. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. ly re-presented or almost absent. Tachysappears to take the place of Bem-bidhim, Colpodes of Anchomenus,and Abacetus of Pterosticlius : whileClivina, Chlcenius, and the Bra-Chinina (Brachinus and Plierop-soplius) are very numerous inspecies, particularly the two , Drypta, Dendrocellus andtheir allies are typical Indianbeetles, and of these the smallant-like Selina ivestermanni is oneof the most curious and and Catascopus arewell represented, but Lebia containsonly eight species, all fr
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. ly re-presented or almost absent. Tachysappears to take the place of Bem-bidhim, Colpodes of Anchomenus,and Abacetus of Pterosticlius : whileClivina, Chlcenius, and the Bra-Chinina (Brachinus and Plierop-soplius) are very numerous inspecies, particularly the two , Drypta, Dendrocellus andtheir allies are typical Indianbeetles, and of these the smallant-like Selina ivestermanni is oneof the most curious and and Catascopus arewell represented, but Lebia containsonly eight species, all from NorthIndia or Burma. The genus Omopliron in thecatalogue of Mr. Atkinson, beforereferred to, contains only fourIndian species, but in his supple-ment he has added six more; thisFig. 26.—Selina ivestermanni. shows how little we can trust to our present lists. In passing, itis worth mentioning that M. Lameere in his recent classificationof the Coleoptera (Ann. Soc. Ent. Belgique, 1900, p. 355, and1903, p. 155) places this last named genus among the Dytiscid^e,. AMPHIZOIDJE. 59 just before the Haliplidje, because the mesosternum is coveredby the prosternum as in the last named family. The habitat ofOmophron, moreover, is subaquatic, as the species live on the edgeof water, usually hidden in the sand. Lameeres arguments(I. c. p. 376) seem plausible, but have not hitherto met with ac-ceptance. The genus Cyclosomus, of which three species occur inIndia, is very like Omophron in facies, but has no affinity with the other genera, Scarites possesses a considerable number ofspecies, while Omphra and appear to be confined to Indiaand Ceylon. Many other points might be mentioned, but theymust be left to the specialist who may be able to take up the volumeon the Indian CARAUiDiE. [Family 3. AMPHIZOID^.*] Antenna1 inserted just in front of eyes, short, eleven-jointed, with-out pubescence: pronotum short and much narrower than elytra,wliich are ample and ovate ; outer lo
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