636 Mr. J. O. Westwood on the Paussiilce, 



Rees' Encycl. vol. xxvi. Genus Paussus, no. 3. Enci/cl. 



Londineiisis, vol. xix. Genus Paussus, no. 3. 

 Habitat Caput Bonae Spei. Dom. Thunberg. 



In Mus. ? 



Magn. nat. Notoxi Rhinocerotis. 



Corpus oblongum depressum, obscur^ rufescens, laeve, glabrum. 

 Caput anticfe margine elevato, in medio depressum et an- 

 gustatum, postic^ transversa elevatum et dilatatum, in 

 spinam lateralem utrinque exstantem, supr^ anticfe in me- 

 dio est ruga elevata bifida inter oculos. AntenncB antheri- 

 formes biarticulatae, articulus infimus minor cylindricus, 

 extimus latus complanatus basi cordato, apice eroso-sulcato, 

 antheram bifidam referente. Thorax anticfe erosus. Scu- 

 tellum nigrum. Elytra magis rufescentia, margine exteriori 

 deflexo, abdomine breviora, truncata. 



I am unacquainted with this insect, except through the de- 

 scription of Thunberg, which I have detailed above ; conse- 

 quently it is with some hesitation that I venture from analogy 

 to place it in this section of the genus, and to suggest that that 

 author may have fallen into an error in his description of its 

 head, inasmuch as it appears to me not improbable that he has 

 regarded the anterior portion of the thorax as the hinder part of 

 the head, such hinder part, according to his description, appear- 

 ing to me to have precisely the same formation as the anterior 

 part of the thorax in the preceding species, with which, if I am 

 correct in the above opinion, it seems to possess considerable 

 affinity. It is greatly to be regretted that Thunberg did not 

 figure the insect. 



Species 



