118 THE INSECTS OF GAYNDAH, 



centre, which extends to the elytra, and is in fact common to 

 both. 



148. — Bembidium brtjnnipenne. n. sp. 

 Length 1 line. 



Head and thorax reddish brown, the former finely punctured 

 with the frontal impressions lightly marked. Thorax slightly 

 convex, transversal, punctured, rounded on the sides in front, 

 and not narrowed behind, with the posterior angles square, the 

 transversely depressed portion of the base rather large, the 

 median line deeply marked, and the basal impressions short. 

 The elytra are of a dark brown, rather flat, finely punctured all 

 over and striated. The legs, antennae, and palpi ai-e pale red. 



Mr. Masters informs me that he found this species on stony 

 ground, and on the summit of a high hill remote from water, a 

 habitat very different from that of this family of insects generally. 



149. — Bembidium rubicundum. n. sp. 

 Length f of a line. 



Red, subnitid. Head with the frontal impressions broad but 

 not very deep. Thorax transversal, rounded on the sides, and 

 slightly narrowed at the posterior angles which are square, with 

 the median line very lightly marked, the basal impressions short, 

 and the transversely depressed portion of the base strongly 

 marked. The elytra are rather depressed, and have about six 

 rows of distinct punctures on each side of the suture, extending 

 from the base to beyond the middle. 



This species very much resembles JS. pundipenne, it is how- 

 ever a much smaller insect, and the shape of the thorax is 

 different being square behind in the present species, while in the 

 other it is very much rounded. 



150. — Bembidium subviride. n. sp. 



Length 1| lines. 

 Greenish black, with a metallic reflection. Head broad, 

 smooth, and lightly impressed on each side. Thorax scarcely 



