a Family of Coleopterous Insects. 647 
tum, subtriangulare, supra subconvexum, castaneo-rufum, 
postice in collo angustiori productum, margine antico 
pauló emarginato. Oculi magni laterales. Palpi ut in con- 
generibus rufo-castanei. Antenne rufo-castanezm, articulo 
lmo brevi cylindrico, apice obliquo, ultimo magno sub- 
ovato, subdepresso, basi truncato et externé in spinam 
obtusam producto, latere externo marginato. Thorax rufo- 
castaneus subcylindricus, anticé suprà pauló elevatus sub- 
depressus, lateribus rotundatis et postict parte anticá an- 
gustior. Elytra subdepressa ex oblongo-quadrata, thorace 
feré dupló latiora et abdominis longitudine tenuissimé 
pubescentia et punctatissima rufo-castanea, singuli disco 
nigro. Pedes rufo-castanei, longi, tenues, tibiis subcylin- 
dricis. 
It will be seen that this species (which now stands in the 
cabinet of the British Museum under the name of P. lineatus,) 
agrees in the majority of its characters with the description 
given by Thunberg of that species. The variation in the 
formation of the clava of the antennz and the rounded an- 
terior margins of the thorax are, however, characters sufficient 
to distinguish it as a species. I have seen but one specimen, 
and I regret that I have not been able to obtain any informa- 
tion respecting its habitat, &c. 
Species 12. Pavssus rrNEATUS. Thunberg. 
TAN NRA Dig 306. | 5... 
P. rufescens, elytrorum disco nigro, thorace inzequali lateribus 
antice unispinosis, antennarum clavá magna, apice obtusa, 
basi externé in spinam exeunte. 
Paussus lineatus. Thunb. Act. Holm. 1781. p. 171. pl. 3. fig. 4. 
& 5. Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. 2.75.2. Herbst, Syst. Ins. Col. 
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