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NATURAL HISTOEY OF 
CARABUS CLATHRATUS. 
PLATE II. Fig. 2. 
Fabricius. — Olivier. — Gyllenhal, Insec. Snecica , p. G7. — De- 
jean , Spec. Giner. p. 108. 
This species is about an inch in length. It is ’of 
an oblong-ovate form, and wider in proportion to 
its length than most other species of the genus. 
The colour is dark brassy, varying considerably in 
shade in different individuals. The head and thorax 
are very faintly punctured, and the latter has the 
hinder angles very little produced. Each elytron 
has three elevated lines, and a triple series of rather 
deep excavations, which are of a golden-yellow or 
copper colour, united by an oblong tubercle rather 
indistinctly '•formed. The outer edge of the ely- 
tra is slightly sinuated at the apex in both sexes. 
The under side of the body and the legs are black. 
This was esteemed till lately one of the rarest kinds 
of the British Carabi. Although very scarce in 
England, it is now however ascertained to be pretty 
copiously distributed over the Western and Northern 
Highlands of Scotland. Throughout the southern 
division of the country, the most common species 
of the genus are C. cateiiulatus, C. hortensis , and 
C. violaceus ; but as we advance northwards the 
two latter gradually become scarce, and their place 
is supplied by C. glabratus and C. clathratus. Of 
