634 Mr. 3.0. West wood on the Paussidce, 



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 Linn^i mihi. 

 Tab. XXXIII. Fig. 22—24. 



P. subcylindricus, rufo-piceus, elytris rufescentibus, antennarum 

 clavA, supr^ latA, subquadrat^, apice vald^ depresso, recurvo, 

 subhirsuto. 



Habitat ? 



Long. Corp. (exclus. antennis) lin. 2. 



In Mus. Soc. Linn. Lond. (olim Smith?). 



Nova species. Parvus, subcylindricus, tenuissimfe punctatissi- 

 mus. Caput supra subconvexum, piceum, obscurum, por- 

 rectum, subtriangulare, postic^ in collum breve productum ; 

 margine antico emarginato ; vertice impressione parva, 

 subrotundatd, in qu4 tuberculum minutum. Oculi parvi 

 laterales. Palpi ut supra descripti. Antenna magnae, ob- 

 scuree, castaneae vel rufo-piceae, apice subpiloso, articulo 

 Imo cylindrico, brevi, apice obliquo, articulo ultimo max- 

 imo, supr^ subquadrato, inaequaliter elevato, basi paul6 

 latiori, et obliqu^ truncato ; latere interno tuberculis tribus 

 minutis, apice cit6 vald^ depresso, acuto et supra reflexo. 

 Thorax longior, quasi bipartitus, et in medio profundi 

 excavato, rufo-piceus, portio antica obscura capite latior 

 strangulo distincta, valdfe et transversa elevata, illius mar- 

 gine supero acuto et in medio subemarginata, ejusdem 

 angulis lateralibus acutis ; portio postlca nitida paul6 an- 

 gustior, lateribus rotundatis, vertice vald^ depresso, de- 



pressione 



