640 Mr. J. O. Westwood on the Paussidcs, 



The curious fascicles or bundles of short, rigid, red hairs 

 which are observed on the margins of the elytra are peculiarly- 

 characteristic of the species. 



Species 6. Paussus thoracicus. Donovan. 



Tab. XXXIIT. Fig. 28—30. 



P. ferrugineo-testaceus, elytris disco lateribusque fuscis, an- 



tennarum clav4 oblonga compress^ trigone, latere interno 



acuto, externo excavato, cavitate ovali, marginibus den- 



ticulatis. 

 Paussus thoracicus. Donovan, Epitome Ins. Ind. t. 4. /. |. 



Rees' Encycl. Entomology, pi. 8. Jig. 11. ^* 11*, sine de- 



scriptione. 

 Paussus trigonicornis. Latreille, Genera Crustaceorum, ^c. vol. iii. 



p. 3. pi. II. f. 8. Schonh. Syn. Ins. vol. i. p. 3. p. 19- 

 Habitat Indi^ Orientali ; Bengal. Dom. Fichtel. 

 Long. corp. lin. 3^. 

 In Mus. Brit., Soc. Linn. Lond., Kirby, Haworth, B. Clark, 



Latreille (nunc Dejean). 



Subcylindricus, rufo-testaceus. Caput thorace antico subaequ^ 

 latum, margine antico acuto, emarginato, vertice arcu du- 

 plici elevato, centroque vari^ impresso, et prominulo coro- 

 nato. Palpi ut in congeneribus. Antennce articulo apicali 

 compresso, oblongo trigono, latere interno acuto, externo 

 vel postico in naviculam vel cavitatem oblongo-ovalem lon- 

 gitrorsiim excavato, punctorura impressorum vel denticula- 

 tionum serie ex illius utroque margine, angulo basali acuto. 

 Thorax bipartitus, sulco postico ; medio transversa profund^- 

 que excavato, parte anticd et eminenti postice in medio 

 emarginata ejusdem angulis lateralibus acutis. Elytra nigra, 

 basi et apice rubro-ferrugineis, margine externo setis ali- 

 quot rigidis hispido, ejusdem angulo apicali incrassato. 



Pedes 



