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  Mr. 
  J. 
  O. 
  Westwood's 
  Description 
  

  

  XXV. 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  some 
  new 
  Species 
  q/ 
  Coleoptera/rom 
  

   China 
  and 
  Ceylon. 
  By 
  J. 
  O. 
  Westwood, 
  Esq., 
  F.L.S., 
  

   &c. 
  

  

  [Read4lh 
  April, 
  1853.] 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Major 
  Champion 
  I 
  have 
  drawn 
  up 
  descriptions 
  

   of 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  curious 
  and 
  interesting 
  species 
  of 
  Coleop- 
  

   tera 
  collected 
  by 
  himself 
  during 
  his 
  residence 
  in 
  Ceylon 
  and 
  

   Hong 
  Kong 
  ; 
  and, 
  as 
  the 
  chief 
  of 
  these 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  

   the 
  Scrr'icornes 
  of 
  Latrielie, 
  I 
  have 
  added 
  descriptions 
  of 
  two 
  

   other 
  closely 
  allied 
  species 
  from 
  Ceylon 
  and 
  New 
  Holland, 
  in 
  the 
  

   collections 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Templeton 
  and 
  W. 
  W. 
  Saunders, 
  Esq. 
  As 
  Major 
  

   Champion's 
  Chinese 
  collection 
  was 
  formed, 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part, 
  by 
  

   himself 
  whilst 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  our 
  indefatigable 
  Corresponding 
  

   Member, 
  J. 
  C. 
  Bowring, 
  Esq., 
  I 
  also 
  take 
  the 
  present 
  opportu- 
  

   nity 
  of 
  publishing 
  some 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Habits 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  Cole' 
  

   optera 
  of 
  Hong 
  Kong, 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Bowring 
  has 
  been 
  so 
  kind 
  as 
  to 
  

   forward 
  to 
  me. 
  These 
  notes 
  relate 
  to 
  the 
  CicindeUdce, 
  Carabidce, 
  

   and 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Sisyphus 
  which 
  Mr, 
  A. 
  White 
  has 
  named 
  S. 
  

   Bowringii, 
  and 
  are 
  as 
  follow 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  CicindeUdce 
  of 
  Hong 
  Kong, 
  comprising 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  

   observed, 
  some 
  eight 
  or 
  nine 
  species, 
  appear 
  to 
  vary 
  considerably 
  

   in 
  their 
  habits 
  ; 
  some 
  frequenting 
  trees 
  and 
  shrubs 
  ; 
  others, 
  like 
  

   our 
  English 
  species, 
  delighting 
  in 
  hot 
  sandy 
  places, 
  rising, 
  when 
  

   disturbed, 
  and 
  after 
  flying 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  settling 
  again 
  in 
  front 
  

   of 
  the 
  intruder, 
  continuing 
  thus 
  for 
  a 
  considerable 
  time, 
  while 
  

   one 
  at 
  least 
  would 
  appear 
  to 
  move 
  about 
  at 
  night. 
  The 
  species 
  

   last 
  alluded 
  to 
  is 
  a 
  remarkably 
  elegant 
  insect, 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  

   C. 
  Gyllenhalii, 
  the 
  male 
  being 
  distinguished 
  by 
  a 
  large 
  metallic 
  

   plate 
  on 
  each 
  elytron, 
  and 
  is 
  very 
  rare, 
  as 
  during 
  a 
  residence 
  of 
  

   six 
  years 
  in 
  China 
  I 
  have 
  met 
  with 
  but 
  a 
  single 
  pair; 
  the 
  female 
  

   flew 
  into 
  my 
  room 
  at 
  night, 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1842, 
  and 
  the 
  male 
  

   was 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  year, 
  at 
  dusk. 
  Its 
  

   nocturnal 
  habits 
  will 
  no 
  doubt 
  account 
  for 
  its 
  coming 
  so 
  seldom 
  

   under 
  notice. 
  A 
  fine 
  species, 
  forwarded 
  by 
  me 
  to 
  England 
  in 
  

   1844, 
  and 
  described 
  by 
  Mr. 
  White 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  C. 
  {Hepto- 
  

   donta) 
  posticnUs, 
  is 
  very 
  common 
  in 
  Hong 
  Kong 
  during 
  the 
  

   summer 
  months. 
  In 
  its 
  great 
  length 
  of 
  legs 
  and 
  cylindrical 
  form 
  

   it 
  resembles 
  Tricondyla, 
  and 
  its 
  custom 
  of 
  constantly 
  resorting 
  to 
  

   trees 
  and 
  shrubs, 
  when 
  disturbed, 
  likewise 
  brings 
  that 
  genus 
  to 
  

   our 
  minds. 
  Heptodonta 
  Cantori 
  (Hope), 
  a 
  closely 
  allied 
  species 
  

  

  