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PLATE CCXXIL 

 F I G. I. 



CARABUS VIOLACEUS. 



COLEOPTERA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antenna; fetaceous. Thorax fomewhat heart fhaped, margined. 

 Elytra margined alfo. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



s r N o N r M s. 



Apterous, black, Margin of the Thorax and Wing cafes, gloffy 

 violet. Edges fmooth. 



Carabus Violaceus apterus niger thorace elytrorumque margi- 

 nibus violaceis, elytris lasvibus. — Fab. Ent. Sy/i. i. 

 19. 125. 



Carabus Violaceus. Paykull Monogr. 12. 4., 

 Fr'ijch Inf. 13. tab: 23. 



The larva of fome Carabi live in the ground, others in decayed 

 wood. They prey on the fmaller kinds of Infeds. Fabricitis de- 

 fcribes one hundred and ninety-five fpecies ; a confiderable number 

 of thefe are natives of Europe. Carabus Violaceus is found in 

 fields. 



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