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for this species has been discovered by Mr. Hemmings in 

 the neighbourhood of Brighton. It has therefore been 

 found on the south coast, in a midland county, and (Mr. 

 Boid's original example) in the North of England. 



Bembidium Clarhii, Dawson, Ann. Nat. Hist. iii. 215 

 (1849(Lopha)); Geod. Brit. p. 199. Leja bimkata, 

 Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. t. 17, 2, p. 452 (1844). This is one 

 of the few species hitherto supposed to occur only in England ; 

 but we are informed by M. Jacquelin Duval that it is identi- 

 cal with Leja bisulcata, Chaudoir, discovered in Southern 

 Russia. This is interesting as affording an additional in- 

 stance of the community of species between these two coun- 

 tries. It will be remembered that Lymnceum nigropiceum 

 has been found only in the Isle of Wight and in Southern 

 Russia. The present species, however, was captured for the 

 first time last autumn in the neighbourhood of Paris. The 

 above synonym must therefore be added : and, though it is 

 of an earlier date than the name employed by myself, it can 

 hardly be retained, having been previously applied to repre- 

 sent different species in the same genus. 



Bembidium Sturmii, Panz. Faun. 89, 9(Carabus). Head 

 and thorax brassy black, very shining ; the former with two 

 deeply impressed oblique frontal furrows which approximate 

 and unite in front in a point ; eyes large and prominent, 

 antennae pitchy, their basal joint entirely and the next par- 

 tially testaceous red. Thorax cordate, sides broadest and 

 much rounded a little before the middle, narrowed behind, 

 posterior angles acute, disk convex, having the usual dorsal 

 furrow and anterior transverse impression, base with a deep 

 punctuated fovea on each side, and otherwise rugged. Ely- 

 tra oblong-ovate, broad, brassy brown, with the extreme tip, a 

 roundish spot on each side near the outer margin before the 

 tip, and several other angular and longitudinal marks on the 



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