444 INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. 47. Carabus. 



* Piceus. Winged ; thorax channelled, with 2 ftrias each fide : anten- 



nas and fhanks piceous. 

 Inhabits Europe. Schcefif. Icon, tab. 18. fig, 9. 

 Shells ftriate : legs piceous : thighs black. 



Femoralis. Ringed ; head and thorax braiTy : fheils flriate more dnfky: 



thighs rufous. 

 Inhabits Sierra Leona, fize of C. ruficornis. 

 Antennae brown, the firft joint rufous : thorax with an imprefTed 



line each fide : jhells ftriate, black with a brafTy fplender : 



body black. 



* Madidus. Winged ; thorax with a large imprefTed dot each fide at the 



bafe : thighs rufous. 



Inhabits England, Paykull, Monogr. 28. 15. 



Body black, appearing as if fmeared over with moifture : anten- 

 na* brownifh at the tip : abdomen obtufe. 



Varies in having the thighs fo'metimes black. 



Terricola. Winged, glofTy-black : fhells with fmooth ftria?: tip of the 



antennas and legs rufous. 

 Inhabits Germany, under itones. Pajk, Monogr. 31. 1 J, 

 Head deep black : feelers and tip of the antennae rufous : thorax 



channelled, with an imprefTed line each fide at the bafe. 



Americanus Winged, black : thorax antennx and legs ferruginous, 

 Inhabits America, Degeer. Ins. 4. tab. 17 .fig. 21. 

 Four times as lale as C. crepitans. Head black. 



Janus. Winged: thorax ferruginous : fhells azure. 

 - Inhabits Carolina ; fize of C. fumans. 

 Antennae villous black, the firft joint rufous : head projecting 

 cylindrical brown : body black: legs ferruginous. 



Fumans, Winged, ferruginous : fhells black-blue 



Inhabits America. Shells azure with a blackifh-glofs. 



* Crepitans, Winged ; head thorax and legs ferruginous : fhells black. 



Inhabits Europe. Schaefif. Icon. tab. 11. fig, 13. 



Eyes black : y/?r//jand abdomen black with a bine glofs. 



When terrified makes a noile by rubbing the fhells together. 



Scohpeta. Ferruginous ; fhells azure, the future ferruginous at the 

 bafe. 



Inhabits France, very common under ftcnce. 

 Suture of the fie lis rarely the fame colour. 



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