3r 
7 - nio 
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BLEMUS MICROS. 
Order Coleoptera. Fam. Carabidse Lat Leach . 
Type of the Genus, Bembidium paludosum Gy LI. 
Blemus Zieg., Dej., Steph. — Trechus Sturm. — Bembidium Gyll. 
Antennae inserted before the eyes at the base of the mandibles, 
rather long robust, capillary and pubescent, 11 -jointed, basal 
and 2nd joints rather the shortest, of equal length, the former 
the most robust, subovate, the 3rd and following of equal length, 
terminal joint considerably the longest and ovate (6). 
Labrum broad and short, rather deeply emarginate, producing 6 
long bristles, the lobes also ciliated with curved rigid bristles (1). 
Mandibles porrected, bent and acute, densely ciliated on the 
inside from the middle to the base, one having a bifid, the other 
a trifid tooth in the centre (2). 
Maxillae forming a curved and acute lobe ciliated and producing 
7 or 8 strong spines on the inside. Palpi; internal biarticulate, 
the basal joint twice as long as the terminal one : external long 
robust and 4-jointed, basal joint small, the remainder long of 
equal length, 2nd incrassated, slender at the base, 3rd subcla- 
vate, 4th attenuated to the apex which is obtuse (3). 
Mentum broad, somewhat transverse-oval, the basal margin 
being convex, emarginate before, forming 2 acute angles and an 
emarginate lobe in the centre. Labium broad, slightly produced 
in the centre which is furnished with 4 long bristles, the sides 
forming 2 slender and curved lobes ciliated internally. Palpi 
attached to 2 large scapes, long and triarticulate, basal joint 
short, 2nd long robust subclavate, 3rd nearly or quite as long, 
more slender and attenuated to the apex which is obtuse (4). 
Head subovate with a distinct neck. Eyes small and lateral with an 
oval space round them appearing swelled. Thorax subquadrate cor- 
date, the posterior angles acute f not touching the Elytra which are 
more or less linear. Scutellum small. Wings ample. Legs mo- 
derately long. Thighs rather robust. Tibiae, anterior notched on 
the inside. Tarsi 5 -jointed, anterior with the 2 first joints dilated in 
the males and very pilose beneath (5, a fore leg). 
Micros Herbst ., Panz., III. — Curtis's Guide , Gen. 7 1.1. 
Narrow, smooth, pubescent and ochraceous. Head and thorax 
producing a few long hairs, the former castaneous, black across 
the middle and not pubescent, the latter narrowed considerably 
at the base, subcastaneous, with a deep channel down the mid- 
dle, transversely depressed at the base, with a longitudinal chan- 
nel on each side near the posterior angles which are acute and 
slightly reflexed. Elytra ochraceous-ferruginous, with a trian- 
gular space at the base and a broad fuscous stripe with a blueish 
tint on each elytron, 6 or 7 punctured strise very indistinct on 
the disc and semicircularly united at the apex, with 2 small 
fovese, between the 3rd and 4th, each producing a bristle. 
In the Author's and other Cabinets. 
