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PL A-T & 10CXXIL. 
eG. ; 
CARABUS VIOLACEUS. 
COLEOPTERA, 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antenne fetaceous. Thorax fomewhat heart fhaped, margined. 
Elytra margined alfo. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER .. 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Apterous, black. Margin of the Thorax and Wing cafes, glofly 
violet. Edges {mooth. 
CaARABUS VIOLACEUS apterus niger thorace elytrorumque margi- 
nibus violaceis, elytris levibus.—JFad. Ent. Sy/f. 1. 
Wels Webe 
Carabus Violaceus. Paykull Monogr. 12. 4. 
Frifch Inf. 13. tab. 23. 
The larva of fome Carabi live in the ground, others in decayed 
wood. They prey on the {maller kinds of Infeéis. Fabricius de- 
{cribes one hundred and ninety-five fpecies ; a confiderable number 
of thefe are natives of Europe. Carabus Violaceus is found in 
fields. 
D PepcG. 
