﻿86 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  O. 
  Westvvood's 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  some 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Bowring 
  observes 
  that 
  "all 
  the 
  three 
  species 
  were 
  originally 
  

   discovered 
  by 
  Major 
  Champion 
  (a 
  very 
  zealous 
  entomologist, 
  who 
  

   has 
  formed 
  considerable 
  collections 
  both 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  

   of 
  Hong 
  Kong 
  and 
  in 
  Ceylon) 
  on 
  Victoria 
  Peak, 
  under 
  stones 
  

   in 
  the 
  nests 
  of 
  a 
  minute 
  species 
  of 
  ant, 
  the 
  whole 
  being 
  found 
  in 
  

   one 
  morning, 
  two 
  specimens 
  of 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  of 
  another 
  species 
  

   being 
  taken 
  under 
  the 
  same 
  stone 
  ; 
  and 
  on 
  a 
  subsequent 
  occasion, 
  

   while 
  entom.ologizing 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  mountain 
  with 
  that 
  gentleman, 
  

   1 
  was 
  fortunate 
  enough 
  to 
  capture 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  named 
  by 
  

   him 
  P. 
  sinicus, 
  also 
  in 
  an 
  ant's 
  nest. 
  Major 
  Champion 
  had 
  pre- 
  

   viously 
  mentioned 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  he 
  thought 
  he 
  had 
  observed 
  some- 
  

   thing 
  like 
  crepitation 
  in 
  this 
  insect 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  instance 
  

   this 
  was 
  confirmed, 
  for 
  on 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  I 
  

   distinctly 
  heard 
  a 
  noise 
  resembling 
  the 
  ticking 
  of 
  a 
  watch, 
  and 
  my 
  

   finger 
  was 
  immediately 
  discoloured 
  as 
  by 
  the 
  discharge 
  of 
  a 
  Bra- 
  

   chinus. 
  Considering 
  the 
  locality 
  where 
  these 
  insects 
  are 
  found, 
  it 
  

   does 
  not 
  appear 
  probable 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  lignivorous, 
  as 
  has 
  been 
  

   supposed, 
  and 
  further 
  observation 
  will 
  no 
  doubt 
  prove 
  their 
  affi- 
  

   nity 
  to 
  the 
  carnivorous 
  Carabidce. 
  The 
  pair 
  I 
  took 
  I 
  kept 
  alive 
  

   for 
  some 
  time, 
  but 
  without 
  discovering 
  their 
  proper 
  food. 
  I 
  am 
  

   indebted 
  to 
  the 
  liberality 
  of 
  Major 
  Champion 
  for 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  

   remaining 
  two 
  species, 
  of 
  which 
  one 
  is 
  unique." 
  

  

  The 
  opportunities 
  recently 
  afforded 
  me 
  of 
  determining 
  the 
  

   synonymy 
  of 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  species, 
  have 
  induced 
  me 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  

   complete 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  family, 
  thereby 
  showing 
  the 
  great 
  increase 
  

   which 
  it 
  has 
  undergone 
  since 
  the 
  last 
  summary 
  which 
  I 
  published 
  

   in 
  1845. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  now 
  known 
  is 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  

   eighty-five, 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  only 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  doubtful. 
  Of 
  these 
  six 
  

   are 
  now 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  described. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  Synopsis 
  of 
  the 
  Family 
  embraces 
  all 
  the 
  Species 
  

   described 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  (November, 
  1852). 
  

  

  Family 
  PAUSSID^, 
  Westw. 
  

  

  Genus 
  1, 
  Cerapterus, 
  Swederus. 
  

  

  Subgenus 
  1. 
  Cerapterus 
  proper. 
  

  

  1. 
  Cerapterus 
  latipes, 
  Swederus, 
  Kongl. 
  Vet. 
  t. 
  9, 
  1788, 
  p. 
  203, 
  

  

  pi. 
  6, 
  f. 
  1 
  ; 
  Westw. 
  Linn. 
  T. 
  t. 
  1 
  6, 
  p. 
  669, 
  — 
  t. 
  1 
  8, 
  p. 
  382 
  ; 
  

   Arc. 
  Ent. 
  2, 
  p. 
  6, 
  pi. 
  49, 
  f. 
  1 
  ; 
  Mac 
  L. 
  Ann. 
  South 
  Afr. 
  

   pi. 
  4, 
  fig. 
  inf. 
  sinistr. 
  Ceylon. 
  

  

  2. 
  Cerapterus 
  Horsfieldii, 
  Westw. 
  Linn. 
  T. 
  16, 
  p. 
  672,-18, 
  p. 
  583 
  ; 
  

  

  Arc. 
  Ent. 
  2, 
  p. 
  7, 
  pi. 
  49, 
  f. 
  2 
  ; 
  Mac 
  L. 
  Ann. 
  So. 
  Afr. 
  

   pi. 
  4, 
  fig. 
  sup. 
  dext. 
  Java. 
  

  

  