﻿of 
  some 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  Coleoj)tera 
  from 
  China, 
  &)C. 
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  forwarded 
  from 
  Canton 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Cantor, 
  is 
  doubtless 
  similar 
  in 
  its 
  

   habits, 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  had 
  an 
  opportunity 
  of 
  observing 
  it 
  alive. 
  

   Cahcliira 
  aurulenla 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  very 
  common 
  species, 
  and 
  may 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  be 
  seen 
  assembled 
  in 
  considerable 
  numbers 
  about 
  the 
  

   pabulum 
  of 
  cattle, 
  lying 
  in 
  wait 
  apparently 
  for 
  other 
  insects 
  which 
  

   are 
  attracted 
  to 
  the 
  spot. 
  It 
  is 
  less 
  active 
  than 
  most 
  Cicindcfce, 
  

   and 
  is 
  easily 
  captured. 
  Besides 
  the 
  above, 
  the 
  present 
  collection 
  

   contains 
  specimens 
  of 
  two 
  Cicindelce 
  as 
  yet 
  I 
  believe 
  undescribed. 
  

   They 
  are 
  named 
  provisionally 
  in 
  my 
  journal 
  Cic. 
  lineata 
  and 
  Cic. 
  

   marmorata. 
  The 
  latter 
  is 
  remarkable 
  for 
  its 
  close 
  resemblance 
  to 
  

   an 
  African 
  insect, 
  C'lc. 
  Senegalensis, 
  the 
  markings 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  

   being 
  precisely 
  similar. 
  It 
  is 
  however 
  to 
  be 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  

   greater 
  length 
  of 
  its 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi. 
  A 
  third 
  species, 
  which 
  I 
  had 
  

   named 
  C. 
  sex-punctata, 
  is 
  apparently 
  identical 
  with 
  C. 
  irigutlata 
  

   from 
  the 
  Philippine 
  Islands. 
  

  

  " 
  Tr'iconthjla 
  pulchiipes, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  uncommon, 
  frequents 
  the 
  

   Lichi 
  tree 
  (Dimocarpus 
  Lichi), 
  up 
  and 
  down 
  the 
  trunk 
  and 
  

   branches 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  courses 
  with 
  surprising 
  agility 
  in 
  search 
  of 
  

   its 
  prey. 
  As 
  might 
  be 
  expected 
  from 
  its 
  large 
  and 
  prominent 
  

   eyes, 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  vigilant, 
  darting 
  round 
  to 
  the 
  opposite 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   trunk 
  on 
  the 
  approach 
  of 
  an 
  intruder, 
  and 
  ascending 
  out 
  of 
  reach 
  

   in 
  a 
  very 
  short 
  space 
  of 
  time. 
  When 
  hard 
  pressed 
  they 
  fall 
  to 
  

   the 
  ground 
  and 
  disappear 
  among 
  the 
  dried 
  leaves 
  which 
  cover 
  the 
  

   soil. 
  

  

  " 
  A 
  species 
  of 
  CoU'mris, 
  near 
  long'wolUs, 
  may 
  not 
  unfrequently 
  

   be 
  seen 
  on 
  flowers 
  and 
  shrubs 
  along 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  streams, 
  but 
  as 
  

   it 
  immediately 
  takes 
  flight 
  when 
  approached, 
  and 
  is 
  very 
  active, 
  

   it 
  is 
  captured 
  with 
  difficulty. 
  

  

  " 
  Many 
  Brachhndce 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  Hong 
  Kong; 
  and 
  

   during 
  the 
  last 
  year 
  or 
  two 
  I 
  have 
  come 
  across 
  several 
  new 
  and 
  

   cons})icuous 
  species. 
  Helluo 
  (^Acanthogen'ius) 
  asterkiis, 
  which 
  is 
  

   found 
  under 
  large 
  stones 
  on 
  a 
  clay 
  soil, 
  was 
  rather 
  plentiful 
  

   during 
  the 
  past 
  spring, 
  being 
  frequently 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  Macro- 
  

   cheilus 
  Bcnsoni, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  insect. 
  I 
  first 
  observed 
  H. 
  

   astericiis 
  in 
  1844, 
  and 
  did 
  not 
  again 
  fall 
  in 
  with 
  it 
  until 
  the 
  present 
  

   year. 
  Shortly 
  before 
  my 
  departure 
  from 
  Hong 
  Kong 
  I 
  took 
  a 
  fine 
  

   series 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  oi 
  Braclihnis 
  of 
  large 
  size. 
  Brack, 
  luguhris, 
  

   found 
  in 
  small 
  societies 
  under 
  stones 
  on 
  the 
  highest 
  peaks 
  of 
  the 
  

   island. 
  They 
  appear 
  to 
  affect 
  the 
  most 
  elevated 
  spots, 
  and 
  are 
  plen- 
  

   tiful 
  under 
  the 
  piles 
  erected 
  during 
  the 
  ordnance 
  survey 
  of 
  Hong 
  

   Kong. 
  This 
  insect 
  crepitates 
  with 
  considerable 
  power, 
  firing 
  off 
  

   several 
  discharges 
  with 
  great 
  rapidity, 
  the 
  volatile 
  liquid 
  burning 
  

  

  