BEMBIDIID^. — BEMBIDIUM. 29 



Tliis appears to be a common species in the northern counties of 

 England, and the southern parts of Scotland, but does not occur 

 in the south of England. " Near Carlisle on banks of rivers, and 

 near the Canon-mills, Edinburgh." — Dr. Leach. " Midgley-moor, 

 near Halifax." — Mr. Gibson. " Netley, Salop."— Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 9. Andreae. Plate X. f. 6. Virescente-cupreus, nitidus, antennis pedi- 

 busque pallidis, elytris latis albidis, fascia communi abbreviatd fusco-amea. 

 (Long. corp. 2^—2^ lin.) 



Ca. Andreae. Fahricius. — Ta. Andreee. Steph. Catal. p. 40. No. 394. 



Shining, greenish- copper : head rather deeply punctate, especially on the sides : 

 thorax with the disc smooth, faintly channelled, the base transversely im- 

 pressed and punctate : elytra short, broad, oval, somewhat convex, regularly 

 punctate-striated, the striae vanishing before the tip, the interstices very 

 smooth ; entirely of a pale whitish ochraceous, glossed with greenish round 

 the scutellum, and a little behind the middle a waved dentate transverse 

 brown fascia, common to both elytra, glossed with greenish in certain positions, 

 and not touching either margins ; in the middle of each elytron it is anteriorly 

 produced : legs and antennae entirely pale testaceous. 



In living specimens the elytra are said to be nearly white. 



Evidently a littoral insect, being chiefly found near the mouths 

 of great rivers : it, however, occurs on various parts of the coast, 

 and has been taken on those of Norfolk, Suffolk, &c. " On the 

 shores of the Ex, near Exmouth. 11 — W. Spence, Esq. — " Near 

 Dublin."— N. A. Vigors, Esq.— « Aldborough, Suffolk."— Rev. F. 

 W. Hope. 



Genus LXXIII. — Bembidium Auctorum. 



Palpi rather slender ; external maxillary with the second and third joints nearly 

 equal, the latter not much stouter than the former, slightly subclavate and 

 pilose, the terminal short, truncate-conic ; labial with the terminal joint rather 

 elongate, the preceding slightly clavate, with a few hairs : labrum transverse, 

 entire: mandibles short, acute, bent: mentum emarginate anteriorly, the 

 notch with an acute central tooth. Antenna? with the two basal joints, and 

 base of the following, naked, the rest pubescent : head porrect, ovate : eyes 

 very large an prominent : thorax rather narrower than the head, cordate- 

 truncate, attenuated posteriorly : body slightly depressed : elytra ovate, retuse 

 at the base, pubescent : legs rather long, slender : anterior tarsi of the males 

 with the basal joint dilated. 



The great bulk of the eyes at once distinguishes this genus from 

 the other Bembidiidse, and shows its connexion with the Ela- 

 phridse ; other characters, however, discriminate the genus, some of 

 the species having the elytra clothed with pubescence, while the 



