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Lymneewm quadriimpressum, Motsckulsky. 



Motschulsky, Schrenck's Eeisen, ii., 2, p. 90, pi. vi., 

 fig. 8. 



Bay of Avatcha; Kamchatka; Kuriles (Motsch.); 

 Hakodate, under stones on the beach (Lewis). 



Although closely allied to L. nigropiceum, this species 

 is very distinct in the outline of its thorax (of which the 

 sides are more gradually narrowed in an incurved line 

 behind), and in its more oval elytra, brassy colour, black 

 antennae (except the basal joint), &c. 



Bembidium (Notaphus) Batesi, Putzeys. 



Putzeys, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., 1875. 



Bembidium niloticum, Dej., Bates, Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 Lond., 1873, p. 301. 



I have again compared a Japanese specimen with a 

 large number from Egypt and Mesopotamia, and find 

 the slight differences between them indicated by M. 

 Putzeys are not constant. It appears unnecessary, 

 therefore, to separate the Japanese form. B. opulentvm, 

 Nietn., from Ceylon, appears to be the same species. An 

 allied form, widely distributed in Australia (B. Jack- 

 soniense, Guer. ?), has a decidedly broader thorax, and 

 other differences. 



Bembidium (Notaphus) varium, Oliv. 



Oliv. ; Schaum, Ins. Deutschl., i., 1, p. 684. 



Hakodate ; six specimens. 



Although much smaller than European examples — 

 If lin., the length given by Schaum being 2 — 2^ lin. — 

 there seems no valid ground for separating the Japanese 

 form. According to von Heyden's ' Catalog, der Coleopt. 

 von Sibirien,' B. varium occurs throughout Siberia to 

 Baikal and Kamchatka. 



Bembidium (Leja) articulatum, Panzer. 

 Shichinohe. 

 Two examples, much resembling British specimens. 



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