470 Four new species of Coleopterus Family of Paussidce, fyc. 



It may be noticed, that of the seven species sent to Eng- 

 land by Capt. Boys, two were new, viz. No. 1, Paussus den- 

 ticulatus, and No. 6, P. Boysii. The others described and 

 figured in the same paper were, No. 2, Platyrhopalus 

 angustus, var. ; No. 3, Paussus Hearseyanus; Nos. 4 and 5, 

 P. Fichtelii ; No. 7, Ceratoderus bifasciatus, and No. 8, 

 Paussus Hardwickii. 



Rockville, Landour, Sept, 1845. 



Postscript. 



Since the above was written, I have received a commu- 

 nication from Mr. Westwood regarding my Leiomatocerus, 

 on which a memoir has been read before the Entomological 

 Society. Mr. Westwood was of opinion, that the insect 

 (which he has named Bensonis) was, as I first conjectured, 

 a Ceratoderus, but from the variations from the type observ- 

 able in the new species, stated, that he " should either be 

 obliged to give a new generic name, or else to call by the 

 name of Ceratoderus, an insect which does not answer to 

 that generic name." 



Whether it may eventually be found convenient to se- 

 parate my species from Ceratoderus, or to unite it with bi- 

 fasciatus under a new generic title, the form Leiomatocerus, 

 which refers to the structure of the antennae, may equally 

 be adopted. 



\5th October, 1845. 





