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saliva, and ejects from the abdomen a corrosive liquid of a disagree- 

 able odour. It lives on the larvae of other insects. It has been 

 seen to attack even large insects, such as the cockchafer. 



Fig. 503. — Carabus nodulosus. 



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Fig. 504.— Larva of Carabus auronitens. 



Fig, 505.— Calosoma auropunctata. Figs. 506, 507.— Pupa and larva of Calosoma auropunctata. 



In England and the environs of Paris, Carabus violaceus (Fig. 500), 

 whose dress, of a sombre colour, is surrounded by shades of red and 



