14 - PLATE CCXXIL 



F I G. II. 



CARABUS GEMMATUS. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Car A BUS. 

 SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



SYNONYMS. 



ApteroiiSj black- Wing cafes maTked with flrias ; an4 three 

 rows of indented double Ipots, bronzed. 



Casabus GEMMATus apterus nigcf elytris ftfiatis : pumflis aeneis 

 bilobis excavatis triplicc fcrie. — Fab. Ent. Syji. I. 19. 

 127. 



Carabus ftriatus. — Degeer InJ. 4. 90. 5. tab. 3. fig. i. 



Carabus gemraatus. — Paykull Monogr. 15. 6. 



This fpecies has commonly beg n miftaken for Carabus hortenjis : 

 the difference, however, between the two Infeds, is confiderable. 

 The colour of the Beetle is black ; but when not damaged, is en- 

 tirely covered with a rich bronze, partaking of a green and golden 

 hue on the wing cafes, and a fine purple on the thorax : the under- 

 fide is plain black. 



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