BEMBIDIID^. OCYS. 9 



very glossy, with a faint dorsal line, the edges of which are a little trans- 

 versely wrinkled ; near the hinder angles a depressed space : elytra rather 

 broad, deeply punctate-striated, nearly to the apex ; between the second and 

 third stria?, two rather deep impressions : the apex with a strongly elevated 

 line, and a fulvescent round spot : body beneath greenish, or brassy-black . 

 the legs pale testaceous-red: antennae fuscous, with the first joint rufous. 



Occasionally met with near London. " Sandy-lane, near Rich- 

 mond."— Rev. T. T. Haverfield. 



Sp. 5. guttula. Nigro aut virescenti oeneus, elytris punctato-striatis, maculd apicis 

 pedibusque rufescentihus, antennis fusco-ferrugineis, extrorsum nigricantibus. 

 (Long. corp. lj — lj lin.) 



El. guttula.— Illiger. Ph. guttula.— Steph. Catal. p. 37. No; 355. 



Again smaller than the last : black, or greenish-brass ; shining : head smooth, 

 often bluish, with a slightly oblique impression on each side anteriorly: 

 thorax a little convex, glossy, smooth, with a faint dorsal channel ; and, near 

 the base on each side, an oblong, moderately-impressed, oblique foveola: 

 elytra oblong-ovate, rather convex, striated, the striae anteriorly punctate, 

 posteriorly vanishing before the apex, the outer ones very obsolete ; near the 

 apex, on the margin, a pale reddish transparent spot : body beneath of a glossy, 

 brassy-black : legs rufescent, the femora often dull-pitchy at the base. 



Extremely abundant in the neighbourhood of London, especially 

 in Battersea-fields. " Plentiful in Plaistow Marshes. — A.Cooper, 

 Esq. " Isle of Arran, and Reek Mountains in Ireland. — Dr. 

 Leach. " Southend."— Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 6. haemorrhous. Nigro-ceneus, subnitidus, elytris tenue punctato-striatis, 

 apicibus pallide piceis, pedibus piceis, antennis nigris. (Long. corp. 1^ — 1| 

 lin.) 

 Ocys haemorrhous.— Kirby, MSS. Ph. haemorrhous.— Steph. Catal. p. 37. 



No. 356. 

 The smallest species of the genus : of a deep bronzed-black ; rather shining : 

 ' the head smooth, with two oblique sulci in front : thorax convex, with a very 

 faint longitudinal channel ; a transverse, impressed line at the base ; and, on 

 each side of the latter, a small oblique foveola : elytra oblong-ovate, faintly 

 punctate-striated, the striae evanescent at the apex, the latter pale-pitchy : legs 

 deep-pitchy : antennae black. 



I have twice captured this species near London, and have re- 

 ceived it from Norfolk. 



Genus LXVIIL— Ocys, Kirby. 



Palpi nearly as in Tachys, but the terminal joint of both external maxillary 

 and labial rather elongate: hibrum subquadrate, entire: mandibles short, 



