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Paussus klugi Westwood — I suspect this and P. latreillei West- 
wood are conspecific, with the West African subspecies distinct 
from the nominate. 
Paussus setosus Westwood. 
Paussus sphaerocerus Afzel — outside of the sampling area this 
is abundant in the forest zone of Ghana. 
Paussus spinicoxis Westwood — again, the West African form 
differs at the subspecies level from the nominate one. 
Paussus sp 4 — this is not in the British Museum collection. 
Platyrhopalopsis laevifrons (Westwood) — not found in my sam- 
ples and known to me only from a specimen from Tumu, Upper 
Region (P. M. Room). 
The seven listed comprise all the Paussina (Darlington’s subtribe) 
found in Ghana. 
A 125 watt Robinson ultraviolet light-trap was run for 400 days 
on the campus of the University of Ghana, Legon, Accra District, 
Ghana. The catches were grouped into 20-day classes, a method 
found of value in previous investigations (Gibbs & Leston, 1970; 
Leston, 1973a). Sudden rain caused breakdowns on 14 nights: the 
figures were corrected by dividing the total for each species, for the 
relevant 20-day period, by the number of days actually sampled 
and adding this result for each missing sample — however, the 
overall results would have been the same even uncorrected. The 
original data sheets are deposited in the library of the Royal En- 
tomological Society of London. 
Legon, 5°40'N, was once forested but is now an area of derived 
savanna at the edge of the dry Dahomey Gap. Food-farms, gar- 
dens and buildings cover the region but once shade has been arti- 
ficially reestablished forest zone crops such as cocoa and robusta 
coffee can be grown successfully. 
Numbers caught were 
Results 
1 . 
Paussus spinicoxis 
758 
2. 
P. sphaerocerus 
165 
3. 
P. cilipes 
67 
4. 
P. setosus 
54 
5. 
P. klugi 
13 
6. 
P. sp 4 
6 
Total 
1063 
