﻿Mr. 
  J. 
  O. 
  Westvvood's 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  the 
  Paussidce. 
  85 
  

  

  derable 
  niimbei- 
  from 
  the 
  Port 
  Natal 
  country 
  were 
  cominunicated 
  

   to 
  me 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  A. 
  Melly, 
  Esq., 
  who 
  received 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  

   Royal 
  Museum 
  of 
  Berlin. 
  Others 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  locality 
  were 
  

   contained 
  in 
  the 
  fine 
  collection 
  recently 
  sold 
  by 
  auction 
  in 
  this 
  

   country, 
  and 
  four 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  species, 
  also 
  from 
  Natal, 
  described 
  

   in 
  the 
  present 
  paper, 
  have 
  been 
  communicated 
  to 
  me 
  recently 
  by 
  

   Herr 
  Dohrn, 
  the 
  worthy 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Society 
  

   of 
  Stettin. 
  Among 
  the 
  insects 
  from 
  Angola 
  recently 
  arrived 
  in 
  

   Paris 
  were 
  also 
  several 
  fine 
  species 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  

   Marquis 
  de 
  la 
  Ferte-Senectere, 
  who 
  kindly 
  forwarded 
  them 
  to 
  me 
  

   for 
  description. 
  M. 
  Deyrolle 
  has 
  also 
  obtained 
  another 
  species 
  

   from 
  the 
  same 
  country, 
  and 
  three 
  species 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  from 
  

   Eastern 
  Africa 
  (Abyssinia 
  and 
  Nubia). 
  Several 
  fine 
  species 
  from 
  

   South 
  Australia 
  have 
  been 
  sent 
  me 
  by 
  C. 
  A. 
  Wilson, 
  Esq., 
  one 
  

   of 
  them 
  being 
  the 
  largest 
  insect 
  in 
  the 
  family, 
  and 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  

   inscribed 
  with 
  his 
  name. 
  I 
  have 
  also 
  given 
  descriptions 
  of 
  three 
  

   species 
  collected 
  at 
  Hong 
  Kong 
  by 
  J. 
  C. 
  Bowring, 
  Esq., 
  and 
  

   Major 
  Champion, 
  now 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  The 
  

   fine 
  series 
  of 
  species 
  formed 
  in 
  India 
  by 
  Captain 
  Boys, 
  several 
  of 
  

   which 
  were 
  described 
  by 
  him 
  in 
  the 
  Journal 
  of 
  the 
  Asiatic 
  Society 
  

   of 
  Bengal, 
  was 
  also 
  placed 
  in 
  my 
  hands 
  for 
  examination 
  by 
  that 
  

   gentleman 
  previous 
  to 
  his 
  again 
  quitting 
  England 
  for 
  India, 
  by 
  

   which 
  means 
  I 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  determine 
  the 
  species. 
  Dr. 
  Bacon's 
  

   Collection 
  also, 
  which 
  contained 
  several 
  species 
  described 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Benson 
  in 
  M'Clelland's 
  Calcutta 
  Journal 
  of 
  Natural 
  History 
  for 
  

   1845, 
  was 
  also 
  submitted 
  to 
  me 
  for 
  examination 
  previous 
  to 
  its 
  

   sale 
  to 
  M. 
  Deyrolle. 
  Captain 
  Boys' 
  collection 
  was 
  sold 
  by 
  auc- 
  

   tion, 
  but 
  his 
  types 
  were 
  purchased 
  by 
  various 
  English 
  collectors, 
  

   chiefly 
  Messrs. 
  Melly, 
  Hope 
  and 
  Saunders. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  recent 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  these 
  insects, 
  

   which 
  I 
  have 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  "Arcana 
  Entomologica" 
  and 
  

   Transactions 
  of 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Society, 
  those 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Benson 
  

   pubhshed 
  in 
  our 
  Transactions, 
  vol. 
  v. 
  p. 
  30, 
  and 
  those 
  of 
  Herr 
  

   Guenzius, 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  Stettin 
  " 
  Zeitung," 
  1851, 
  p. 
  227, 
  of 
  

   which 
  a 
  translation 
  was 
  given 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Douglas 
  in 
  our 
  " 
  Proceed- 
  

   ings," 
  1851, 
  p. 
  105, 
  Mr. 
  Bowring 
  has 
  favoured 
  me 
  with 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  particulars 
  relative 
  to 
  the 
  captures 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  species 
  

   near 
  Hong 
  Kong, 
  which 
  correspond 
  very 
  nearly 
  with 
  what 
  has 
  

   been 
  elsewhere 
  observed 
  of 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  these 
  insects, 
  leading 
  to 
  

   the 
  conclusion 
  that 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  very 
  much 
  greater 
  

   than 
  has 
  hitherto 
  been 
  supposed, 
  the 
  rarity 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  (and 
  

   it 
  is 
  a 
  remarkable 
  circumstance 
  that 
  at 
  least 
  half 
  the 
  species 
  are 
  

   known 
  only 
  by 
  single 
  individuals) 
  being 
  caused 
  by 
  their 
  obscure 
  

   underijround 
  habits. 
  

  

  