Published three articles on beetles: 'Description of four new species of the Coleopterous family of the Paussidae’ in Calcutta Journal of Natural History, 6, 1846, 459-470, 'Notes on the capture of Paussi at the Cape of Good Hope', Trans.Ent.Soc.Lond., 5, 1847, 30-32; and 'On the possible identity of Paussus lineatus and Pirryanus', Ann.Mag.nat.Hist., (3)7, 1861, 459-463. Fowler (1912) mentions that Benson collected Paussidae at Cawnpur and elsewhere in the United Provinces. (MD 10/01)
Dates
1803-1870