a Family of Coleopterous Insects. 609 
rales §c. p. 225, under the name of Paussili, and which he 
placed between the Bostrichide and the Ciside. This family 
name was altered in the Edinburgh Encyclopedia by Dr. Leach 
to Paussides. In the Règne Animal, the two genera considered 
a subgenera together form the second genus of the first section of 
the Xylophages between the Scolytide and the Bostrichide. And 
in the Analecta Entomologica, Dalman proposed to establish 
the species, previously named by him Paussus Bucephalus, into 
a distinct genus named Hylotorus. 
To these three genera I have now the pleasure of adding 
several others ; and the following may be regarded as the prin- 
cipal typical characters of the family. 
Ordo. COLEOPTERA. 
Sectio. Penramera? Latr. 
(CuriroropnowonPua? MacLeay.) 
Stirps. NrzcnornacaA? MacLeay. 
. Familia. Paussipa mihi Pavssirr. Latr., $c. PAvssipzrs. 
Leach, Edin. Encycl. ee ee 
Genus typicum. Pavssus. Linn. 
Familie Character typicus. 
Corpus oblongo-quadratum, subdepressum, antice subacumi- 
natum. 
Caput parvum, subtriangulari-globosum, poris collo in- 
structum. [OP 
ANTENN® permagne, crasse, articulis 2—10 pls ilis 
depressae (pro magnitudine insectorum). — 
Parr magni, coriacei, exserti, inequales. 
LABIUM magnum, coriaceum, planum. 
Tuonax Eis minüsve bipartitus. 
ErvrRA postice quadrata. - kia 
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