272 Dr. Afzelius'j Obfervations on the Genus Paufus* 



Elytra abdomine breviora, obfolete punctata. 



AU inferiores colore violacco vario nitido. 



Abdomen apice convexiufcuium nigrum ; fubtus fegmentis tertio et 

 ultimo nigrefcentibus obfoletiffime pun&atis. 



Pedes omnes jequales impunctati. Femora bafi atra : appendicibus 

 minoribus quam P. microcephalia Tibia bafi nigricantes, 

 versus apicem latiores comprefliores, ipfo apice pilum utrin- 

 que gerentes, 'truncatae, margine exteriore ferie pilorum du- 

 plici, interiore unica et pedum pofticorum nulla inftrudbev 

 Tarfi longiores quam praecedentis fpeciei : articulis etiam 

 multd evidentioribus unguibufque majoribus. 



Feemina diffevt oculis cryftallinis ; palpi s interioribus paulo angufti- 

 oribus, exterioribus glaucefcentibus ; mandibulis brevioribus : 

 vagina infera anguftiore ; fcutello minore ; abdomine longiore, 

 apice convexo piceo ; femoribus pedum poflicorum aliquanto 

 gracilioribus j casterum fimillima. 



To thefe infe&s, now defcribed, tbere are fome others which feem 

 to be nearly related ; but whether they are exactly of the fame 

 genus I cannot determine, not knowing how far they agree in the 

 particulars of the generic character as above dated. But that they 

 may not be overlooked hereafter, I fhall here infert them. They 

 are the three following : 



1. Paufus ruber: tot as rufefcens, c thunb. Act. Stockb. 1781. p. 170.* 



Paufus ruber, totus rufefcens, thorace anticc erofo ; elytra 

 truncata, margine exterior! deflexa, Herbfl. Sv/l. Infeft. Coleopt. 

 P. 4. p. 101.* 



Habitat in Gapite Bona? Spei. 



2. Paufus Iineafus: rufefcens linea elytrornm fufca, Thunb. Acl. 



Stockb. 1781. p. 171.* Tab. 3. fig. 4. 5. 



Paufus 



