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BEMBIDIUM. 



B. propriwn, sp. nov. IN'igro-piceum ; nitidum ; antennarum 

 brevium apicem versus infuscatarum basi, pedibusque tes- 

 taceis; elytris plus minusve testaceo maculatis ; prothorace 

 leviter transverse subtiliter canaliculato, cordato, utrinque 

 ad angulos posticos rectos foveolato, lateribus fortiter 

 rotundatis ; elytris vix striatis, longe sparsim setosis, for- 

 titer seriatim punctatis, punctis apicem versus obsoletis. 

 Long., 31- mm. 



This species bears a great resemblance to the European 

 B. (Leja) Normannwn, Dej., though the closeness of the basal 

 foveae on the thorax to the lateral margin would seem to asso- 

 ciate it with the subgenus Loplia, as also the brevity and thick- 

 ness of the antennae, those organs being scarcely longer ihan 

 the head and thorax together ; the whole insect is a little less 

 elongate, especially in respect of the thorax, than B. JSForman- 

 oium, and the puncturation of the elytra scarcely differs from 

 what it is in that species, consisting of rows of strong punc- 

 tures in scarcely marked strise, which become obsolete in the 

 posterior one-third of the elytra, the rows nearer the suture 

 extending further than those nearer the sides. The testaceous 

 markings of the elytra vary a good deal, in some specimens 

 consisting merely of a blotch on the lateral margin a little 

 before the apex, Avhile in others the shoulders and nearly the 

 apical half of the elytra are testaceous. 



I have not met with this insect except in the Port Lincoln 

 district, where it is not rare. 



B. cluliuon, sp. nov. Atrum ; nitidum ; antennis sat elongatis 

 palpis piceis basidilutioribus, pedibus rufescentibus, elytris 

 apicem versus ruf o maculatis ; prothorace leviter trans- 

 verso subtiliter canaliculato, cordato, utrinque ad angulos 

 posticos subrectos foveolato, lateribus fortiter rotundatis ; 

 elytris vix striatis minus fortiter seriatim punctatis, 

 punctis apicem versus obsoletis. Long., 4-4i mm. 

 Yery closely allied to the preceding, but undoubtedly dis- 

 tinct. It is larger and a little more elongate and parallel, with 

 the ground colour black, the antennae considerably longer than 

 the head and thorax together, of a pitchy black colour except 

 at the extreme base, the basal angles of the thorax gently 

 obtuse and the elytra more finely punctate, with an obscure 

 impression on each of them near the front, and no trace of the 

 long thinly-dispersed setae which exist on fresh specimens of 

 B. proprium. I think that this species also should be referred 

 to Lopha. 



I have taken this insect in the Port Lincoln district, also on 

 the banks of the Eiver Murray. There are specimens in the 



