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saliva, and ejects from the abdomen a corrosive liquid of a disagiee- 

 able odour. It lives on the larvae of other insects. It has been 

 seen to attack even large insects, such as the cockchafer. 



Fig. 503.— Carabus nodulosus. 



Fig, 504.— Lan-a of Carabus auronitens. 



Fig. 505.— Calosoma auropunctata. Figs. 506, 507.— Pupa and larva of Calosoma auropunctafa. 



In England and the environs of Paris, Carabus violaceus (Fig. 500), 

 whose dressj of a sombre colour, is surrounded by shades of red and 



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