214 Rey. J. F. Dawson on new species of Coleoptera. 
with the sides considerably narrowed towards the hinder angles, 
which are acute, having a large fovea on each side nearly 
covering the base: elytra rather convex, fhe disc of each with 
three rugged abbreviated strie, and a fourth enterrupted and some- 
what obsolete ; sides and apex smooth, with four or five impres- 
sions within the margin, near the humeral angles : body beneath 
shining black, with the tip of the abdomen broadly testaceous : 
antennee (except the second, third and fourth joints which are 
black), palpi and legs red. 
A pair, taken by myself in J uly 1847 at Whittlesea Mere, are 
the only specimens known. 
Genus Blemus, Zeigler. 
3. Blemus lapidosus. WRufo-testaceus, nitidus, capite interdum piceo, 
oculis nigris: elytris punctato-striatis, punctisque duobus im- 
pressis, palpis pedibusque pallidis. Long. 22 lin. 
Above reddish testaceous, paler beneath: head with a deep 
longitudinal stria on each side: thorax somewhat heart-shaped, 
having a deep fovea on each side at the base: elytra depressed, 
deeply striate, the strize finely punctate, third interstice with two 
deeper impressions: legs and palpi pale. 
Taken on the south coast of England some years ago, and 
: me 4 a iz ch a PS 7 2 ? ya 2 
OFA Oéxa~-. erroneously referred to pallidus, Stui m. It appears to have been 
= a scarce species, as | never saw a specimen in any collection till 
etn A had the good fortune to rediscover it about five years ago on 
ZaertZizthe south coast of the Isle of Wight. Dr. Schaum, in his re- 
i hi jnarks on the British Carabide published in the Stettin Trans- 
Cm AT ies. actions**, has stated that it “* answers perfectly to the description 
2 ot Lrechus fulvus, Dej. ;’ but in a letter which I received from 
D3 AN 9.4-him shortly after his last visit to England, he observes, in refer- 
| Ly hence to specimens which I had given him, “It is not Vrechus 
etegrg F Jfulcvus, Dej., as I supposed : the latter, of which I have lately seen 
a typical specimen, is allied, but sufficiently distinct : Trechus pal- 
tidus, Sturm., being equally distinct : your insect ought to re- 
ceive a new name.’ I have assigned it one, indicative of its ha- 
bitat, being found at some depth among the fine shingle on the 
sea-beach. It is taken also in similar situations in the north of 
England by Messrs. Hardy and Bold, but is very local. 
Fam. BemBiviipa, Stephens. 
Genus Peryphus, Megerle. 
4. Peryphus neglectus. Suvra viridi-zeneus, thorace cordato angus- 
YPIte g } ; re : : BU 
tato, utringue foveolato, angulis pasticis acutis: elytris oblongis, 
paululum depressis, punctato-striatis rufo-piceis, fasciis duabus 
fere obsoletis rufo-testaceis: antennarum 1, 2, 3 et 4 articulis, 
pecdibusque testaceis. Long. 21 lin. | 
[* See also ‘ Annals,’ p. 87, of the present volume.—Ep, | 
