yel- 

 low. Thorax uai-rower al ba.sc ilian apex, sides strongly curved in front, 

 distinctly sinuate behind; liind angles rect.angular. disk sparsely and 

 coarsely punctate at base and apex ; bas;il impressions deep, unistriate. 

 Elytra nearly twice as wide as thorax, coarsely punctate, the punctures 

 obsolete on apical half. Length 2-2.7 nun. 



Lake. Laporte and Vigo counties; s.-arce. May 5-October 21. 

 Our smallest species. The subopnrpte pale spot is ocellate, being 



