BEMBIDIID^E. — PERYPHUS. 15 



at Coombe-wood. " Banks of ponds, Wandsworth-common."-— 

 Mr. Ingpen. " Netley, Salop, abundantly." — Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 9. viridi-aeneus. Depressus, virescente-ceneus, antennarum articulo basalt 

 pedibusque pallide rufis, elytris punctato-striatis, striis adapicem excurrentibus. 

 (Long. corp. 2^— 3| lin.) 



Be. viridi-seneus mihi. — Steph. Catal. p. 38. No. 367. 



The largest insect of this division, and greatly resembling the next, but at once 

 known by its superior bulk and the striated apex to the elytra : it is depressed, 

 of a bright greenish-brass : the head with two deep frontal sulci : thorax rich 

 glossy green, with a slight dorsal line, and a very deep obsoletely rugose 

 impression on each side at the base: elytra punctate-striated, the striae 

 reaching to the apex; the disc with two or three impressed dots: body 

 beneath pale pitchy or brassy-black : legs pale rufous, with the tarsi obscurely 

 dusky: basal joint of the antennae rufescent; the rest and terminal joints of 

 the palpi dusky. 



Var. /3 ? Be. tibiale. Megerle f With the femora bronzed-green : the insect of 

 a larger size. 



The elytra vary in colour; being sometimes of a pale brownish-green, deep 

 bluish-green, or pitchy. 



Taken in the north of England, and in Scotland. — " Carfin, 

 Lanarkshire."— Rev. F. W. Hope. Var. /3? " Midgeley Moor."— 



Mr. Gibson. 



Sp. 10. agilis. Depressus, virescente-ameus, antennarum articulo basalt pedi- 

 busque pallide rufo-testaceis, elytris punctato-striatis, apice subloevibus. (Long, 

 corp. 2| — 3 lin.) 



Be. agile. Spence, MSS.—Ye. agilis. Steph. Catal. p. 38. No. 369. 



Rather less than the foregoing : depressed ; bright brassy-green : head glossy, 

 with two rather wrinkled shallow frontal sulci: thorax also glossy green, 

 the disc obsoletely wrinkled transversely, and the base strongly so longitudi- 

 nally, with a shallow fovea on each side near the hinder angle ; the disc with 

 a deep dorsal line: elytra rather glossy, bronzed-green; punctate-striated, 

 the striae not reaching to the tip, and the lateral ones becoming obsolete ; the 

 disc with three impressed dots between the second and third striae: body 

 beneath pitchy-black : legs pale testaceous-red : basal joint of the antennae 

 (and sometimes the base of several of the following) and of the palpi pale 

 testaceous; the terminal joints dusky. 



Inhabits various parts of the north and west of England ; also 

 in Scotland and North Wales. " Near Liverpool, Falmouth, and 

 Spitchweek." — Dr. Leach. " Netley, Salop, and Capel Cerig, 

 North Wales."— Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 11. tibialis. Depressus, ameo-niger, antennarum articulo basali, tibiis tar- 

 bisque rufescentihus, elytris striatis, striis ad apicem excurrentibus. (Long, 

 corp. 2 j lin.) 



