NATURAI. HISTORY. 
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CACABU & GRANULATUS. 
The GRAINED BULL HEAD. 
1 HIS fpecies is hot only one ofthelargefi, 
but the inoft beautiful and brilliant this coun- 
try produces. The head, breall, and wing, 
cafes are of a coppery green. The elytra 
have three longitudinal rows of oblong raifed 
fpots. All the under part of the infetf is 
black. But having no wings beneath the 
elytra, nature has providentially fupplied it 
with fuel) legs as enable it to run with amaz- 
ing fwiftnefs. This infeft is frequently 
found in damp places, under ftones and 
heaps of decayed plants in gardens. The 
colour foinctimes varies ; for it is frequent- 
ly found coloured with a beautiful purple. 
'I'he larvm live under ground, or in de- 
c.nved wood, where they remain until meta- 
jiiorphofed to their perfeft Hate, wlien they 
proceed to devour the larvic of other infers, 
and all weaker animals they can conquer. 
'J’hcy arc frequently known by the name 
of the ground-beetle. Some are found fo 
early as the beginning of March, in path.', 
Ac. whei'c the fun warms the earth with his 
vivifying beams. Many of the large ipecies 
have been found between the decayed bark 
and wood of willow-trees. 
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