FAMILY GARABiVJE. <J8 



Bembidiid^s. 



Tut matillary and labial pa,lpi in this subfamily are terminated by a very minute joihf . 

 The anteri()r tibi* are always notched on their insides, near thfeir tips. The insects are 

 small, and run with considerable speed : they are adorned with metallic colors. They 

 live under stones in damp jilaces, or in crevices in the ground ; and they are carnivorous, 

 feeding upon the larva of other insects, and -also upon dead animal matter. 



Genus BEMBIDIUM ( Jlligeb). Cicindela (Lin.). 

 Thorax truncate cordate ; elytra tubercled ; eyes very prominent. 



Bembidium sigillake. (Plate XX, fig. 3.) 



Head, eyes, thorax and elytra above metallic gray, bronzed with a feint purplish in some 

 lights ; beneath, brilliant green : legs darker above. Length rather more than one- 

 fourth of an inch. 

 Sometimes very abondant on the leaves of water plants. 



Belmbidium honestum. (Plate XX, fig- 4.) 



Head and elytra gray bronze, duller than the preiceding ; thorax blue-black ; beneath, 

 black with a greenish hue. Length about a quarter of an inch. 



Bembidicm inequale ( Say). 

 Eyes very large ; head, thorax and abdomen gray, metallic and bronze, uniform, 



Bembidicm inornatum. ( Plate xx, fig. 9.) 



Head, thorax and elytra brown. Length about one-tenth of an inch. 



Bembididm THipiTNtTATDM. (Plate XX, fig. 10.) 



Head, thorax and elytra brown ; metallic hues absent. Length one-tenth of an inch. 



BE><BTDirM vARiEcATUM. ( Plate XX, fig. 14.) 



Head, thorax and elytra metallic green above, when seen in some directions ; below', 

 black and brownish : legs brown. The elytra are variegated with paler patches of 

 brown, and they ajipcar of a glossy brown when seen by direct light. Length ii^ih 

 tenths of an inch. 



