a Family of Coleopterous Insects. 619 
Cerapterus; whilst the formation of the mentum and labium, 
and the insertion of the labial palpi vary very materially from 
the structure of Paussus. 
The only species with which I am acquainted being unde- 
scribed, I have (in consequence of its general appearance agree- 
ing with the typical species of Paussus) given it the name of 
PENTAPLATARTHRUS PAUSSOIDES mihi. 
(Tas. nostr. Fig.1—14.) 
P. totus rufo-piceus, thoracis angulis anticis utrinque in spinam 
obtusam productis, et in medio antice subcucullato, dorso 
centrali profundé excavato. 
Habitat in Africa? 
Long. corp. (antennis exclusis) lin. 31.— Lat. corp. (ad basin 
elytrorum) lin. 1+. 
Specimen unicum in Mus. Dom. T. W. Edwards, Soc. Linn. 
Sodal. &c. conservatum, et mihi benevole delineari descri- 
bique communicatum. | 
Nova species. Caput parvum, transversum, punctatum, piceum 
vertice paulló excavato. Antenne rufo-picez, articulo 
Imo punctato, 2do subpunctato, articulis reliquis lævis- 
simis. Thorax levis, nitidus, rufo-piceus, angulis anticis 
utrinque in spinam brevem obtusam productis, antice sub- 
cucullatus, disco centrali profunde excavato (sc. in medio 
elevatione magná, anticé rotundata, posticeque emarginata, 
culmen formante ad thoracis latera ductum), indé carina 
longitudinali ad marginem posticum, et utrinque linea 
elevata cum margine laterali parallela. Elytra rufo-picea, 
nitida, tenuissimé punctata, punctis ad suturam in lineas 
obscuras perpaucas dispositis. 
Subtus. Corpus et pedes picea. 
Unique in the cabinet of T. W. Edwards, Esq. F.L.S. &c., 
who, 
