196 CARABID.E. BEMBIDIUM. 



channeled and the base with a deep fovea on each side. Elytra 

 broader than the thorax, not at all narrowed in front, but with 

 the humeral angles only a little rounded and slightly prominent, 

 sides subparallel, or little rounded till beyond the middle, when 

 they slightly curve off towards the apex, finely punctate-striated, 

 the punctures vanishing before the apex, the third interstice 

 with the usual impressions, brownish black with two transverse 

 testaceous curved bands, more distinct externally next the outer 

 margin, disappearing towards the suture, near which are four 

 spots of the same colour placed somewhat quadrately, the hinder 

 pair more oblong in form, and sometimes these bands are 

 entirely wanting and a patch of testaceous spots next the suture 

 alone is visible, or it is otherwise varied, the apex of the wing- 

 cases is also very narrowly edged with testaceous ; underside of 

 the body and the legs black. Length 2 lines. 



Apparently rare, or generally overlooked; the only indigenous 

 example which has come under my notice was captured by 

 Mr. Bold, at Gosforth. 



28. B. rupestre : viridi-teneum ; thorace brevi, subquadrato, 

 angulis posticis rectis ; elytris oblongo-ovatis, testaceis 

 viridi-ceneo variegatis, fortiter punctato-striatis ; antennis 

 basi pedibusque piceo-ferrugineis. 



Cicindela rupestris, Linn. S. N. 2. 658. 



Elaphrus rupestris, Fab. Mant. 1. 188. Fab. S. El. 1. 246. 



Carabus ustulatus,-vsiY. $, Payk. Mon. 87. 



C. varius ft Oliv. Ent. 3. 110. pi. 14. 



Bembidium varium, var. A, Jacq.-Duv. Arm. Soc. Ent. 10. 160. 



Notaphus fumigatus, Steph. Mand. 2. 20, et Manual, p. 56. 



Bembidium fumigatum, Dej. Spec. 5. 72; Icon. 4. 348. pi. 210. 



About the size of B. fumigatum. Head and thorax brownish 

 or greenish brass; base of the antennae testaceous. Thorax 

 shorter, subquadrate, very slightly narrowed behind, so that the 

 base appears much broader than in fumigatum (PI. II. f. 11). 

 Elytra shorter, less dilated on the sides, more convex, more 

 deeply punctate-striated, obscurely bronzed, and very much 

 variegated with testaceous, which latter colour assumes the form 

 of interrupted transverse bands, or the testaceous colour predo- 

 minates and is speckled and varied with bronze; underside 

 brassy black, legs red, femora sometimes dusky. Length 2 lines. 



M. Jacquelin-Duval has united this insect with B. ustulatum 

 under the name varium, Oliv. ; Paykull in his Monograph like- 

 wise records it as a variety of that insect. It has long been a 

 matter of dispute as to what insect Cicindela rupestris of Linnreus 



