666 Mr. J.O. Wzsrwoopn on the Pausside, 
the antenne are situated upon the head, it appears to me that 
when alive the insect carries them with the spines pointing 
upwards, so that, probably, their flat inner surfaces may be 
applied to each other. I regret not having been able to obtain 
any information respecting its habitat. 
Genus 5. CERAPTERUS. Swed., Don., Latr., $c. 
Corpus depressum, capite minori, thorace majori, abdomine la- 
tiori. Caput thorace angustius, depressum, subtriangulare, 
posticè collo brevi, cylindrico, instructum. Oculi mediocres, 
globosi, laterales, valdè prominuli. Antenne capitis fronte 
inserte, pubescentes, perfoliate, 10-articulate, capite cum 
thorace pauló longiores, articulo 1mo compresso, apice 
concavo clypeato, transverso; articulis reliquis depressis, 
latis, articuli 2—9 equalibus depressis, brevibus, latissimis, 
parallelis, et transversaliter impositis, ultimo in eodem cum 
reliquis plano, feré quartam partem antenne constituente, 
apice rotundato. Labrum, mandibule, mazilleque minute. 
Palpi elongati, inzequales; maaillares (maxilla, Swed. fig. 4. 
a, b.) longi, cornei, 4?-articulati, articulo penultimo apice 
crassiori, ultimo tenui acuto; labiales crassiores, articulo 
ultimo longiori, latiori, depresso, truncato. Thorax planus, 
immarginatus, lateribus dilatatis. Scutellum mediocre, tri- 
angulare. Elytra lata, planiuscula, elongato-quadrata, mar- 
ginibus lateralibus, inflexo-convolutis, apice subtruncata. 
Abdomen elytris pauló longius. Pedes breves, valdé com- 
pressi, lati. Tarsi angusti, filiformes, breves, articulis ba- 
salibus ciliatis, articulo ultimo longo, simplici. 
This genus was established by Swederus in the "Transactions 
of the Swedish Academy, vol. ix. 1788, p. 203, for the recep- 
tion of an insect which he had received from General Davies of 
Blackheath, 
