Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History Part 43

"In conclusion, it may be observed that the species of insects in Ceylon may be estimated as exceeding 10,000 in number, of which about 2,000 are enumerated in this volume.

Cla.s.s ARACHNIDA.

"Four or five species of spiders, of which the specimens cannot be satisfactorily described; one _Ixodes_ and one _Chelifer_ have been forwarded to England from Ceylon by Mr. Thwaites."

NOTE.--The asterisk prefixed denotes the species discovered in Ceylon since Sir J.E. Tennent's departure from the Island in 1849.

ORDER, Coleoptera, _Linn._

Fam. CICINDELIDae, _Steph._ Cicindela, _Linn._ flavopunctata, _Aud._ discrepans, _Wlk._ aurofasciata, _Guer._ quadrilineata, _Fabr._ biramosa, _Fabr._ catena, _Fabr._ *insignificans, _Dohrn._ Tricondyla, _Latr._ femorata, _Wlk._ *tumidula, _Wlk._ *scitiscabra, _Wlk._ *concinna, _Dohrn._

Fam. CARABIDae, _Leach._ Casnouia, _Latr._ *punctata, _Niet._ *pilifera, _Niet._ Ophionea, _Klug._ *cyanocephala, _Fabr._ Euplynes, _Niet._ Dohrnii, _Niet._ Heteroglossa, _Niet._ *elegans, _Niet._ *ruficollis, _Niet._ *bimaculata, _Niet._ Zuphium, _Latr._.

*p.u.b.escens, _Niet._ Pheropsophus, _Solier._ Catoirei, _Dej._ bimaculatus, _Fabr._ Cymindis, _Latr._.

rufiventris, _Wlk._ Anchista, _Niet._ *modesta, _Niet._ Dromius, _Bon._ marginifer, _Wlk._ repandens, _Wlk._ Lebia, _Latr._ bipars, _Wlk._ Creagris, _Niet._ labrosa, _Niet._ Elliotia, _Niet._ pallipes, _Niet._ Maraga, _Wlk._.

planigera, _Wlk._ Catascopus, _Kirby._ facialis, _Wied._ reductus, _Wlk._ Scarites, _Fabr._ obliterans, _Wlk._ subsignans, _Wlk._ designans, _Wlk._ *minor, _Niet._ Clivina, _Latr._ *rugosifrons, _Niet._ *elongatula, _Niet._ *maculata, _Niet._ recta, _Wlk._ Leistus, _Froehl._ linearis, _Wlk._ Isotarsus, _Laferte._ quadrimaculatus, _Oliv._ Panagaeeus, _Latr._ retractus, _Wlk._ Chlaenius, _Bon._.

bimaculatus, _Dej._ diffinis, _Reiche._ *Ceylanicus, _Niet._ *quinque-maculatus, _Niet._ pulcher, _Niet._ cupricollis, _Niet._ rugulosus, _Niet._ Anchomenus, _Bon._ illocatus, _Wlk._ Agonum, _Bon._ placidulum, _Wlk._ Colpodes? _Macl._ marginicollis, _Wlk._ Argutor, _Meg._.

degener, _Wlk._ relinquens, _Wlk._ Simphyus, _Niet._ *unicolor, _Niet._ Bradytus, _Steph._ stolidus, _Wlk._ Curtonotus, _Steph._ compositus, _Wlk._ Harpalus, _Latr._ *advolans, _Niet._ dispellens, _Wlk._ Calodromus, _Niet._ *exornatus, _Niet._ Megaristerus, _Niet._ *mandibularis, _Niet._ *stenolophoides, _Niet._ *Indicus, _Niet._ Platysma, _Bon._ retinens, _Wlk._ Morio, _Latr._ trogositoides, _Wlk._ cucujoides, _Wlk._ Barysomus, _Dej_ *Gyllenhalii, _Dej._ Oodes, _Bon._ *piceus, _Niet._ Selenophorus, _Dej._ infixus, _Wlk._ Orthogonius, _Dej._ femoratus, _Dej._ h.e.l.luodes, _Westw._ Taprobanae, _Westw._ Physocrotaphus, _Parry._ Ceylonicus, _Parry._ *minax, _West._ Psysodera, _Esch._ Eschscholtzii, _Parry._ Omphra, _Latr._ *ovipennis, _Reiche._ Planetes, _Macl._ bimaculatus, _Macleay._ Cardiaderus, _Dej._ scitus, _Wlk._ Distrigus, _Dej._ *costatus, _Niet._ *submetallicus, _Niet._ *rufopiceus, _Niet._ *aeeneus, _Niet._ *Dejeani, _Niet._ Drimostoma, _Dej._ *Ceylanic.u.m, _Niet._ *marginale, _Wlk._ Cyclosomus, _Latr._ flexuosus, _Fabr._ Ochthephilus, _Niet._ *Ceylanicus, _Niet._ Spathinus, _Niet._ *nigriceps, _Niet._ Acupalpus, _Latr._ derogatus, _Wlk._ extremus, _Wlk._ Bembidium, _Latr._ finitimum, _Wlk._ *opulentum, _Niet._ *truncatum, _Niet._ *tropic.u.m, _Niet._ *triangalare, _Niet._ *Ceylanic.u.m, _Niet._ Klugii, _Niet._ *ebeninum, _Niet._ *orientale, _Niet._ *emarginatum, _Niet._ *ornatum, _Niet._ *scydmaenoides, _Niet._

Fam. PAUSSIDae, _Westw._ Cerapterus, _Swed._ latipes, _Swed._ Pleuropterus, _West._ Westermanni, _West._ Paussus, _Linn._ pacificus, _West._

Fam. DYTISCIDae, _Macl._ Cybister, _Curt._ limbatus, _Fabr._ Dytiscus, _Linn._ extenuans, _Wlk._ Eunectes, _Erich._ griseus, _Fabr._ Hydaticus, _Leach._ festivus, _Ill._ vittatus, _Fabr._ disclocans, _Wlk._ fractifer, _Wlk._ Colymbetes, _Clairv._ interclusus, _Wlk._ Hydroporus, _Clairv._ interpulsus, _Wlk._ intermixtus, _Wlk._ laetabilis, _Wlk._ *inefficiens, _Wlk._

Fam. GYRINIDae, _Leach_.

Dineutes, _Macl._ spinosus, _Fabr._ Porrorhynchus, _Lap._ indicans, _Wlk._ Gyretes, _Brulle_.

discifer, _Wlk._ Gyrinus, _Linn_.

nitidulus, _Fabr._ obliquus, _Wlk._ Orectochilus, _Esch._ *lenoeinium, _Dohrn_.

Fam. STAPHILINIDae, _Leach_.

Ocypus, _Kirby_.

longipennis, _Wlk._ congruus, _Wlk._ punctilinea, _Wlk._ *lineatus, _Wlk._ Philonthus, _Leach_.

*pedestris, _Wlk._ Xantholinus, _Dahl_.

cinctus, _Wlk._ *inclinans, _Wlk._ Sunius, _Leach_.

*obliquus, _Wlk._ Oedichirus, _Erich_.

*alatus, _Niet._ Poederus, _Fabr_.

alternans, _Wlk._ Stenus, _Latr._ *barbatus, _Niet._ *lacertoides, _Niet._ Osorius? _Leach_.

*compactus, _Wlk._ Prognatha, _Latr._ decisa, _Wlk._ *tenuis, _Wlk._ Leptochirus, _Perty_.

*bispinus, _Erich_.

Oxytelus, _Grav._ rudis, _Wlk._ productus, _Wlk._ *bicolor, _Wlk._ Trogophloeus? _Mann_.

*Taprobanae, _Wlk._ Omalium, _Grav._ filiforme, _Wlk._ Aleochara, _Grav._ postica, _Wlk._ *translata, _Wlk._ *subjecta, _Wlk._ Dinarda, _Leach_.

serricornis, _Wlk._

Fam. PSELAPHIDae, _Leach_.

Pselaphanax, _Wlk._ setosus, _Wlk._

Fam. SCYDMaeNIDae, _Leach_.

Erineus, _Wlk._ monstrosus, _Wlk._ Scydmaenus, _Latr._ *megamelas, _Wlk_.

*alatus, _Niet._ *femoralis, _Niet._ *Ceylanicus, _Niet._ *intermedius, _Niet._ *pselaphoides, _Niet._ *advolans, _Niet._ *p.u.b.escens, _Niet._ *pygmaeus, _Niet._ *glanduliferus, _Niet._ *graminicola, _Niet._ *pyriformis, _Niet._ *angusticeps, _Niet._ *ovatus, _Niet._

Fam. PTILIADae, _Woll._ Trichopteryx, _Kirby_.

*cursitans, _Niet._ *immatura, _Niet._ *invisibilis, _Niet._ Ptilium, _Schupp._.

*subquadratum, _Niet._ Ptenidium, _Erich_.

*macrocephalum, _Niet._

Fam. PHALACRIDae, _Leach_.

Phalacrus, _Payk._ conjiciens, _Wlk._ confectus, _Wlk._

Fam. NITIDULIDae, _Leach_.

Nitidula, _Fabr._ contigens, _Wlk._ intendens, _Wlk._ significans, _Wlk._ tomentifera, _Wlk._ *submaculata, _Wlk._ *glabricula, _Dohrn._ Nitidulopsis, _Wlk._ aequalis, _Wlk._ Meligethes, _Kirby_.

*orientalis, _Niet._ *respondens, _Wlk._ Rhizophagus, _Herbst_.

parallelus, _Wlk_.

Fam. COLYDIADae, _Woll._ Lyctus, _Fabr._ retractus, _Wlk._ disputans, _Wlk._ Ditoma, _Illig._ rugicollis, _Wlk._

Fam. TROGOSITIDae, _Kirby_.

Trogosita, _Oliv._ insinuans, _Wlk._ *rhyzophagoides, _Wlk._

Fam. CUCUJIDae, _Steph._ Loemophloeus, _Dej._ ferrugineus, _Wlk._ Cucujus? _Fabr._ *incommodus, _Wlk._ Silva.n.u.s, _Latr._ retrahens, _Wlk._ *scuticollis, _Wlk._ *porrectus, _Wlk._ Brontes, _Fabr._ *orientalis, _Dej._

Fam. LATHRIDIADae, _Woll._ Lathridius, _Herbst_.

perpusillus, _Wlk._ Corticaria, _Marsh_.

resecta, _Wlk._ Monotoma, _Herbst_.

concinnula, _Wlk._

Fam. DERMESTIDae, _Leach_.

Dermestes, _Linn_.

vulpinus, _Fabr._ Attagenus, _Latr._ defectus, _Wlk._ rufipes, _Wlk._ Trinodes, _Meg._ hirtellus, _Wlk._

Fam. BYRRHIDae, _Leach_.

Inclica, _Wlk._ solida, _Wlk._

Fam. HISTERIDae, _Leach_.

Hister, _Linn_.

Bengalensis, _Weid._ encaustus, _Mars._ orientalis, _Payk_.

bipustulatus, _Fabr._ *mundissimus, _Wlk._ Saprinus, _Erich_.

semipunctatus, _Fabr._ Platysoma, _Leach_.

atratum? _Erichs_.

desinens, _Wlk._ restoratum, _Wlk._ Dendrophilus, _Leach._ finitimus, _Wlk._

Fam. APHODIADae, _Macl._ Aphodius, _Illig._ robustus, _Wlk._ dynastoides, _Wlk._ pallidicornis, _Wlk._ mutans, _Wlk._ sequens, _Wlk._ Psammodius, _Gyll._ inscitus, _Wlk._

Fam. TROGIDae, _Macl._ Trox, _Fabr._ inclusus, _Wlk._ cornutus, _Fabr._

Fam. COPRIDae, _Leach._ Ateuchus, _Weber._ sacer. _Linn._ Gymnopleurus, _Illig._ smaragdifer, _Wlk._ Koenigii, _Fabr._ Sisyphus, _Latr._ setosulus, _Wlk._ subsidens, _Wlk._ prominens, _Wlk._ Orepanocerus, _Kirby._ Taprobanae, _West._ Copris, _Geoffr._ Pirmal, _Fabr._ sagax, _Quens._ capucinus, _Fabr._ cribricollis, _Wlk._ repertus, _Wlk._ sodalis, _Wlk._ signatus, _Wlk._ diminutivus, _Wlk._ Onthophagus, _Latr._ Bona.s.sus, _Fabr._ cervicornis, _Fabr._ prolixus, _Wlk._ gravis, _Wlk._ diffieilis, _Wlk._ lucens, _Wtk._ negligens, _Wlk._ moerens, _Wlk._ turbatus _Wlk._ Onitis, _Fabr._ Philemon, _Fabr._