INSECTS. 467 
THE GROUND BEETLE. (Carabus clathratus.) 
THE Ground Beetle is not only one of the largest but the 
most beautiful and brilliant this country produces. The 
head, breast, and wing-cases are of a coppery green. 
The latter have three longitudinal rows of oblong raised 
spots. All the under part of the insect is black. Having 
only very short wings beneath the cases, Nature has pro- 
videntially supplied it with such legs as enable it to run 
with amazing swiftness. This insect is frequently found 
in damp places, under stones and heaps of decayed plants 
in gardens. There are several species, one of which (Car' 
abeus violaceus) is of a beautiful purple. 
The larvae live under ground, or in decayed wood, 
where they remain until metamorphosed to their perfect 
state, when they proceed to devour the larvae of other in- 
sects, and all weaker animals they can conquer. 
The Ground Beetles are found as early as the beginning 
of March, in paths and near old walls, where thejsun warms 
the earth with its vivifying beams. Many of the larger 
species have been found between the decayed bark and 
wood of willow-trees. 
THE GLOW WORM. (Lampyris noctiluca.} 
IT is only the female Glowworm which produces the 
beautiful light, for which the insect is so well known, and 
she frequently communicates this light to her eggs. She 
