212 CARABID.E. BEMBIDIUM. 



and the tip of the second brassy green, the third, fourth, and 

 sometimes the fifth, together with the palpi, testaceous. Thorax 

 oblong, heart-shaped, sides regularly and moderately rounded 

 till behind the middle, then contracted, posterior angles subrect- 

 angular, the base being slightly sloped towards them, the 

 disk very convex, the dorsal line and basal fovese slightly 

 impressed. Elytra oblong-ovate, clothed sparingly with an 

 irregular ashy pubescence most distinct on the sides, coppery 

 brass, rather clouded on the disk, which offers some faint traces 

 of striae near the suture and has two deep impressions, the sides 

 variegated with rich green or purplish streaks, the punctuation 

 of the entire surface very minute, with the exception of a few 

 deeper impressions on the outer margin near the shoulder and 

 at the apex, and the two deep impressions on each elytron above 

 alluded to; the underside of the body is bluish or greenish 

 bronze ; the legs pale testaceous. Length 2~ lines. 



Rather a local species ; but found at Swansea ; Cromer and 

 Aldborough ; on the banks of the Till and elsewhere in the north 

 of England. 



