214 Rev. J. F. Dawson on new species of Coleoptera. 



with the sides considerably narrowed towards the hinder angles^ 

 which are acute, having a large fovea on each side nearly 

 covering the base : elytra rather convex, the disc of each with 

 three rugged abbreviated striie, and a fourth interrupted and some- 

 what obsolete ; sides and apex smooth, with four or five impres- 

 sions within the margin, near the humeral angles : body beneath 

 shining black, with the tip of the abdomen broadly testaceous : 

 antennse (except the second, third and fourth joints which are 

 black), palpi and legs red. 



A pair, taken by myself in July 1847 at Whittlesea Mere, are 

 the only specimens known. 



Genus Blemus, Zeigler. 



3. Blemus lapidosus. Rufo-testaceus, uitidus, capita interdum piceo, 

 oculis uigris : elytris punctato-striatis, punctisque duobus im- 

 pressis, palpis pedibusque pallidis. Long. 2^ lin. 



Above reddish testaceous, paler beneath : head with a deep 

 longitudinal stria on each side : thorax somewhat heart-shaped, 

 having a deep fovea on each side at the base : elytra depressed, 

 deeply striate, the striie finely punctate, third interstice with two 

 deeper impressions : legs and palpi pale. 



Taken on the south coast of England some years ago, and 

 erroneously referred to palUdus, Sturm. It appears to have been 

 a scarce species, as I never saw a specimen in any collection till 

 I had the good fortune to rediscover it about five years ago on 

 the south coast of the Isle of Wight. Dr. Schaum, in his re- 

 marks on the British Carabida published in the Stettin Trans- 

 actions*, has stated that it " answers perfectly to the description 

 of Trec/ms fulvus, Dej./^ but in a letter which I received from 

 him shortly after his last visit to England, he observes, in refer- 

 ence to specimens which I had given him, " It is not Trechus 

 fulvus, Dcj., as I supposed : the latter, of which I have lately seen 

 atypical specimen, is allied, but sufficiently distinct : Trechus pal- 

 lidas, Sturm., being equally distinct : your insect ought to re- 

 ceive a new name." I have assigned it one, indicative of its ha- 

 bitat, being found at some depth among the fine shingle on the 

 sea-beach. It is taken also in similar situations in the north of 

 England by Messrs. Hardy and Bold, but is very local. 



Earn. BembidiiDjE, Stephens. 

 Genus Peryphus, IMegerle. 



4. Peryphus neglectus. Supra viridi-teneus, thorace cordato angus- 

 tato, utrinque foveolato, angulis jjosticis acutis : elytrii; oblongis, 

 paululum depressis, punctato-striatis rufo-piceis, fasciis duabus 

 fere obsoletis rufo-testaceis : antennarum 1, 2, 3 et 4 articulis, 

 pedibusque testaceis. Long. 2-^ lin. 



[* See also 'Annals,' p. ?>7, of the present vuluine. — Ed.] 



