(2 FAiQLT II. CABABID.E. 



ft- Thorax cordate, convex, the basal fovea with two stride. 



/. Elytra greenish-black, each with a well defined Ijusal and an ither 



subapical spot pale; legs dull reddish-yellow; thorax distinctly 



narrower at base than apex. ustulatum. 



//. Elytra either without spots or with a single pale submarginal one 



near apex. 



j. Head small, narrower than thorax at apex: elytra with all the 



strife entire, dilated on the disk and much finer at sides and 



tip: brownish-bronzed with a large oblique, submarginal. pale 



spot one-thitd from apex. postremum. 



ij. Head as wide as the thorax at apex : elytra with only the first 



and second stri:e entire, the others abbreviated on apical haK'. 



si;, picipes. 



'^l (317 I. Bembidium amebicaxvm Dej.. Sper-.. V. l'^;!!. 84. 



Rather broad, sulidepiesseil. Uniform blackish-bronzed, mure or less 

 shining. Antenufe one-half the length of body, jiiceipus. the first and secuuu 

 joints and the tibiie dark reddish-lirown. Thorax mure than one-half wider 

 than lonir : apex nearly truncate, slightly broader than base : hind angles 

 svibrectani^ular ; disk finely rniri'se at base, median line distinct, basal im- 

 pressions shallow. Elytra finely altit.ueous. about one-half wider than 

 thorax, finely sti'iate, the strife distinctly pumtate to behind the middle. 

 Length .5-1; mm. 



Throughout the State: frequent. June 7-September 17. 



B. dilatatum Lee., bavins: the sides of thorax strongly curved in 

 front and the legs dark reddish-browu. is kno\\-n from Pennsylvania 

 and Oklahoma and should occur in Indiana. 



s2 cjlOi. Bembidium hoxestim Say. Trans. Amer. Phil. ?."•.. II, ls2.5. 

 si! ; ibid. II. 40S -."."0. 

 Rather eluni:ate. subdepressed. Bronzed, more or less coppery, rarely 

 bluish or greenish, shining; antennoe and legs piceous. Thorax less than 

 one-half wider than long, apex emarginate: sides slightly curved in front, 

 feebly sinuate behind: disk ruimse at base, median line deep, abbreviate! 

 before and behind. Elytra one-half wider than thorax, deeply striate- 

 punetate. the punctures almost obsolete at tip. Length .".T-ii.7 mm. 



Lake, Franklin, ilarion and Putnam counties : scarce. April 

 23-Deiember 7. Listed as 7?. aniiquum De.i.. but Say's name has 

 priority. 



s?i (320). BEMBmiuM ch.vlceum Dej.. .s^iiec. V. ls.;;i. s;i. 



More slender and more convex than lioncsium. Coppery bronze, rarely 

 greenish or bluish-black; legs rufo-piceou<. tlie femora at base and tib::v 

 paler. Thorax with sides more strongly curved in front, distinctly more 

 narrowed and deeply sinuate behind than in hoiicstum. the apex truncate. 

 Elytra oblong-oval, deeply striate: intervals convex. Length .'...">-<;.2 nun. 



Throughout the State: freijuciit. June lo-S.-pti-mber 4. 



