CARABID^I. BEMBIDIUM. 205 



assimilis and h&morrhoidalis in the Stephensian cabinet are (with 

 one exception) perfectly identical with this species. Stephens 

 appears to have transposed the species L. assimilis and doris (nor- 

 mannum) in his collection. 



This insect is common in salt marshes, on the sides of ditches 

 in marshy districts and on the banks of tidal rivers. Lymington 

 Salterns; shores of the Thames below Gravesend; Whitstable 

 and Herne Bay; Isle of Sheppey and Southend; eastern 

 counties, &c. 



39. B. articulatum ; capite thoraceque obscure viridi-aneis ; 



hoc oblong o- cor dato, postice fortiter coarctato, angulis 

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

 testaceis, fascia pone medium et altera ante apicem fusco- 

 brunneis ; antennis basi pedibusque testaceis. 



Carabus articulatus, Panz. Faun. 30. 



Bembidium articulatum, Gyll. Ins. Suec. 2. 23. Dej. Spec. 5. 



188 ; Icon. 4. 456. pi. 223. Heer, Faun. Helv. 138. Jacq.- 



Duv. Ann. Soc. Ent. 9. 535. 

 Lopha pcecila, Steph. Mand. 2. 21, et Manual, p. 57. 



Head and thorax brassy green, or bluish, more or less obscure ; 

 elytra reddish testaceous, with a fuscous irregular band a little 

 behind the middle, behind which is a pale testaceous patch near 

 the margin, then another fuscous band just before the apex. Head 

 large, with an oblique oblong impression on each side uniting in 

 front; eyes large; antennae with three joints at the base testaceous, 

 the rest of the antennae and the penultimate joint of the palpi 

 obscure. Thorax oblong, heart-shaped, very convex, sides much 

 rounded in front, much contracted behind, the lateral margins 

 not reflexed, the posterior angles rectangular but the tip acute 

 and elevated, the dorsal furrow and transverse stria very slender, 

 the base with two fovea3 and a row of distinct punctures between 

 them. Elytra oblong-ovate, very convex, distinctly punctate- 

 striated, with the apex smooth, on the third interstice before the 

 middle is a very evident impression and a fine puncture also be- 

 hind; underside black, legs pale. Length 1| line. 



Not uncommon in damp gravel and sand pits, humid places 

 in woods, &c. throughout the kingdom. 



40. B. 4-guttatum : capite thoraceque viridi-ceneis vel nigro- 



ceneis ; hoc oblongo-cordato, postice fortiter coarctato, 

 angulis posticis subrectis ; elytris oblongo-ovatis, basi punc- 

 tato-striatis, nigris, maculis in singulo duabus albidis ; 

 pedibus pallidis. 



