1840.] 



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range the Equator and the Tropics. Ninety species belong to the conti- 

 nent of India, many to Nepal, the isles of Java and Sumatra : amon? 

 them are forms of temperate as well as of northern climes. 



ELATERIDX. 



This family persents us with types of form belonging both to the tropi- 

 cal and temperate regions : the former, however, are few in number, when 

 compared with the latter. Several of the Nepalese Elateridse resemble 

 our British species, some so closely as to induce one to imagine that dif- 

 ference of climate is the cause of variety of the species. Elater murinus, 

 Jab. of England, is well represented in Nepal by Elater ccenosus, Hope ; 

 and various species, which in Europe frequent the oak, alder, and willow, 

 have Nepalese species nearly resembling them, and we have stated that 

 there is a correspondence of vegetation between Europe and the BLima- 

 layas. 



LAMPYRID^. 



Passing the Cebrionidae, few examples of which occur in India, we ar- 

 rive at the Lampyridae \ and justly may the East boast of its numerous 

 and fine species, unsurpassed probably by those of South America. The 

 warm damp of the jungle is peculiarly adapted to the habits of this 

 family. Lycus and Omalysus, as well as Lampyris, abound in the 

 Himalayan range. 



MALACODERMATA. 



By some writers, the families composing this group are considered rare 

 within the Tropics, and they certainly are more abundant in Nepal than 

 Central India ; and yet they are not of rare occurrence. Anisotelus, 

 Hope, appears to be peculiar to the East. Several species of Malachius 

 and Melyris enjoy an Asiatic and African clime. 



CLERIP^. 



By the family Cleridae abounding in the East, we arrive at the Ptini- 

 dae ; they, the latter probably, exist in Nepal ; none, however, I be- 

 lieve, have yet been discovered in India, the nearest locality where they 

 are found being the Mauritius. The Bostrichidae are, however, abun- 

 dant, and it is not unlikely that the Paussidae commence where the 

 Ptinidae terminate. 



CURCULIONID^. 

 Without entering at large into the geographical range of the numerous 

 genera of this family, I briefly state, that Nepal contains many tropical 



