SAMOUELLE S 



antennae black : thorax finely punctured with a deep 

 impression near the posterior angles. 



Inhabits the oak and whitethorn the end of May 

 and beginning of June, feeding on the larvae of Lepi- 

 dopterous insects. This rare and interesting species 

 we have met with early in the morning on the oaks 

 in Epping Forest, it has likewise been found at Nor- 

 wood ; and at Windsor by Mr. Griesbach. 



S|». 2. Cai. Sycophanta. Violet black, antenna? 

 and feet black, elytra bright green and coppery, stri- 

 ated and punctured. (25. 2. B.) 



Carabus Sycophanta. lAnne. Cal. Sycophanta. 

 Fabr. Leach. Kirby. Sam. Curtis. Stephens. 



Length from 10 to 14 lines. 



Head and thorax deep blue black, the margin of 

 the latter greenish : elytra brilliant golden green, 

 externally glossed with bright copper, the margins 

 bluish, finely punctate-striated, each elytron with 

 three rows of impressed dots placed between the 

 fourth, eighth and twelfth struc from the suture : 

 legs and antennre black : abdomen a deep blue black. 



Mr. Curtis observes, " 1 have always suspected 

 that this beautiful insect, like Papilio Podalirius, 

 f r anessa .lntiope, Melolontha Fullo and many others, 

 is only an occasional visitor of our island, for it has 

 always been captured upon or near the sea coast, 

 and 1 believe invariably in an exhausted state. The 

 one found in Norwich, in June, was the furthest 

 from the sea of any I have heard of, and there the 

 distance is inconsiderable : I saw this specimen soon 

 after it was taken, it was then quite dead though not 

 <tirf. Last year (1829) a considerable number were 



