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COLEOPTERA. 
weapons, giiping feverely with its jaws, and driving 
a long fharp fpire into the fingers. 
GENUS 25—CARABUS BULL-HEAD. 
The larvae live in the ground, or in decayed wood, 
where they perform their metamorphofis: they, 
themfelves, live chiefly upon weaker infe£ls, or fmall 
larvae. They are called ground, beetle, and. blaint 
worm. 
One fpecies (carabus granulatusj has no wings be¬ 
neath the elytra, but runs very fwiftly ; it is large and 
beautiful, of a coppery green, or of a fine purple ; 
commonly to be met with in damp places and gar¬ 
dens ; under ftones, and heaps of rotten plants. 
GENUS 26.—TENEBRIO DARKLING. 
The larvae of the tenebriones are frequently met 
with under heaps of weeds, branches or trees, and 
other refufe of gardens ; fome of them live under 
ground, others in negle£led meal and dry bread, &c. 
The compleat infe£ls are found in houfes, gardens, 
and Tandy places they run with great fwiftnefs ; and 
generally emit a very foetid fmell, on that account 
fome call them {linking beetles. 
One fpecies frequently found in houfes, is called 
the flow-legged beetle. 
They eat bread, meal, See. and fhun the light ; their 
appearance is gloomy and dark, 
G ENU S 
