4.38 INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. 47. Carabus. 



Li-vidus. Livid ; head narrow : thorax nai rower before : fhells with 

 brown dots difpofed in rows. 

 Inhabits Europe. Muf. Lefk.p. 37. ». 805. 



%-lineatus. Black ; (hells deeply punctured, browniih with 4 yellowifh 

 branched lines and outer margins : legs ferruginous. 

 Inhabits Europe, Muf. Lesk. p. 37. n. 809. 



Denticula- Piceous ; mouth and antennas ferruginous : fhells glabrous 

 *»• with a pale 2-toothed band at the bafe, 3 fpots and 



outer margin : fore-part ot the thorax and legs pale. 

 Inhabits Europe. Muf. Lefk, p. 37. n. 810. 



47. CARABUS. Antennas filiform : feelers 

 moftly 6, the laft joint obtufe and 

 truncate ; thorax flat, margined : Jhells 

 margined. 



Thefe infecls are exceedingly active and quick in running ; they 

 devour the larvae of other infects and all the weaker animals 

 they can overcome; the legs are long, thigh comprefled, 

 fbanks rounded and ciliate within, the fore-ones fpinous before 

 the tip : the larva are found under ground or in decayed 

 wood. 



A. Feelers 6. 

 a. Thorax heart-flmped, 



Maxillrfus. Apterous, black: mandibles exferted, as long as the head ; 

 thorax lengthened behind, 2-lobed. 



Inhabits-the Cape of good hope. Qliv. Ins. 35. tab. 8. fig. 90. 



One of the largefl of its tribe. Antennae black tipt with brown: 

 head exferted : front flat : jhield rounded entire : mandibles 

 pointed entire : thorax lengthened behind with 2 impreffed 

 obtufe lamellae \ fhells glabrous, flighrly punctured. 



Thoracicus. Apterous, black: thorax lengthened behind, 2-lobed, the 

 fides and margin of the ihells villous white. 

 Inhabits the Cape of good hope, Herbfl. Arch, tab. $~.fg. 12. 



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