FAMILY CAKABID.E. 33 



B c 111 b i (1 i i (I r s. 



The maxillary and laltial palpi in this s\il>faiiiily are torminated hy a very miuute joint. 

 The anttilMi- tliiiic arc always notthcd on lluir iiisido, near th<ir tips. Thu insects are 

 small, and niu with considerable spei-d : tluy ;u« adnrncd with metallic colors. They 

 live under stones in daniji places, or in crevices in the ground ; and they are caniiviMus, 

 leeding upon the huvsv of other insects, and also upon dead animal matter. 



GF..SIS BEMBIDII'M (Ili.iukii). CiciNniLA (Lin.). 

 Thorax truncate cordate; elytra tulurcled ; eyes very jiroiiiinent. 



Bgmbidum sicillare. (Plate xx, fig. 3.) 



Head, eyes, th.)rax and elytra ahove metallic gray, bronzed with a faint purj-lish in some 

 lights ; beneath, brilliant green : legs darker above. Length rather more than one- 

 foui-lh of an inch. 

 Sometimes very ;ilMiMilii"t "ii llie lta\c^ >'i water plants. 



Bk.mbidum iioNKsTiM. • (Plate XX, fig. 4.) 



Head and elytra gray bronze, duller than the preceding ; thorax blue-black ; beneath, 

 black with a greenish hue. Length aliuut a (quarter of an inch. 



Bembidr.m inequale (Say). 

 Eyes very large ; head, thorax and abdomen gray, metallic and lironze, unif rm. 



nKMBIIMUM INORNATU.M. ( Plate XX, fig. 9.) 



Head, thorax and elytra brown. Length about one-tenth of an inch. 



BtMBiDitM TRipuNCTATUM. ( Plate XX, figTlO.) 



Head, thorax «nd elytra brown ; metallic hues absent. Length one-tenth of an inch. 



Bkmbidivm VARTEr.ATi'M. ( Plate xx, fig. 14.) 



Head, thorax and elytra metallic green above, when seen in some directions; below, 

 black and brownish : legs brown. The elytra are variegated with paler patches of 

 brown, and they ajppear of a glossy brown when seen by direct light. Length two- 

 tenths of an inch. 



