Dr. Afxelius'j Obfervations on the Genus Paufus. 173 



Paufus lincatus, capitc collo cylindrico a capite (thorace) fe- 

 parato ; elytra linearia, linea in medio lata fufca, Herb/}. SyJI. 

 Infedt. Coleopt. P. 4. p. 102.* Tab. 39. fig. 7. a. b. 



Cerocoma lineata % antcnnis biarticulatis: clava elongata integra, 

 fufca linea nigra, Fabr. Etit. Syjl. Tom. i. P. 2. p. 82. sy. 



Habitat in Capite Bona? Spei. 



3. Cerocoma ruJkolliSy antennis biarticulatis : clava elongata intcgra, 

 nigra thorace elytrorumque ftriga ferrugineis, Fabr. Ent, Syft, 

 Tom. i. P. 2. p. 83.* 

 Habitat - - Dom. Lund. 



Before I conclude, I mud recommend to Gentlemen who may 

 have an opportunity of feeing P. microcephalus and V.fph&rocerus alive, 

 to inveftigate their'nature and metamorphofes, to examine carefully 

 their inftruments for feeding, and to enquire into the interior ftruc- 

 ture of the upper-joints, or the clavae of their antennas, as well as 

 into the peculiar quality of giving light, which the bails ofP.ffiha- 

 rocerus feem to poffefs, &c. &c. 



EXPLANATION of Tab. XXII. 



P a u s u s fnlcrocepbalus. 



Fig. I. the natural fizc. 



Fig. 2. magnified, feen from above. 



a a. the four tubercles on the vertex of each of the clava 1 

 or upper-joints of the antennae. 



b b. the hooks of the clava?, with their interior knob. 



c. the pedicles of the fame, with their balls at the bafe. 



d. the lower joints of the antennae. 



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