The Hiftory of ANIMALS, 
deep and flrong red, without any variegation • but in the males they are of a lefs in- 
tenfe red, and are black, or grey, at the tips or edges, or have other variegations of 
thofe colours in them 3 the whole furface of the exterior wings in both is ornamented, 
with a vaft number of fmall excavated dots, and with a few fhort and fine hairs 5 
the head and thorax are fometimes yeilowifh. 
It is not uncommon with us in woods 3 thofe about Highgate and Hampflead fre¬ 
quently afford it. Moft of the authors who have written on Infedts mention it § 
Ray calls it Cerambyx capita, fcapulis, et antennis nigris elytris flavis extremitatibus ni- 
gricantibusj Frifch. Scarabsus arboreus major violaceo-ruber. 
Leptura nigra elytrorum lineis tranfverfls flavis , pedibus teftdCeiL 
The black Leptura, with yellow-, tranflverfe lines on the exterior wings ^ 
and teflaceous legs . 
This is of an oblong, narrow figure, and it's general colour is a blackifh-brown i 
the upper edge of the thorax is yellow, and there is a yellow fpot at the jundure of 
the exterior wings 3 and there are fome odly undulated yellow lines placed tranfverfely 
on thefe: they are truncated at the apex, and are lightly hairy 3 the antennae and legs 
are of a reddifh brown. 
We have it in our hedges, and not unfrequently in orchards. Rays calls it Scara- 
baeus medius abdomine oblongo anguflo niger, lineolis et maculis luteis puichre 
variegatus. 1 
Leptura deaurata antennis nigris, femoribus poflicis dentatis . 
The gold yellow Leptura , with black antennce , and the hinder legs 
dent at ed* 
The body is oblong, and the head fmall 3 the colour of the whole Infed is nearly 
that of copper, but with a fine and firong gilded yellow diffufed through it: the head, 
the thorax, the exterior wings, and even the legs are all fpotted, with extreamly mi¬ 
nute and almofl contiguous dots, which are all excavated or hollow 5 they are difperfed 
irregularly over the thorax, head, and legs, but on the wings they are tolerably regu¬ 
larly arranged into ten longitudinal feries, forming fo many lines i the eyes are black, 
and the antennae brown. 
It is common with us about waters among fedge and the cyperus grades 3 fometimes 
on the leaves of the nymphseae. 
The other fpecies of the Leptura are, 1. The great, dufky, greenifh, yellow Lep¬ 
tura, with the antennae variegated with yellow and green. 2. The black Leptura, 
with the thorax and the exterior wings reddiih. 3. The black Leptura, with the 
exterior wings variegated with black and livid. 4. The black Leptura, with the tho¬ 
rax, the exterior wings, and the legs purple. 5. The black Leptura, with the exte¬ 
rior wings and the thorax yellow. 6. The black Leptura, with the exterior wings 
livid, and marked with four black fpots. 7. The entirely black Leptura. 8. The 
black Leptura, with the exterior wings teflaceous, with fix black fpms on therm 
9. The black Leptura, with four pair of ferrugineous fpots on the exterior wings* 
10. The black Leptura, with yellow exterior wings, black at tile extremity. 11. The 
black Leptura, with teflaceous exterior wings, with a black crofs, black lines, and 
two black fpots on them. 12. The violet and gold-coloured Leptura, with the poL 
terior legs dentated. 
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G . A- R A B U S. 
r "|.^ H E antennas of the Carabus are oblong, flender, and fetaceous ; the thorax h 
JL fomewhat convex, marginated, of a cordated figure, and truncated in the bin* * 
der part. 
Carabus 
