a Family of Coleopterous Insects. 6 19 



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 



Pentaplatahthrus paussoides mihi. 

 (Tab. nostr. Fig.l— 14.) 



P. totus rufo-piceus, thoracis angulis anticis utrinque in spinam 

 obtusam productis, et in medio antic^ subcucullato, dorso 

 centrali profundi excavate. 



Habitat in Africa ? 



Long. Corp. (antennis exclusis) lin. 3^. — Lat. corp. (ad basin 

 elytrorum) lin. 1-i-, 



Specimen unicum in Mus. Dora. T. W. Edwards, Soc. Linn. 

 Social. &c. conservatum, et mihi benevolo delineari descri- 

 bique comraunicatum. 



Nova species. Caput parvum, transversum, punctatum, piceum 

 vertice paullo excavato. AntenncB rufo-piceae, articulo 

 Imo punctate, 2do subpunctato, articulis reliquis laevis- 

 simis. Thorax laevis, nitidus, rufo-piceus, angulis anticis 

 utrinque in spinam brevem obtusam productis, antice sub- 

 cucullatus, disco centrali profunde excavato (sc. in medio 

 elevatione magn^, anticfe rotundat^, posticeque emarginat^, 

 culmen formante ad thoracis latera ductum), inde carina 

 longitudinali ad marginem posticum, et utrinque lined 

 elevata cum margine laterali parallela. Elytra rufo-picea, 

 nitida, tenuissime 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, 



