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TAB. XXVII. 

 CARABUS nitens. 



Classy. Insecta. Order 1. Coleoptera. 



Gen. Char. Antennce filiform. Thorax obcordate, 

 behind truncated, marglnated. Elytra marginated. 

 Abdomen ovate. Hind-thigh with an appendage 

 at the base. 



Spec. Char. Apterous. Elytra porcated : with in- 

 terrupted strise, and scabrous golden sulcze. 



Syn. Marsh. Coleopt. 435. and Synonyms. 



Having seen foreign specimens of this beautiful Insect, 



some years since, and being told that it was to be found in 



* 

 Great Britain, I was anxious to know the habitat j but the 



most able entomologists at that time could not satisfy me : 

 even Mr. Marsham was unacquianted with it. However, 

 anxious to collect every thing relating to tlie Natural History 

 of Great Britain, I had desired my friend, the Rev. J. Harri- 

 man, to send me Insects as well as Plants, whether com- 

 mon or uncommon; and it soon after, about the vear 1800, 

 happened that this came in a box of his with a Lichen. As 

 Mr. Marsham's work was not then in the press, I imme- 

 diately inquired of Mr^ Harriman concerning it, who said 

 it was not uncommon oil the heaths of Duriiam. I gave 

 Mr. Marsham the information, but he has omitted it. 



