EyTOMOLOaV. ll-'i 



Fiimihj Passalidse. 

 The present list of rasKulidie is draw ii up from Stoliczka's monograpli of tlio 

 Indian species in J. A. S. B. 1873, I'art II. p. 149. 



aclacocyci.in.t:. 



Ceracupes ArsTExr, Rtol. I^'aga Hills at GOOO feet. 



T^.\ioc£BUS Bicusi'is, Kp. Silikim. Assam. 



ERIOCNEMIXiE. 



Leptaut-ax DEXTATrs, Fabv. Sikkiin. Tenasscrim. Philippines. 



niroi.oK, Fabr. Sikkim. Andanians. Nicuburs. 



„ PLANTS, lUig. Burma. Andamans. 



ACERAL.^. 



AcEEAius GRAXDis, Earm. Sikkim. Naga Hills. Cachar. 



„ EMAKGiXATUs, Fabr. Sikkim. Cachar. Pinang. Nicobars. 



Passalus Kicobnriciis, llcdtenbacher. 



Basilianps Caxtoius, Hope. Sikkim. Assam. Malacca. 



„ CAXCRUS, Perch. Sikkim. Assam. 



,, Andamanensis, Stol. Andamans. Nicobars. 



„ SiKKiMENSis, stol. Sikkim at 1500 feet. 



Famili/ Trictenotomidse. 

 TttiCTENOTOMA cniLDnKxi, Gray. Tonasserim. 



Sub-order CLAriCORNIA. 

 Antennas clubbed at the end, club two to five jointed. 



Fumili/ Cucujidee. 

 Hectakthrum BHEViFissfM, Ncwm. Tenasserim. 



Sub-order BRACBELYTRA. 



Antennfe short, never clubbed. Elytra short, not covering the abdomen. Two 

 anal appendages. 



The beetles of this sub-order are generally animal feeders, living on carrion. 

 Some, however, reside in auts' nests, or even with wasps. These brachelytrous 

 beetles often fly iuto the eye and cause severe pain. 



Family Staphylinidae. 



Sub-order PALPICORNIA. 



ilaxillary palpi elongate ; antennse short. The beetles of this sub-order are 

 mostly aquatic, ancl when adult, herbivorous. 



Sub-order ADEPHAGA. 



Two palpi to each maxilla. Antennae filiform. These beetles, in both the 

 larval and adult stages, are voracious animal feeders. The two fli'st families are 

 wholly aquatic. 



Family Gyrinidse. 

 These beetles derive their name from ceaselessly circling about on the surface 

 of the water, often in great numbers together. 



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