CARABIDTE. — CARABUS. 51 



Sp. 7. granulatus. Plate IV. f. 1.^ Subconvexus, supra virescente cuneus, 

 antennis hasi mfis, elytris striis tribus granulaiis, striisque loevibus alternis 

 interstitiis subrugosis. (Long. corp. 10 lin.) 



Ca. granulatus. lAnnt ? — Steph. Catal. No. 67. 



Above-, greenish-aeneousj rather shining : head seneous, porrect^ punctate, with 

 an impression between the antennsE on each side : thorax nearly transverse, 

 much narrower behind ; deeply notched behind : the sides rounded, dilated 

 in the middle, the liinder angles produced, rounded : rather convex above, 

 punctate throughout, with a transverse impression at the base, and an oblong, 

 obsolete fovea on each side : elytra ovate, dilated in the middle ; convex above ; 

 rather shining greenish-gold j in each are three lines of elevated, rather re- 

 mote, smooth, oblong tubercles ; and three elevated entire series of granu- 

 lated lines ; the surface between the striae is irregularly punctate : the body 

 beneath is smooth shining black : the legs are black, with the thighs red : the 

 antennae have the basal joint entirely red ; the three following glabrous and 

 black, the rest fuscous pubescent. 



Four examples only of this highly elegant insect have occurred in 

 Britain ; they were taken in a chalk-pit near Gravesend in the 

 spring- of 1826 ; of these, a pair are in the collection of Mr. Ingpen, 

 to whom I am indebted for being enabled to furnish my readers 

 with a figure, and also for one specimen of the insect. 



Sp. 8. arvensis. Ovatus, niger, supra virescenti-ctipreus, aut ceneus, elytris 

 obsolete punctato-striaf is, striis tribus elevatis triplici serie. (Long. corp. 8 — ■ 

 10 Un.) 



Carabus arvensis. Fabricius. — Ent. Trans. {Sowerby')\.pl. 7. Jig. vied.- — Steph. 

 Catal. IVo. 68. 



Head brassy, punctulated, obsoletely striated near the eyes, with an impression 

 on each side between the ey6s : thorax transverse, the sides rounded, a little 

 nan-owed behind, the posterior angles rounded, obtuse ; disc rather convex, 

 with a slight longitudinal Une, brown-copper, obsoletely rugose, the margin 

 shining copper, more strongly wrinkled ; at the base on each side an oblong 

 impressed fovea : elytra oblong-ovate, broadest in the middle, convex above, 

 brown or greenish-copper, or of a golden hue, the margin brightest : on each 

 elytron three equidistant elevated Unes, interrupted with a deep cupreous im- 

 pression, and between each three thickly punctated, crenulated stria;, the 

 central one generally most conspicuous ; the margin is strongly granulated : 

 the body beneath is glossy black : the legs black ; the four basal joints of the 

 antennae black, the rest brownish. 



Var. ^. Entirely of a violaceous tinge above. 



Var. V. Black above, tinged with aeneous. 



A beautiful and variable species, occurring not uncommonly at 

 the roots of trees in the spring on Epping Forest ; it is also taken, 

 but sparingly, on Wimbledon-common ; but it is more abundant in 



