178 CARABID.E. BEMBIDIUM. 



Gyll. Ins. Suec. 2. 34 (1810) et 4. 413. Erichson, Kafer, 131. 



Jacq.-Duv. Ann. Soc. Ent. 10. 185. 



Elaphrus pumilio, Dufts. Faun. 2. 214 (1812). 



Bembidium pumilio, Sturm, D. F. 6. 148. pi. 159. Dej. Spec. 



5. 48; Icon. 4. 330. pi. 208. Heer, Faun. Helv. 124. 

 Ocys currens, Steph. Mand. 2. 10, et Manual, p. 53. 



Head and thorax pitchy black, obscurely bronzed, the former 

 channeled on each side ; antennae and palpi reddish testaceous, 

 penultimate joint of the latter dusky. Thorax transverse, sides 

 rounded, lateral margins elevated, especially behind, posterior 

 angles not quite rectangular but a little obtuse, dorsal furrow 

 entire, base narrowly depressed, with two large foveae. Elytra 

 oblong-ovate, rounded at the shoulders, widest behind the middle, 

 disk punctate-striated, the two striae nearest the suture entire, 

 then three more abbreviated, the rest rudimentary or nearly 

 obliterated, apex and sides smooth, the third interstice with an 

 impression behind, the entire surface pitchy black, sometimes 

 rusty, with an obscure greenish or cyaneous reflection; under- 

 side ferruginous, legs reddish testaceous. Length 2 lines. 



Not common : found chiefly in sandy localities ; Isle of Wight ; 

 Hastings ; Ockham Park near Bipley ; Battersea fields ; midland 

 and eastern counties ; Maplethorpe, Lincolnshire ; Castle Eden 

 Dene ; near Edinburgh, Fife and Dollar, &c. ; rarely in Ireland. 



6. B. rufescens : ferrugineum ; thorace transverse lateribus late 

 marginato, angulis posticis acutis ; elytris ovatis, subcyaneo- 

 micantibus, punctato-striatis, striis externis obsoletis ; an- 

 tennis pedibusque testaceis. 



Tachis rufescens, Gue'rin, Note Topog. 123 (1823). 

 Bembidium rufescens, Dej. Spec. 5. 47 ; Icon. 4. 329. pi. 208. 

 Heer, Faun. Helv. 123. Jacq.-Duv. Ann. Soc. Ent. 10. 187. 

 Ocys melanocephalus, Steph. Mand. 2. 10, et Manual, p. 53. 

 O. tempestivus, Steph. Mand. 2. 11, et Manual, p. 54. 



Rusty red. Head often more or less pitchy, with a rough 

 channel on each side ; palpi and antennae testaceous. Thorax 

 short, transverse, about as wide behind as in front, sides rounded 

 and widest about the middle and broadly margined, hinder angles 

 acute, the dorsal line strongly marked, the anterior impression 

 which meets it fine, the posterior one forming a depression which 

 carries a few minute punctures between the two large basal foveae. 

 Elytra ovate, rather clouded and with an iridescent tinge, 

 punctate-striated, the three punctured striae nearest the suture 

 deepest, the sides and apex smooth, the third interstice with an 

 impression, the eighth with a raised fold and a depression by the 



