Note 1 — CHAP. VI
Reading edition
: Of the family of Elateridæ, one of the finest is a Singhalese species, the Compsosternus Templetonii, of an exquisite golden green colour, with blue reflections (described and figured by Mr. WESTWOOD in his Cabinet of Oriental Entomology, pl. 35, f. 1). In the same work is figured another species of large size, also from Ceylon, this is the Alaus sordidus.—WESTWOOD, 1. c. pl. 35, f. 9.