468 Four new species of the Coleopterus Family 



lost by falling into water, where they are liable to be de- 

 voured by the water-beetles which swarm there. 



Out of thirty-three Paussidae captured by my friends and 

 myself, I have noted that, out of six Platyrhopali three were 

 taken at lights by night. Of Paussi with a subcontinuous tho- 

 rax eleven were taken, ten of which flew to lamps and candles. 

 Of ten Paussi with a bipartite thorax only one was taken in 

 this manner, and not one out of six specimens of Ceratoderus 

 and its congeners. The preponderance of light-seeking in- 

 dividuals among the Platyrhopali, and their nearest rela- 

 tions among the true Paussi, would seem to indicate that 

 they are more nocturnal in their habits than the others. 

 Of eight taken on grass and weeds, five were Paussi with a 

 bipartite thorax, two were Ceratoderi, and one a Platyrho- 

 palus. Of three found drowned, two were Paussi of the 

 same division, and one of the section with subcontinuous 

 thorax. Of five found under bricks and stones, three were 

 of the Leiomatoceratose type, and two were Platyrhopali. 



Specimens taken by myself. 



27th June, 1828. — Paussus, allied to P, cognatus or P. 

 Hearseyanus from the description in my notes. Drowning 

 in a rain-pool at Banda. 



Ditto ditto, 1836. — Platyrhopalus denticornis, under a 

 piece of brick-work on decayed hay where a stack had stood. 

 Jounpore. 



23rd January, 1844. — Platyrhopalus denticornis, under a 

 brick beneath trees, among ruins, at Bhitoura near Futteh- 

 pore. 



Ditto do. do. — Leiomatocerus . Same place, on 



the prone surface of a brick. 



30th April, 1844. — Paussus thoracicus, drowned in a rain- 

 pool at Futtehpore after a tremendous gale of wind and rain, 

 which levelled some large trees to windward of the spot. 



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