Entomological Society, 469 



with a pink tinge near the apex (as in the wing-cases) and a single 

 bluish-black spot ; tibia of the hind legs with four bands of fus- 

 cous brown, of which colour are also the two basal tarsi. Ex- 

 panse of wings 4^ inches ; length of body 1^ inch. — In Mus. 

 Britann., Hope, and in my own. 



" Description of a new species of Paussida from India." By J. 

 O. Westwood, F.L.S. 



The insect in question, forwarded by W. H. Benson, Esq., of the 

 Bengal Civil Service, is closely allied to Ceratoderus bifasciatus, form- 

 ing therewith a separate genus divisible into two subgenera, as fol- 

 lows : — 



Melanospilus, nov. gen. 



Antenna clavd depressd, quasi 5-articulatd ; palpi maxillares arti- 

 culo 2do maximo, 4to gracili, pracedenti minori ; palpi labiates 

 articulis tribus, 3tio majori ovali apice subtruncato ; pedes haud 

 dilatati tibiis apice haud calcaratis tarsisque articulo basali tri- 

 bus sequentibus majori. 



Subgenus 1. Dimeroderus, Westw. 



Corpus supra opacum plagd medid elytrorum politd ; palpi maxil- 

 lares articulo 2do fere rotundato depresso ; prothorax bipartitus 

 lateribus angulatis ; tibia apicibus externe obtuse truncatis. 



Sp. 1. Melanospilus (Dimeroderus) Bensoni,Westw. Luteo-fulvus, 

 prothoracis parte antica angulis productis subacutis, parte pos- 

 tica quasi 44obata elytris versus medium plaga magna subtrian- 

 gulari ad suturam haud extensa. Long. corp. lin. 3. — Hab. in 

 India Orientali. D. Benson. 



Subgenus 2. Ceratoderus bifasciatus, Westw. Arcan. Ent. ii. pi. 58. 



fig.l. 



" Notes on the Habit3 of various Indian species of Paussida and 

 Cetoniida." By Mr. Benson, in a letter addressed to Mr. West- 

 wood. 



The species of Paussida above described by Mr. Westwood is 

 stated by Mr. Benson to have been captured by him under a brick 

 near the river Ganges, about fifty miles below Cawnpore, last year, 

 in the cold season, and this year, in January, he took another under 

 a stone in a black-ant's nest, between the Savalik range and Saha- 

 runpore. On Mr. Benson's estate, about 7500 feet above the level 

 of the sea, at Rockville, Landour, Mussoorie, Dr. Bacon last year 

 took a Paussus by sweeping in the grass, closely allied to Paussus 

 denticulatus, Westw. Arcan. Ent. ii. pi. 92. f. 1, but which Mr. Ben- 

 son has subsequently distinguished under the name of P. Nauceras. 

 At Rajpore, in the valley of the Dhoon, Dr. Bacon had also taken 

 P. pilicornis, Donov., and a larger species as yet unfigured, which 

 Mr. Benson has since described under the name of P. Baconis. It 

 was captured in a sweeping-net among grass and bushes. 



A small species of Valgus (fam. Trichiida), with four small acute 

 protuberances on the podex, was also forwarded. This species loves 



