SYNONYMS. 



Carabus elevatus. Fahr. Ent. Syst. i. p. 132. 



Oliv. Ins, vol. iii. p. 46, pi. 7, fig. 82. 



Oliv. Enc. Meth. (Carabe) p. 334. 



Linn, Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1967. 

 Cychrus elevatus. Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. i. p. 

 166. 



Knock, neue Beytr. p. 188, pi. 8, fig. 12. 



Latr. Hist. Nat. 8, p. 289. 



Nob, Trans, Amer. Philos, Soc. vol. ii. 

 (new series) p. 71. 



Schonh. Syn, p. 166. 

 ScAPHiNOTus ELEVATUS. Eejeuii, Spcc Gen, 



vol. ii. p. 17. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Head black, very slightly tinted w^ith violet, 

 impunctured : antennse brownish towards the 

 tips: thorax black, slightly tinted with viola- 

 ceous, the sides gradually more reflected to the 

 hind angles, hardly contractly behind; disk 

 concave, with small, numerous, irregular, punc- 

 tures; base nearly as broad as the base of the 

 elytra; basal angles prominent, acute: ehjtra 

 violaceous-cupreous, brilliant; stricc numerous. 



PLATE 45. 



