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The Hijlory c/ A N I M A L S, 
Carabus violaceo-niger elytris Icevibus , fubrugofis. 
The violet-black Carabus , with fmooth hut wrinkled exterior wings . 
The head of this fpecies is fmall j the eyes are large and prominent and the anten- 
nae moderately long, and very flender; the general colour is black, but the edges of the 
thorax and wings are of a beautiful deep and glofly violet colour : the exterior wings 
have no dots, nor lines on them, but they have fome longitudinal, and even fome tranf- 
verfe, wrinkles, but they are not very confpicuous. 
It is common with us among putrefying vegetables, and on Dunghills. Rav calk 
it Searabteus major corpore oblongo e purpura nigricante. } 
Carabus purpureo-nigrefcens elytris concave pun&atis flriatifque. 
< The pur pit ft-black Carabus, with hollow fpots a?id lines on the exterior 
wings . 
This is a large fpecies: the body is of an oblong form, and moderately thick; the 
general colour is blackifli, with a flrong and very beautiful tinge of a glofly purple: 
there are on each of the exterior wings three lines, formed each of a feries of longitu¬ 
dinal. fpots, which are round and hollowed, and placed about twelve in each feries: 
the lines which feparate thefe rows of fpots, are alio hollowed. 
It is not uncommon with us on dunghills, and about decayed and putrid vegetable 
fubflances. Ray calls it Cerambyx purpurea pundtata. 
Carabus ater pedibus rujis. 
The black Carabus , with reddijh legs . 
This is a fmall fpecies, very little exceeding a common fly in bignefs: the whole 
Infect is black i the thorax is broad and fhort: the exterior wings are driated each with 
eight lines ; the legs are of a reddifh brown, as are alfo the bafes of the antennas. 
. ft is n( pt unfrequent with us about dunghills: it has been called Bupreflis corpore 
nigro pedibus rufis. 
The other fpecies of Carabus are, of the larger ones, i. The black Carabus, with 
the exterior wings convexly punctated and driated. 2. The black Carabus, with 
greenidi wings convexly pundated and driated. 3. The black Carabus, with 
brafly wings convexly pundated and driated. 4. The black Carabus, with dxteen 
driae on the exterior wings. 3. The green Carabus, with obtufely driated and not 
pundated wings, and with the head and legs of a ferrugineous colour. 6. The black 
Carabus, with green, obtufely fulcated wings, and with the antennae and legs black. 
Of the fmaller Carabi there are, befide the lad defcribed fpecies, 1. The elegant 
fhining Carabus, with the head and thorax blue, and the wings purple. 2. The 
brafly, yellow Carabus, with reddifh legs, and fix hollowed fpots on the exterior 
wings. 3. The black Carabus, with the legs pale. 4. The pale, tedaceous Carabus, 
with fmooth, exterior wings. 5. The black Carabus, with the thorax, the antennae, 
and the legs ferrugineous. 6. The Carabus, with the head and exterior wings blue, 
and the thorax red. 7. The Carabus, with the head and wings black, and the tho¬ 
rax red. 8. The yellowifli-black Carabus, with the antennas and legs black. 9. The 
black Carabus, with a ferrugineous fpot, and a ferrugineous, tranfverfe line on the 
hinder part of the exterior wings, jo. The black Carabus, with the exterior wings 
greyidi on the anterior part. 11. The black Carabus, with the legs and antennas alfo 
black. 12. The pale, tedaceous Carabus, with black, glofly eyes. 13. The black 
Carabus, with a ferrugineous thorax, and four livid fpots on the exterior wings. 14. 
T he grey Carabus, with the head, the belly, and the bafes of the wings black. 
MORDELLA. 
H E antennae of the Mordella are flender, and have the lad joint globofej mod 
of the fpecies have alio legs which ferve them for leaping. 
Mordella 
