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PLATE CCCXII. 
CARABUS NITENS, 
SHINING CARABUS, 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antenne fetaceous. “Thorax heart-fhaped truncated at the apex. 
Elytra margined. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
No wings. Elytra rugged, with feveral longitudinal ridges, green 
margin reddifh gold. Legs black. 
CARABUS NITENS: apterus elytris porcatus fcabris viridibus : 
margine aureo, pedibus nigris. Linn. Syft. Nat. 2. 
669. 6.—Jn. Sv. 185. 
 Carabus nitens. ad. Ent. Sy. T. I. p. 131. fp. 30 
Carabus nitens. Paykull. Monogr. 24. 12. 
‘Carabus aureus. Degeer. Inf. 4.94. 9. 
Scheff. Icon. tab. 51. fig. 1. 
Sulz. Hifi. Inf. tab. 7. fig» 3. 
The Carabus nitens is a very rare and recently difcovered fpecies 
in Great Britain. It is lefs uncommon in other parts of Europe, 
and efpecially in Germany, from whence the Englifh collectors are 
ufually furnifhed with fpecimens for their cabinets. 
The fimalleft figure denotes the natural fize. 
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