124 NATURAL HISTORY OF 



half that number has been ascertained to inhabit 

 Scotland. 



CARABUS HISPANUS. 



PLATE I. FIG. 4. 



Fabricius, Syst. Ekuth. p. 17 1 Olivier, iii. 35, p. 22, No. 

 14, pi. 1, fig. 9. 



This species varies in length from ten to fifteen 

 lines. The surface of the head is of a fine blue in- 

 clining to violet, with the anterior part black ; it is 

 ather deeply punctured, and marked with irregular 

 wrinkles. The antennae are black, and the eyes . 

 brown. The thorax is nearly heart-shaped, a good 

 deal contracted behind, similar in colour to the 

 head, and likewise rough with punctures and wrin- 

 kles : there is also an impressed line down the centre. 

 The scutellum is black. The elytra are of an elon- 

 gate-oval form, covered with impressed points which 

 have a tendency to run into lines, three of which 

 are pretty distinctly formed : they are of a bright 

 copper-colour, glossed on the exterior edges with 

 violet, and having a very high degree of lustre. 

 The under parts of the body and the legs are glossy 

 black. 



This splendid insect occurs in mountainous dis- 

 tricts in the south of France, usually frequenting 

 the banks of small rivulets which flow down the sides 

 of hills. 



