BEMBIDIAD^E. O/ 



Family BEMBIDIAD^. 4 Bemhidiadans. 



XXVII. Genus NOTAPHUS. Meg. 



(83 J 1. * Notaphus nigripes. Black-foot Notaphus. 



N. f nigripes) niger, nitidus ; supra virrscenti-aneus; elytris lineola basilari, fasciis duabus postica undulata, apiceque, luridis. 

 Black-foot Notaphus, black, glossy ; above bronzed with a greenish tint ; elytra with a basilar streak, two bands, the 

 posterior undulated, and the tips, lurid. 



Length of the body 2 lines. 



Three specimens taken in Lat. 54°. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body black, glossy ; above bronzed with a greenish tint ; the whole upper-surface under a pow- 

 erful magnifier appears covered with innumerable granules, which are much more distinctly seen in 

 this family than in the Peryphidce. Scape of the antenna?, which are longer than the prothorax, 

 rufo-piceous ; frontal impressions parallel; the punctiform impression adjoining the eyes on their 

 inner side has a central elevation: prothorax short with a deep dorsal channel; basilar impressions 

 double with a little ridge between the external one and the margin : elytra furrowed, furrows punc- 

 tured for about two-thirds of their length, the first and second reach the apex where they are con- 

 fluent ; the third and fourth stop a little short of the apex and are also confluent, as are the fifth 

 and sixth, which are still shorter, and terminate in a little furrow common to both ; the seventh and 

 eighth reach the apex where they likewise unite ; two punctiform impressions, in the usual situation, 

 adjoin the third furrow ; at the base of the elytrum, in the interstice between the fifth and sixth 

 furrows, is a longitudinal lurid streak, then follows an abbreviated and articulate 5 band of the same 

 colour, consisting of four streaks, those near the lateral margin being much the longest ; in the 

 interstices between the second and third furrows are two such little streaks ; near the apex is like- 

 wise another band both articulated and undulated, consisting of seven spots, the marginal one being 

 rather the longest ; the tips of the elytra are likewise lurid. 



N. nigripes is related to N. ustulatus, and appears to be its American representative ; it differs 

 from it in having black legs, and the lurid markings of the elytra are different : it comes nearest to 

 Gyllenhal's Variety C. 6 



4 The Bemhidiadce are distinguished from the Peryphidce by the elytra having the typical number of furrows, none being 

 obliterated. 



5 Inlrod. to Ent. iv. 297, c. 6 Insect. Suec. iv, 413. 



