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3. Bembidium anglicanum, Sharp, Ent. Mo. Mag., vi, 

 133 (described). 

 ? Peryphus maritimus, Step., nee Kiister. 

 V. femoratum^ var. puelhimj Duval. 



Under this name, Dr. Sharp describes a Bemhidmm fre- 

 quenting the rivers and streams at Dumfries, and closely 

 allied to B.femoratum, from which, after the examination 

 of a long series, he is convinced it is specifically distinct. It 

 appears to differ from B.femoratwn in being rather larger, 

 with the head, thorax and dark parts of the elytra of a dis- 

 tinct metallic green colour, instead of darkish-brassy ; in 

 having at least three joints of the base of the antennae entirely 

 pale, and the bases of the following joints more or less so, 

 instead of only the two basal joints entirely, and the base of 

 the third; in its longer antennae, lighter palpi, broader and 

 flatter elytra, slightly broader and flatter thorax, and gene- 

 rally entirely pale legs, the femora being sometimes a little 

 pitchy in the middle, instead of always entirely pitchy. 



Dr. Sharp considers that in all probability this is the insect 

 described by Stephens as maritimus, found by Mr. Rudd on 

 the banks of the Tees; but, as the description of that insect 

 is too loose to rely upon, and Dr. Schaum has stated that 

 maritimus is represented in the Stephensian cabinet by 

 bruxellense, concinnum and Uttorale, and, more especially, 

 as there is another (though subsequent) species of the same 

 name described by Kiister, he has thought it best to describe 

 and name the Scotch insect afresh. 



Duval's insect from the Pyrenees and England, which he 

 at first proposed to name jmellum as a distinct species, but 

 afterwards connected satisfactorily with femoratum, appears, 

 according to Dr. Sharp, to agree in some respects with B. 

 anglicanum, but to disagree in others. 



