C a r a b u /. fg 



Carabur violaceur. DeGeer Inf 4. #« £ 

 Var. b. EJytris virefceniibus, margine con- 



colore. 

 H -bitat fub lapidibus & lignis putrefcenti- 



bus, minus frequens. 



Qefcr. C. violaceo brevior, fed latior, prsefer* 

 tim thorax. Caput nigrum, fronte rugofa, juxta 

 oculos utrinque profunde imprefla. Antennse ut v\ 

 priori. Thorax fub- quadratus , longitudine tamen 

 paulio latior, & pofterins nonnihil anguftior, an- 

 tice vix ; poftice fere profuode emarginatus, lateri- 

 bus pirum rotundatus , margine modice elevato, 

 angulis pofticis elongatis, fub-acuminatis ; fupra pa- 

 rum convexus, difco nigricans, parum purpurafcen- 

 ti-nitens, obfolete pun&ato rugofus, intra margines 

 & bafin depreftus, profundius rugofus, laete purpu- 

 reo-cupreus, dorfo tenue canaiiculatus. Scutellum 

 breve iatum triangulum nigricans. Elytra ovata, 

 thorace parum latiora, apice oblique fub acuminata, 

 fupra modice convexa, fufco aenea, margine pur- 

 purafcenti-cupreo, interdum virefcente; in fingulo 

 feries tres e punctis majoribus imprefiis concolori- 

 fcus, rarius magis aeneis, plerisque tuberculo parvo 

 elevato fcetis; fuperficies reliqua rugulis oblongis 

 confertiflimis , faepe in lineas ohfoletas longitudina. 

 les digefti obfita. Corpus totum nigrum nitidum 

 l^eve. Pedes toti nigri. 



Var^ b. tantum colore differt; elytra virefcentia, 

 margine viridi aeneo; thoracis margines purpura- 

 fcentes. 



Obf. Quum C. hortenfis Cl. Linn*?i certe ad fe- 

 quentem pertineat, nomen Illigeri huic tribuendum* 



7. C. hortenfis: elongatus ni^er, elytris 

 confertiflime ftriatis, margine purpureis, 

 foveolisquc cordatis cupreis triplici ferie< 



