L e b i a. 185 



Carahis arSticuf. Oliv. ent. 3. #. p7. 7^3. Tab. 

 12. f. 145. 



Carabuf colon. Thunb. Muj. Upf. 4. $0. 



Habitat fub raufcis & cortice arborum, 

 locis umbrofis, fat f requens , van b, & c, 

 parcius occurrunt. 



Defcr. L. 4-maculata paullo major, & valde 

 affinis. Caput rotundstum depreiYum rufo- ferrugi- 

 neum nitidum lseve, vel ante oculos tenue ftrigo- 

 fum , inter antennas foveola obfoieta utrinque; ocu- 

 li globofi nigrk Antennae thorace longiores, pal- 

 lide teitaceas, pubefcer-tes. Thorax fub- quadratus , 

 antice emarginatus, ibique paullo latior, angulis 

 rotundatis, iateribus late marginatus, margine refle- 

 xo, ante medium dilatatus, pofterius anguftior, bafi 

 truncatus, angulis oblique obtufis ; fupra p;irum con- 

 vexus, rufo- ferrugineus totus, in medio canalicu- 

 latus, undique transverfim ftrigofus, intra bafin u- 

 trinque foveola obfoleta impreiTus. Scutellum Gb- 

 longo- triangulare anguftum ferrugineum. Eiytra 

 oblonga, thorace latiora, humeris rotundatis, ultra 

 medium dilatata, apice truncata, fupra fub-deprefia, 

 nigro-fufca vel picea, obfolete ftriata, interttitiis 

 convexis fubtiliftime coriaceis; inter ftrias 2 & 3, 

 ut & inter 7 & 8 a futura, feries e pun&is majo- 

 ribus 7 vel 8 transverfis obfoletis imprefiis, & in- 

 tra marginem feries e foveolis valde obfoletis. Cor- 

 pus fubtus rufo-teftaceum nitidum Iseve, abdomine 

 poftice nigro-piceo; anus obtufe rotundatus, extra 

 elytra produ&us. Pedes elongati, toti pallide te« 

 ftacei. 



Varietates tantum colore dirTerunt: 

 In var. b, Caput fupra nigro- piceum. 

 In var. c, Thoracis difcus etjam nigro- piceusf, 

 forte hic Carabus Teiox Fabricii, tefte Dom» Illig» 

 €•1« Bor. 1. 204. 



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