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bristles the apex of which fits in at the base of the claws. 

 These bristles partake somewhat of the nature of squamulse 

 by being dilated in the shape of a lancet. I have noticed 

 them occasionally to be bifid at the apex, but I do not think 

 that they are so always. 



56. Bembidium triangulare. N. 



B. oblongum, depressum, testaceum capite brunneo, elytris sutura fas- 

 ciaque lata transversali media nigris, pedibus, palpis antennisque pallide 

 testaceis his medio fusceseentibus ; long. corp. 1 lin. 



Prsecedenti affine, ejus capite, thorace et tarsis, differt thorace linea 

 basali punctata, infra lineam vix strigoso; elytris utrinque profunde 6- 

 punctato- striatis, striis apicem marginemque versus sensim obsoletis, ante 

 medium in stria 4 a puncto impresso, stria inframarginali abbreviata et 

 impressione semicirculari apicali ut in prascedente. 



Variat colore obscuriore. 



In prov. occid. communissimum. 



Very closely allied to the preceding species, however easily 

 distinguished by size, color, which is generally lighter than 

 that of the former, and the deeply striated elytra ; the insect 

 is, moreover, more common than the former. The prevailing 

 color of the elytra is not as in the preceding species black, 

 but it is that of the rest of the body yellowish, with merely 

 a black suture and black belt across the middle, the edges of 

 this belt are washed together with the color of the adjoining 

 parts. The semicircular impression at the apex of the elytra 

 is the same as in the former, and forms with the abbreviated 

 inframarginal stria, which is also the same, a triangular figure, 

 tip down, base open, whence I have derived the name. The 

 head with the antenna?, the tarsi, etc. are those of the former, 

 as I have said above. 



57. Bembidium Ceylanicum. N. 



B. oblongum, depressum, testaceum, oculis nigris, elytris seepissime 



