This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 Excerpt: ... which is somewhat transverse, that is, wider than long, and equally rounded on the sides. The form of the elytra likewise differs, as they approach more to a square shape than is usual among the carabideous tribes. Both as larvae and in their perfect form, these insects prey upon other species of their own class. The ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 Excerpt: ... which is somewhat transverse, that is, wider than long, and equally rounded on the sides. The form of the elytra likewise differs, as they approach more to a square shape than is usual among the carabideous tribes. Both as larvae and in their perfect form, these insects prey upon other species of their own class. The grubs, which resemble a small black worm, take up their abode in the nests generally of the processionary moth (Lasiocampa Processioned), and devour the caterpillars in great numbers. When in a state of repletion and inactivity from excessive gluttony, they are sometimes attacked and devoured by the smaller individuals of their own fraternity. Although this genus i; not extensive, the species are very widely distributed. In Europe they range from Sweden to the shores of the Mediterranean; several occur in Senegal and at the Cape of Good Hope; and a considerable number inhabit America and the eastern regions of Asia. The only kinds known as British are C. inquisitor and that which we have figured: the latter is CALOSOMA SYCOPHANTA. PLATE III. Fig. 1. Fabrieim, Syst. EUuth. p. 212 Carabus sycophanta, OIL. vier, iii. 35, p. 42, No. 43, t. 3, fig. 31. It does not exceed ten or eleven lines in length, the figure on the plate being somewhat enlarged. The colour of all parts of the body except the elytra is violet-black, sometimes slightly glossed with green. The head and thorax are covered with minute punctures and irregular transverse wrinkles; the former having two deep longitudinal impressions between the antennae, and the latter a faint line down the centre. The scutellum is black, and nearly smooth. The elytra are of a rich green, glossed with golden yellow; in shape somewhat like a shield, and marked with closely placed striae, which have smal...
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