198 CARABID^E. BEMBIDIUM. 



tis ; elytris oblongis, punctato-striatis, pallide testaceis, 

 macula communi posticd fusco-brunned ; antennis pedibus- 

 que pallidis. 



Carabus ephippium, Marsham, Ent. 462. 



Notaphus ephippium, Steph. Mand. 2. 20, et Manual, p. 57. 



Bembidium ephippium, Redt. Faun. Aust. 107. Jacq.-Duv. 



Ann. Soc. Ent. 10. 156. 

 B. pallidipenne, Dej. Spec. 5. 74 ; Icon. 4. 350. pi. 210. 



This little species has the head and thorax greenish black and 

 very shining ; palpi and antennae testaceous, penultimate joint 

 of the former pitchy. Thorax subcordate, sides rounded in front, 

 contracted behind the middle, with the posterior angles right 

 angles, but distinctly elevated, the dorsal line transversely 

 wrinkled, the basal fovese large. Elytra oblong, sides almost 

 parallel, distinctly and regularly punctate-striated throughout, 

 the third interstice with the usual impressions, the surface testa- 

 ceous with a more or less obsolete or widely diffused dusky 

 patch behind, extending entirely across, and sometimes a small 

 darker one at the base of the suture ; legs pale testaceous. 

 Length 1J lines. 



Abundant in salt marshes : Lymington ; Christchurch ; Whit- 

 stable ; Isle of Sheppey ; Great Yarmouth, &c. 



31. B. assimile : obscure viridi-aneum ; thorace subcordato, 

 postice parum angustato utrinque foveolato, angulis posticis 

 rectis ; elytris oblongo-ovatis, fortiter punctato-striatis, 

 apice macula rotundata ante apicem antennarum basi 

 pedibusque testaceis. 



Gyll. Ins. Suec. 2. 26. Dej. Spec. 5. 175; Icon. 4. 41 1. pi. 221. 



Erichson, Kafer, 135. Heer, Faun. Helv. 136. Jacq.-Duv. 



Ann. Soc. Ent, 10. 168. 



Lopha Doris, Steph. Mand. 2. 25, et Manual, p. 58. 



L. Spensii, Steph. Mand. 2. 25, et Manual, p. 58. 



Notaphus castanopterus, Steph. Mand. 2. 21, et Manual, p. 57. 



Above greenish or bluish black. Head striated obliquely on 

 each side and with a longitudinal ridge on the crown between 

 the striae, which approximate in front ; antennae brownish black, 

 basal and next joint red. Thorax subcordate, the width across 

 the middle greater than the length, rather contracted behind, 

 posterior angles right angles, disk moderately convex, the dorsal 

 furrow met before and behind by a shallow transverse impression, 

 base with a deep fovea close to each angle. Elytra oblong-ovate, 

 deeply punctate-striated, the punctured striae deepest next the 



