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TAB. LIX. 
CARA BUS chrysostomos. 
G olden-mouthed C ambus. 
Spec. Char. Blue-green: with the mouth, antennae 
and feet rufous. Head and thorax deeply punctate. 
Elytra truncate at the end, and subemarginate. 
Syn. Carabus chrysostomos. Marsh. Ent. Brit. i. 
469. 101. 
Carabus dentatus. Ross. Faun. Etrusc. i. 222. 551. 
t. 2 .f. 11. 
Drypta emarginata. Fab. Syst. EleuthA. 230. 1. 
Lalreille Hist. Nat. &<:. viii. 264. 1 . t. 72./; 7. 
C.icindela emarginata. Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. i. 177. 
37. Pam. Faun. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 28./. 15. 
Length of the body 
' of the thorax 
Breadth - 
.of the elytra I J 
! 4 Y 
ax % V 
ra 1-iJ 
lines. 
The specimen from which our figure of this very rare and 
most elegant little insect was taken is in the rich cabinet of 
Alexander MacLcay, Esq., to whom it came amongst the 
insects of the late Mr. Lewin. Mr. Marsham described it 
from one in the collection of that intelligent and indefa- 
tigable entomologist, the lamented John Beckwith : these 
are the only two British specimens that are at present 
known to have been taken. The Rev. W. Kirby possesses 
one from Italy, which was sent him by a Swedish entomo- 
logist, Major GvIIenhal, as the Drypta emarginata ofFa- 
bricius. This specimen is bluer than ours, and answers 
exactly to that author’s description of his insect. M. La- 
treille observes that it is rare in France, and found under 
stones. 
The entomologist of Kiel originally gave this insect as a 
Cicindela : Mr. Marsham, with more reason perhaps, has 
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