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magis magisque obsoletis, in stria 3 a ante et infra medium puncto 

 impressis, infra humeros inter striam 5 m et marginem macula ovata, ante 

 apieem inter striam 2 m et marginem macula obliqua flava, apice sordide 

 ebsoleteque testaceis, hie semicirculariter et infra marginem stria pro- 

 funda impressis-. 

 In prov. occid. commune. 



Easily distinguished by its strongly oval shape, the thorax 

 being hardly contracted at the base and no doubt belonging 

 to a different sub-genus from the preceding and the following. 

 The head is quite that of B\ Klugii. The antennae have 

 the second joint hardly shorter than the third and this and the 

 following subequal, joints 1-4, are of light yellowish, the rest 

 of brown color, joint 3 of the maxill. palpi is of dark, the 

 remaining ones and the labial palpi of pale yellowish, color. 

 The labrum is square, entire, and, with the rest of the mouth, 

 brown. The mandibles are furnished with 3-4 small teeth, 

 below the middle. The ligula is broader than in any of the 

 other species. The thorax, besides in shape, is distinguished 

 by having the fovese removed from the basal angles towards 

 the centre. The elytra are impressed with seven distinct striaa 

 on either side, the first of which runs down to the apex where 

 it falls in with the inframarginal one, the rest decrease in 

 length towards the margin and in depth towards the apex, 

 beyond the seventh another one is just traceable, beyond this 

 there is a deep inframarginal one. The apex is impressed 

 with the semicircular figure which distinguishes all the species; 

 here enumerated, with the exception of B m opulentum and 5 

 truncatum. The color of the insect is a dark bright metallic 

 green variegated with four large yellow spots on the elytra ; 

 two of these are near the shoulder and of oval shape, the other 

 two near the apex and oblique ; the apex is of a dirty yellowish 

 color. The lower part of the insect is of pitch color, lighter 

 towards the apex, the legs are yellowish, darker towards the 

 base. 



61. Bembidium emarginatum. N. 



B. ovatum, convexum, piceum, capite dilutiore, elytris ante apieem 

 maculis 2 rufo-flavis, subtus brunneum, pedibus, antennarum basi palpis- 

 que testaceis ; long. corp. 1 lin. 



