Papa TE .-CCCCLXXX. 
CARABUS MELANOCEPHALUS. 
BLACK HEADED CARABUS, 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
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Antenne filiform: feelers generally fix, the laft jot obtufe and 
truncated: thorax flat, and margined : wing-cafes marginate. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
‘Thorax and legs ferruginous : head and wing-cafes black. 
CARABUS MELANOCEPHALUS: thorace pedibufque ferrugineis, 
elytris capiteque atris. Linn. Fn. Suec. 795.— 
Gmel. Linn. Syft. Nat. 1973. n. 22—Fabr. 
Sp. Inf. 1. p. 310. n. 64.—Mant. Inf. 1. p. 202. 
n. 89.—Marfh. Ent. Brit. 1. 438. 15. 
Bupreftis dorfo rubro. Panz. Yoet. 2. 73. 15. 
Le Buprefte noir a corcelet rouge. Geoff. 1. 162. 42. 
The fmall figure in the annexed plate denotes the natural fize. 
Linneus defcribes it as a fylvan fpecies. We met with it in plenty in 
the woods of Erdig, Denbighfhire. 
PLA PE 
