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Carahuf violaceity. DzGeer Inf, 4. S^» J. 



Var. b. Elytris virefceniibus, margine con* 

 colore. 



H>bitat fub lapidibus & lignis putrefcenti- 

 bus, minus frequens. 



Defcr» C. violaceo brevior, led latior, praefer- 

 tim thoFax. Gaput nigrum, fronte rugofa, juxta 

 oculos utrinque profunde impreffa. Antennae ut in 

 priori. Thorax fab- quadratus , longitudine tamen 

 paullo latior, & pofterius nonnihil anguftior, an- 

 tJG* vix ; poftice fere profunde emarginatus , iateri- 

 bus p^rum rotui)datujj , margine modice eievato, 

 angiilis pofticis elongatis, fub-acuminatis; fupra pa- 

 fuin convexus, ditco nigricans, parum purpurafcen- 

 ti-nitens , 'obfolete pun^lato rugofus, intra margines 

 & bafm dcpreffus , profundius rugoftis, iaete purpu- 

 reocupreus, dorfo tenue canaliculatus. Scutellum 

 breye latum trianguluna nigricans. Eiytra ovata, 

 thorace parum latiora, apice oblique fub acuminata, 

 fupra modice convexa, fufco senea, raargine pur- 

 purafcenti-cupreo, interdum virefcente; in fingulo 

 feries tres e pun6lis majoribus impreftis coDoolori- 

 bus, rarius magis aeneis, plerisque tuberculo parvo 

 elevato foetis; fuperficies reliqua rugulis oblongis 

 confertiftimis , faepe in lineas obfoletas longitudina- 

 les digefti obfita. Corpus totum riigrum nitidam 

 Jaeve. Pedes toti nigri» 



Var, b. tantum colore diflPert; elytra virefcentia, 

 tnargine viridi aeneo; thoracis margines purpur** 

 fcentes* 



Obf. Quum C, hortenfis Cl. Linnaei certe ad fe- 

 quentem pertineat, nomen Illigeri huic tribuendum^ 



7» C. hortenfis: elongatus niger, elytri$ 

 confertiflime ftriatis, margine purpureis, 

 (oveolisquc cqrdatis cupreis ^triplici ferie, 



