62 Mr. W. W. Saunders 07i the Flabits 



off a mud bank near Diamond Harbour in the river Hooghly. It Avas 

 in the beginning of June, and the tide failing us, we were obliged to 

 anchor close to the bank. Whilst thus situated we observed many 

 of this species of Cicindela fly into the cabin, and dart towards a light 

 which was in a lantern, striking so violently against the glass that 

 they immediately fell' upon a bench on which the lantern stood, so 

 that I was able to take specimens of them. Unless where given by 

 myself, I have not met with them in the cabinets of entomologists. 



A third species of Cicindela is found on pathways at Ackra in the 

 neighbourhood of Calcutta. It is a most active insect, flying rapidly 

 and running very fast. Being of a dark brown colour, it is very difficult 

 to be seen when on the path, a difficulty which is increased by its 

 small size, so that I took but very few specimens of it. A description 

 of this species, which appears to be unknown, will also be found at 

 the end of this paper ; it is named Prinsepii after James Prinsep, 

 Esq., F.R.S., of Calcutta, a zealous promoter of science in all its 

 branches, and whose labours are not sufficiently known in this 

 country. 



Euchlora viridis, MacLeay, is frequently attracted into the rooms 

 at night by the light of the lamps, and the large Copris MoIossks is 

 an occasional night visitor. 



On the banks of the Hooghly, a few miles below Calcutta, two 

 new species of Mr. Hope's subgenus Anthelephila were captured 

 in the month of April, running about the roots of grass among 

 sand in abundance. Some British species of Anthicus, a genus 

 from which Anthelephila has been separated, are found also at the 

 roots of grass among sand, a fact indicating that Anthelephila and 

 Anthicus are nearly allied in habits as well as form. These two 

 species are described imder the names of ruficollis and J7iutillaria ; 

 the latter, from the insect resembling a small Mutilla, as suggested 

 to me by Mr. Westwood. 



At Saugor Island, in the mouth of the Hooghly, I have frequently 

 noticed the cells, which are built of mud, by a species of Etimenes. 

 The cells are generally placed under some projection, or in an 

 angle, where they are very firmly fixed. They are of an oval 

 shape, sometimes two or three together, placed side by side. 

 Each cell is somewhat smaller than a pigeon's egg', and before 

 being closed up, is well stored with green caterpillars, which I have 

 often amused myself by watching the Eumencs carry into the 

 cells. When the cells are sufficiently stored, they are filled up 

 so very neatly with mud that it is difficult to discover the entrance. 

 One of these nests was found in a keyhole, closing the aperture ; 

 another, in a bungalo at Ganga Saugor, was beavitifully constructed 



