BRITISH BEETLES. 



Plate I. 



Fig. 1. CICINDELA HYBRIDA, Linn. [F. Ciclndelidre. G. Cicindcla, Linn. Tiger 

 Beetles.] (C. sylvicula, Curtis, but not o{ Dejean.) 



Above, brassy brown, with a greenish line ; sides of head, margins of thorax, suture and external 

 margin of elytra, second and third joints of antenna;, and base of thighs and of tibis, bright coppery 

 red ; basal joint of antenna;, tarsi and apex of thighs and tibia?, purplish green ; labruni, liase of 

 mandibles, a humeral and apical lunule, and a central broad, more or less deflexed, band on each 

 elytron, white. Beneath, with a long white pubescence, green ; the breast and sides of thorax, 

 coppery red. Length, 6-7 lines. 



Abundant on the coast of Lancashire and North Wales, but examples presenting the bright 

 green colour of the one figured appear to be of exceedingly rare occurrence. 



C. sylvicola, Dej., is an Alpine species not hitherto detected in Britain. 



Fig. 3. LEISTUS FULVIBARBIS, Dej., Curtis. [F. Carabidte. G. Lcistus, Frohlich.'] 

 Brownish black, with a faint bluish tint ; mouth, antenna, and legs red ; abdomen beneath 



reddish brown. Thorax heart-shaped, convex ; hinder angles rectangular, acute ; anterior margin 



and base with numerous large punctures. Elytra striate, the striw punctured. Length, 3-3^ 



lines. 



Common in damp woods and swamps, beneath fallen leaves, and at the roots of grass. 



Fig. 3. NEBRIA LIVID A, Linn., Curtis. [F. Carabidfe. G. Nebria, lafreille.] 



Shining brownish black ; mouth, antennje, legs, thorax — except the front and hind margins — 



and outer margins of elytra, pale yellow ; beneath, reddish brown ; apex of abdomen, red. Thorax 



transverse, narrowed behind. Elytra striate, the striae punctured, the third interstice with three 



or four large punctures contiguous to the third stria. Length, 7-8 lines. 



Abundant at Bridlington Quay, near Scarborough, in the interstices of the ai'gillaceous cliffs. 



Fig. 4. CYCHRUS ROSTRATUS, Linn., Curtis. [F. Carabidsc. G. Cychnis, Fabricius.] 



Deep black, above slightly shining, beneath glossy. Thorax with the sides reflexed, especially 

 posteriorly, and with a deep transverse impression behind, its surface coarsely chagrined. Elytra 

 ovate, chagrined like the thorax, each elytron usually presenting three faint, raised, longitudinal, 

 interrupted lines. Length, 8-9 lines. 



Common in sand-pits, in moss at roots of trees in woods, and a frequent visitor at night 

 to sugar spread on the trunks of trees to allure Lepidoptera. 



Fig. 5. CALOSOMA SYCOPHANTA, Linn., Curtis. [F. Carabidee. G. Calosoma, 



Weber. '\ 

 Above, deep blue-black, elytra golden green, with a fiery, coppery red tint at the sides ; beneath 

 and legs, black. Head and thorax thickly covered with confluent punctures. Elytra with sixteen 



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