FAMILY CARABIOiE. 53 



Bom bid i hies. 



In k. maxillary and labial palpi in this subfamily are terminated by a very minute joint. 

 The anterior tibiae are always notched en their insides, mar their tips. The insects are 

 small, and run with considerable speed : they are adorned with metallic colors. They 

 live under -tones in damp places, or in tae\ ices in the ground ; and they are carnivorous, 

 [iivg upon the larva?, of other insects, and also upon dead animal matter. 



Ginis BEMBIDH'M (Illiger). Cicindela (Lin.). 

 Thorax truncate cordate ; elytra lubercled; eyes very prominent. 



Bembidium sigixlare. ( Plate xx, fig. 3.) 



Head, eyes, thorax and elytra above metallic gray, bronzed with a faint purplish in some 

 lights ; beneath, brilliant green : legs darker- above. Length rather more than one- 

 fourth of an inch. 

 Sometimes very abundant on the leaves of water plants. 



Bembidium honestum. ( Plate xx, fig. 4.) 



Head and elytra gray bronze, duller than the preceding ; thorax blue-black ; beneatii, 

 black with a greenish hue. Length about a quarter of an inch. 



Bembidium ixequale (Say). 

 Eyes very large ; head, thorax and abdomen gray, metallic and bronze, uniform. 



Bembidium inornatum. ( Plate xx, fig. 9.) 



Head, thorax and elytra brown. Length about one-tenth of an inch. 



Bembidium tripunctatum. ( Plate xx, fig. 10.) 



Head, thorax and elytra brown ; metallic hues absent. Length one-tenth of an inch. 



Bembidium variegatum. (Plate xx, fig. 14.) 



Head, thorax and elytra metallic green above, when seen in some directions ; below, 

 black and brownish : legs brown. The elytra are variegated with paler patches of 

 brown, and they appear of a glossy brown when seen by direct light. Length two- 

 tenth * of an inch. 



