CARABID^:. 59 



A species of southern Europe which is widely spread over the 

 Canarian Group, though somewhat scarce. It occurs at low and in- 

 termediate altitudes, and has been captured in Grand Canary, Tene- 

 riffe, and Gomera. 



Genus 47. BEMBIDIUM. 

 Latreille, Gen. Crust, et Ins. i. 183 (1806). 



(Subgenus Philochthus, Stepli.} 



175. Bembidium obtusum. 



Bembidium obtusum, Sturm, Deutsch. Fna, vi. 165 (1825). 



, Woll,, Ins. Mad. 75 (1854). 



, Id,, Cat. Mad. Col. 22 (1857). 



, Schaum, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. i. 741 (1860). 



Habitat Maderenses (in Cliao sola haud detectum), sub lapidibus 

 vulgare. 



The European B. obtusum is probably universal at the Madeiran 

 Group, the northern Deserta being the only island of the five in 

 which it does not happen to have been detected ; but it is somewhat 

 remarkable that it should not yet have been brought to light at the 

 Canaries. In the Madeiras it is decidedly common, and occurs at 

 most elevations assuming a rather large form, which is found like- 

 wise in southern Europe. 



176. Bembidium biguttatum. 



Carabus biguttatus, Fab., Mant. Ins. i. 205 (1787). 

 Bembidium vulneratum,Z)e/., Spec. Gen. des Col. v. 182 (1831). 



biguttatum, Schaum, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. i. 737 (I860). 



, Woll, Cat. Can. Col. 69 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Can.), rarissimum; semel tantum lectum. 



A single example (which presents scarcely any appreciable differ- 

 ence from the ordinary type) of this common European insect is all 

 that I have yet seen from these various Atlantic islands. It was 

 taken by myself, near Teror, in Grand Canary. 



177. Bembidium vicinum. 



Bembidium vicinum, Luc., Col. de rAlgerie, 86, pi. 10. f. 9 (1849). 



, Duv., Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, x. 178 (1852). 

 , Woll, Cat. Can. Col. 69 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert.*), per margines rivulorum in locis 

 intermediis parce occurrens. 



