^34) CLASS INSLCTA. 



The consideration of the surface of the elytra furnishes 

 the other secondary characters of these divisions, and such 

 has been the method of M. M. Clairville and Bonelli. The 

 major part of these species inhabit Europe, the Caucasus, 

 Siberia, Asia Minor, Syria, and the North of Africa, as far 

 as about the thirtieth degree of north latitude. Some are 

 also found at the two extremities of America, and it is pro- 

 bable that the mountains of the intermediate countries also 

 possess some others. 



Among the species with convex and oblong bodies, one of 

 the most common is (C. Auratus Lin.) Panz. Faun. Insect. 

 Germ. LXXXI. 4, vulgarly called the Gardener. Nearly 

 an inch long, of a golden green above, black underneath, 

 with the first articulations of the antennae, and the feet fawn- 

 colour. The elytra are furrowed, unindentated at the exterior 

 edge near their extremity, especially in the female, with three 

 smooth ribs on each. 



This Carabus disappears in the South of Europe, or is no 

 longer found but in the mountains.* 



irregularis. Fab. Panz. ibid. V. 4 ; C. pyrceneus, Dufuur. The last two 

 enter into the genus cechenus, of M. Fischer. Their head is proportion- 

 ally broader than those of the preceding species, or of the plates of M. 

 Fischer. 



• Add, C. auro-nitens. Fab. Panz. ibid. IV. 7; C. nitens. Fab. Panz. 

 LXXXV. 2 ; C. coelatus, F. Panz. ibid. LXXXVII. 3 ; C. purpurascens, F. 

 Panz. ibid. IV. 5; C. catenatus, F. Panz. ibid LXXXVII. 4; C. Catenida- 

 tm, F. Panz. ibid. IV. 6 ; C. affinis, Panz. ibid. CIX. 5 ; C. Scheidlerii, F. 

 Panz. ibid LXVI 2; C. Monilis, F. Panz. ibid. CVIII. 1; C. consitus, 

 Panz. ibid. 3 ; C. cancellatiis, F. Panz. ibid. LXXXV. 1 ; C. arvensis, F. 

 Panz. ibid. LXXIV. 3, LXXXI. 3 ; C. morbillosus, F. Panz. ibid. LXXXL 

 5 ; C. granulatm, F. Panz. ibid. 6 ; C. violaceus, F. Panz. ibid. XXXIX. 7 ; 

 C. glabratus, F. Panz. ibid. LXXIV. 4 ; C. convexus, F. Panz. ibid. 5 ; C. 

 hortensis, F. Panz. ibid. V. 2 ; C. nodulosus, F. Panz. ibid. LXXXIV. 4 ; C. 

 Sylvestris, F. Panz. ibid. V. 3 ; C. gemmatus, F. Panz ibid. LXXIV. 2 ; C. 

 ceeruleus, Panz. ibid. CIX. 2 ; C. concolor, F. Panz. ibid. CVIII. 2 ; C. Lin- 



