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half that number has been ascertained to inhabit 

 Scotland. 



CARABUS HISPANUS. 

 PLATE I. FIG. 4. 



Fabricius, Syst. Ehuth. p. 171 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. 



