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evidently broader, less convex, posterior angles more acute, the 

 dorsal furrow and transverse impressions more strongly marked, 

 and the depression of the base running into the basal fovese, 

 which are much larger, the space between them being not merely 

 subpunctate, but. impressed with a distinct punctuation. Elytra 

 broader, the sides less parallel, the punctured striae more strongly 

 impressed, the testaceous red spots being also smaller and more 

 obscure; legs red, femora dusky. Length 2^ lines. 



Not uncommon at Whittlesea Mere ; it had also been taken 

 by Mr. Curtis many years ago, and stands in his cabinet under 

 the MS. name palustris. Mr. Haliday includes this insect among 

 the species captured by him in Ireland; and it is stated by 

 Mr. Murray to be not rare in Scotland. 



12. B. concinimm : viridi-aneum ; thorace brevi subcordato, 

 basi obscure rugoso ; elytris oblongis, subparallelis, fortiter 

 punctato-striatiSj striis externis obsoletis, pallide testaceis, 

 macula suturali lata in medio dilatata fusco-senea; an- 

 tennis palpis pedibusque pallide testaceis. 



Peryphus concinnus (Kirby), Steph. Mand. 2. 12 et 5. 385, et 



Manual, p. 54. 

 Bembidium concinnum, Putz. Stett. Ent. p. 138. Jacq.-Duv. 



Ann. Soc. Ent. 10. 139. 



This insect is broader and more depressed than either of the 

 two preceding and more parallel than Bruxellense. Head and 

 thorax distinctly green, somewhat brassy; palpi and antennae 

 entirely pale testaceous. Thorax shorter, wider and less convex 

 than in femoratum, the disk very much wrinkled transversely, 

 the base somewhat rugose and subpunctate, the posterior angles 

 slightly acute. Elytra (PL II. f. 13) oblong, sides rather 

 parallel, disk deeply punctate-striated, the punctures very evident, 

 the margins and apex smooth, pale testaceous, with a broad 

 brassy brown longitudinal stripe down the suture, extending about 

 as far as the outside of the third interstice in width, expanding 

 about the middle but not reaching so far as the outer margin, then 

 contracting again as it approaches the apex, assuming altogether 

 somewhat the appearance of a cross placed in the centre, but 

 leaving the outer margins of the wing-cases always entirely pale 

 testaceous ; legs likewise pale testaceous. Length 2 J lines. 



The individuals placed under this name in the Kirbian collec- 

 tion perfectly correspond with the species here described, with 

 which also Stephens' s descriptions correspond, though the sup- 

 posed examples in his cabinet must be referred to femoratum. 



