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BEMBIDIIDA. 
1340. Bembidium muse, n.sp.—Convex, robust; head and thorax 
glossy zeneous ; elytra testaceous, their surface with three large 
irregularly formed fusco-zneous spaces, striae eneous; palpi, 
legs, and three basal articulations of the antennz testaceous 
yellow. Head broad, much narrowed anteriorly, fovee large, 
broad, and shallow ; eyes convex, very prominent. Pvrothovax 
obtusely rounded towards the front, gradually narrowed till 
within a short distance of the base, where it is considerably 
contracted, but straight, so that the posterior angles do not 
project; there are a few linear impressions behind the disc, an 
obvious transversal depression in line with the fovese, these latter 
- being very small and narrow, and situated close to the angles, 
its front exhibits an evident curved impression extending from 
one anterior angle to the other, and a shorter one behind it ; the 
lateral margins, distinct enough near the middle, become obso- 
lete in front. Elytva broadly oval, gradually narrowed pos- 
teriorly, punctate-striate ; interstices broad and plane, third 
bi-punctate ; the scutellar and three inner strize only attain the 
base, where the first and second become confluent, and the 
punctation of all is more or less obliterated beyond the hind 
thighs. Legs long and stout; the basal joint of the front tarsi 
strongly developed, oblong, and, like the following transversal 
one, considerably produced inwardly and hispid. Palpi robust, 
hirsute. 
Male ; length, 3 ; breadth, 1 lines. 
A single individual, allied to B. anchonoderum, was obtained by 
Mr. T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S., on Mount Arthur. 
1341. B. latiusculum,n.sp.—Sub-depressed, rather broad ; shining, 
bluish-black, occasionally somewhat bronzed, legs palpi and 
antennee dark piceous, tarsi pitchy-red. Head with rather deep, 
broad, and slightly rugulose fovez, and a distinct punctiform 
impression near each eye. Pvrothovax slightly convex, a good 
deal narrowed behind, its posterior angles nearly straight and 
not projecting ; the abbreviated dorsal groove is neither broad 
nor deep, the basal impressions are narrow and placed close to 
the angles, and the disc is finely wrinkled transversely. Elytva 
broad, but little curved laterally, nearly plane above; punctate- 
striate ; the sutural stria only reaches the apex, where it is 
recurved towards the second, the sixth and seventh become 
indistinct, the latter before, the former behind the posterior 
femur, the two inner converge toward the base, which is other- 
_ wise almost smooth ; interstices almost flat, the third with four, 
the fifth with two setigerous punctures; the oblique apical 
groove and scutellar stria are well-marked. 
Allied to B. chavile, but with a broader thorax and the elytra 
not attenuated apically ; the presence of four sutural punctures 
on each elytron, and the abbreviation of the external strize dis- 
tinguish it from B. maovinum. The grey hairs on the penultimate 
joint of the maxillary palpi, though sufficiently conspicuous, do 
