638 Mr. J. O. Westwood on the Paussidaf 



domine paul6 breviora. Pedes breves fusci, femoribus 

 tibiisque valde compressis. 



I am indebted for a knowledge of this pretty and very distinct 

 little species to the liberality of M. Dupont, who obligingly 

 allowed me to describe and figure it from his rich Coleopterous 

 collection at Paris. In size and the structure of the thorax it 

 agrees with the two preceding species, especially P. Linneei; 

 whilst the antennae resemble those of P. thoracicus and Fich- 

 telii. It also agrees with the P. Linneei in having the circular 

 impression on the crown of the head ; but it wants the small 

 central tubercle. 



I have already alluded to the alleged habits of this species, 

 and the consequent change which I have been compelled to 

 introduce in its specific name. 



Species 5. Paussus rufitarsis. 



Tab. XXXIII. Fig. 25—27. 



P. flavescenti-fulvus ; antennarum articulo basali, thoracis an- 



gulis posticis, elytrorum disco, pedibusque piceis ; tarsis 



rufis, antennarum clav4 ovat^, apice subacute, basique in 



spinam externe producto. 



Habitat ? 



Long. Corp. lin. 3. 



In Mus. Brit. Specimen unicum sub nomine Ms. ^^ rufitarsis" 



conserv. 



Nova species. Brevis, indfe speciebus reliquis quasi latior et ob- 

 tusior videtur, cylindricus, minutissimfe punctatissimus et te- 

 nuissim^ pubescens. Caput porrectum, ferfe thoracis magni- 

 tudine, subtriangulare, anticfe truncatum, emarginatumque, 

 pallid^ fulvo-flavescens, in vertice exstat excavatio parva 

 rotundata inter quam et oculos utrinque excavatio alia mi- 



nutissima. 



