268 W. T. Blanf ord's Census of the Indian Land Fauna. [No. 4, 



The next subkingdom Arthropoda includes the most formidable numeri- 

 cally of all orders, those of insects. Of some of these fairly approximate 

 estimates may be formed, the principal difficulty in groups like Coleoptera 

 and Lepidoptera being the labour of enumeration, but of many orders very 

 little is known. 



The numbers of the Coleoptera are taken from Gemminger and 

 Harold's Catalogue, with additions up to 1878 from the Zoological Eecord. 

 The following is the result : 



Gicindelidcd, «•• 112 



Carabidce, - 617 



Dytiscidce, ... 44 



Gyrinidce, 13 



Hy dropliilidce, 30 



JPaussida, 33 



Staphylinidce, ... . 476 



Pselaphidce, 76 



Scydmcenidce, 40 



Silphidce, 11 



Trichopterygidce, 12 



Scaphidiidce, 7 



Histeridw, , » , 79 



JPhalacridce, 18 



NUidulidcB, 63 



Trogositidce, 9 



Colydiidce, '. 19 



Rhysodidce, 3 



Cucujidce, 27 



Cryptophagida, 9 



Latliridiidce, 19 



Mycetophagidce, 3 



Dermestidce, 8 



Byrrhidae, « 12 



jPamidae, < 5 



lleteroceridae,.,. . t 6 



Lucanidae, 96 



Scarabceidae, 558 



Buprestidae, 107 



Throscidae, 4 



Eucnemidae, 19 



Elateridae, 285 



Rhipidoceridae, 7 



Dascillidae, 17 



Telephoridae, 96 



