634 Mr. J. O. Wzsrwoop on the Pausside, 
the Society to institute such an inquiry into the state of the Lin- 
nean cabinet of insects as will tend in the result to diminish the 
confusion which has so inadvertently been produced, —whereby 
the value of the cabinet has been diminished, and the increase 
of knowledge retarded,—by endeavouring, as far as may be 
possible, to reinstate the collection in its original form. 
Species 2. Paussus Linnai mihi. 
Tas. XXXIII. Fig. 22—24. 
P. subcylindricus, rufo-piceus, elytris rufescentibus, antennarum 
clavá suprà lata subquadrata, apice valdé depresso, recurvo, 
subhirsuto. | 
Habitat ? 
Long. corp. (exclus. antennis) lin. 2. 
In Mus. Soc. Linn. Lond. (olim Smith ?). | 
Nova species. Parvus, subcylindricus, tenuissimé punctatissi- 
mus. Caput supra subconvexum, piceum, obscurum, por- 
rectum, subtriangulare, posticé in collum breve productum ; 
margine antico emarginato; vertice impressione parva, 
subrotundatá, in quà tuberculum minutum. Oculi parvi 
laterales. Palpi ut suprà descripti. Antenne magne, ob- 
scure, castanez vel rufo-picez, apice subpiloso, articulo 
1mo cylindrico, brevi, apice obliquo, articulo ultimo max- 
imo, suprà subquadrato, inzqualiter elevato, basi pauló 
latiori, et obliqué truncato ; latere interno tuberculis tribus 
minutis, apice citó valdé depresso, acuto et suprà reflexo. 
Thorax longior, quasi bipartitus, et in medio profunde 
excavato, rufo-piceus, portio antica obscura capite latior 
strangulo distincta, valdé et transverse elevata, illius mar- 
gine supero acuto et in medio subemarginata, ejusdem 
angulis lateralibus acutis; portio postica nitida pauló an- 
gustior, lateribus rotundatis, vertice valdé depresso, de- 
pressione 
