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70. Bembidium truncatum, N. 



B. oblongum, valde depressum, brunneo-testaceum, oculis nigris, 

 pedibus, antennis palpisque pallide testaceis. Long. corp. 1^ lin. 



Capite magno, thorace quarta parte prope minore, inter antennas 

 2-foveolato, oculis mediocribus, antennis art. 3° reliquis minore, 

 4°-ll" subsequalibus, fortius ovatis ; thorace breviter cordato, autice 

 posticeque truncato, baud emarginato, basi subquadrato, parum pro- 

 longato, foveis basalibus obsoletis, sed linea basali transversa profunda 

 lineaque longitud. med. distinctis ; elytris oblongis, apice transversim 

 trimcatis, juxta suturam utrinque obsolete 1-striatis, ante et infra 

 med. puncto impressis. 



In prov, occid. rarius. 



The small size, large head, and truncated elytra effectually 

 distinguish this species. The truncated posterior angles of the 

 thorax, and the general appearance, induce me to consider it as 

 allied to the preceding species — at all events to approach nearer 

 to it than to any of the following species. The eyes are rather 

 small for this genus. There are no traces of striae on the elytra, 

 with the exception of a single indistinct one along the suture. 



71. Bembidium tropicum, N. 



B. oblongum, depressum, brunneo-testaceum, capite brunneo, elytris 

 dorso nigris cyaneo-micantibus, pedibus, antennis palpisque testa- 

 ceis. Long. corp. 1|- lin. 



Capite inter oculos 2 -foveolato-sulcato, oculis mediocribus, antennis 

 fortius filiformibus, art. 3° reliquis breviore ; thorace breviter trans- 

 versim cordato, antice posticeque truncato baud emarginato, basi 

 subquadrato, angulis basalibus elevatis sed baud foveolatis, linea 

 transversa basali profunda, infra lineam strigoso, linea media longit. 

 diviso ; elytris oblongo-ovatis, utrinque juxta suturam 4-striatis, striis 

 externis et his apicem versus obsoletis, in striis punctatis, infra mar- 

 ginem stria profunda abbreviata, ante medium et apicem in inter- 

 stitio 4° puncto magno impressis, punctis ante-apicalibus piliferis in 

 sulcum ad apicem prolongatis semicirculum formantibus ; tarsis 4 

 anterioribus art. 4° subtus apice spinis squamulaceis 2 instructo. 



In prov. occid. copiosum. 



Of a light brown colour, with the head darker; the elytra black- 

 ish on the back with a slight blue reflexion, the base, sides, and 

 apex brownish. The colours being more or less washed into 

 each other, no distinct pattern is observable; the brown spot 

 of the apex, however, is generally pretty clearly set-off from the 

 adjoining dark part. The paraglossse are hardly longer than the 

 ligula, which itself is rather large. The antennae are rather 

 hairy and strongly filiform (not, as in most other species, in- 

 creasing in thickness towards the apex, the joints growing at 



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