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75 Aepus Leach, 



383 fulvescens Leach. — Cur. v. pi. 203. — Ste. M. i. 174. — Flat: pale 

 ochreous, pale beneath : head rather tawny ; eyes black ; thorax with an 

 obscure fovea on each side near the hinder angles ; elytra pale, irregularly 

 and rather faintly punctate ; legs pale ochreous ; antenna tawny. 

 (L. f-l£ 1.) Mouths of the rivers Tamar and Yealm ; at Tamarton, 

 Banthamand Kingsbridge, Devon; Ballyhuich Ferry, Scotland; Berwick- 

 upon-Tweed, below high-water mark : 3-7. 



Fam. 6. B E M B I D 1 1 D JE Stephens. 



Ixxvi. Lv t mnjEum Body linear, much flattened : ant. with 3d and 4th joints 

 equal in length : palpi rather long : labrum slightly rounded in front : 

 mand. short, obtuse : tho. with hinder angles acute : anterior tarsi of £ 

 with 2 dilated joints, 4th joint with a curved spine. 



Ixxvii. Cillenum Body linear, flat : ant. with the 3d joint longer than the 

 4th : palpi short : labrum concave in front : mand. long, acute : tho. with 

 hinder angles acute : anterior tarsi of $ dilated, 4th joint simple. 



Ixxviii. Tachys Body ovate, slightly convex : tho. transverse, hinder angles 

 rounded, entire : ant. with 2d and 4th joints of equal length ; palpi rather 

 short : labrum entire : mand. short, acute : anterior tarsi of <? with the 

 basal joint dilated. 



Ixxix. Philochthus Body ovate, slightly convex : tho. transverse, hinder 

 angles rounded and deeply notched : ant. with the 2d joint shorter than the 

 4th : palpi rather short : labrum entire : mand. broad, short, rather obtuse : 

 anterior tarsi of $ with the basal joint dilated. 



Ixxx. Ocys Body ovate, slightly convex : tho. transverse, hinder angles 

 prominent, acute : ant. with 4th joint longest : palpi rather long : labrum 

 entire : mand. short, rather obtuse : anterior tarsi of $ with the basal 

 joint dilated. 



Lxxxi. Peryphus Body elongate-ovate, slightly flattened : tho. truncate, 

 heart-shaped: hinder angles very acute : ant. with 3d joint longest, re- 

 mainder elongate, 5th shorter than the 3d or 4th : palpi rather long : 

 labrum entire : mand. short, ovate : anterior tarsi of <J with 2 dilated joints. 



Ixxxii. Notaphus Body elongate-ovate, slightly depressed : tho. truncate, 

 heart-shaped, hinder angles acute : ant. with 3d and 4th joints shorter than 

 the 5th : palpi rather long and slender : labrum 4-drate, entire : mand. 

 stout, acute : anterior tarsi of <$ with the basal joint dilated. 



Ixxxiii. Lopha Body elongate-ovate, rather flat : tho. truncate, heart-shaped, 

 gibbous in front, flat and narrowed behind, with deflexed angles : ant. 

 with 3d and 5th joints of equal length, and longer than the 4th : palpi 

 short. : labrum short, entire : mand. slender, long, acute : eyes moderate : 

 anterior tarsi of S with the basal joint dilated. 



Ixxxiv. Tachypus Body elongate-ovate, rather convex : tho. truncate, heart- 

 shaped, flat, sessile ; hinder angles detlexed : ant. with the 3d joint longest, 

 8th to 10th very short : palpi shortish : mand. long, acute : labrum entire : 

 eyes moderate : anterior tarsi of $ with 2 basal joints dilated. 



Ixxxv. Bembidium Body elongate- ovate, rather flat : tho. truncate, heart- 

 shaped, narrowed behind, and with acute angles : ant. with 3d joint longest, 

 5th shorter than the 4th : palpi slender : mand. short, acute : labrum 

 entire : eyes very prominent : elytra ovate, pubescent and tuberculated : 

 anterior tarsi of <j with basal joint dilated. 



76 Lymn.eum Stephens. 

 384 nigropiceum Marsh, i. 468. — Ste. M. ii. 3. pi. x. f. 1. — Pitchy-black, 



