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foveis frontalibus latis ; thorace quadrato-cordato sinuato- 

 angustato, angulis jDosticis rectis subacutis, margine 

 basali utrinque obliquo, fovea basali bistriata, plicaque 

 angusta -elongata prope angulum ; elytris sat profunde 

 punctato-striatis, striis omnibus aequaliter impressis, 

 interstitio 3io bifoveato. Long. 4£ mm. 



Nagasaki, Kumamoto, and Miyanoshita. 



Tbe elytral striae are equally impressed tbroughout, a 

 character which distinguishes the species from B. Hio- 

 goense, prasinum, and others, to which it is otherwise 

 allied. The two setiferous punctures of the elytra are 

 surrounded by large impressed fovea, almost as con- 

 spicuous as in B. tetraporum, but the anterior puncture 

 is situated considerably before the middle, and not, as in 

 B. tetraporum, in the middle, of the elytra. 



Bembidium pliculatum. 



B. aureofusco affine sedpaullo minus parallelomorphum, 

 thoracisque plica juxta angulos parva vix perspicua. 

 Oblongo-ovatum subconvexum, asneo-nigrum, antennarum 

 scapo interdum subtus rufescenti ; thorace subquadrato, 

 post medium modice sinuato-angustato, angulis rectis, 

 fovea basali utrinque profunda plicaque parva parum 

 elevata ; elytris passim profunde punctato-striatis, inter- 

 stitio 3io bipunctato, baud foveato. Long. 4 — 4£ mm. 



Sapporo ; Iwakisan ; Sendai. 



The striae are all strongly impressed, as in B. aureo- 

 fuscum, to which the species is nearest allied ; but they 

 are more strongly and sharply punctured, and the two 

 punctures of the 3rd interstice are not impressed in 

 foveae or particularly conspicuous. The colour is dark 

 greenish brassy, antennae, palpi, and legs being also very 

 dark, except the scape, which in some specimens is 

 slightly reddish underneath. The stria and fold near 

 the hind angle of the thorax are very short and faint, 

 but distinct under the lens. 



Bembidium (Peryphus) lucillum. 



B. tibiali, Dufts., affine, sed minor et magis oblongum, 

 tibiis nigris, etc. Oblongum sat depressum, cyaneo- 

 nigrum supra subopalescens, antennarum scapo obscure 

 rufo ; thorace cordato-quadrato parum transverso, pos- 



