a Family of Coleopterous Insects. 647 



turn, subtriangulare, supra subconvexum, castaneo-rufum, 

 postic^ in collo angustiori productum, margine antico 

 paul6 emarginato. Oculi magni laterales. Falpi ut in con- 

 generibus rufo-castanei. Antenna, rufo-castaneae, articulo 

 Imo brevi cylindrico, apice obliquo, ultimo magno sub- 

 ovato, subdepresso, basi truncato et extern^ in spinam 

 obtusam producto, latere externo marginato. Thorax rufo- 

 castaneus subcylindricus, antic^ supra paul6 elevatus sub- 

 depressus, lateribus rotundatis et postic^ parte anticd an- 

 gustior. Elytra subdepressa ex oblongo-quadrata, thorace 

 fer^ dupl6 latiora et abdominis longitudine tenuissim^ 

 pubescentia et punctatissima rufo-castanea, singuli disco 

 nigro. Fedes rufo-castanei, longi, tenues, tibiis subcylin- 

 dricis. 



It will be seen that this species (which now stands in the 

 cabinet of the British Museum under the name of P. lineatus,) 

 agrees in the majority of its characters with the description 

 given by Thunberg of that species. The variation in the 

 formation of the clava of the antennae and the rounded an- 

 terior margins of the thorax are, however, characters sufficient 

 to distinguish it as a species. I have seen but one specimen, 

 and I regret that I have not been able to obtain any informa- 

 tion respecting its habitat, &c. 



Species 12. Paussus lineatus. Thunberg. 

 Tab. XXXIII. Fig. 38. 



P. rufescens, elytrorum disco nigro, thorace inaequali lateribus 

 anticfe unispinosis, antennarum clavd magna, apice obtus^, 

 basi extern^ in spinam exeunte. 



Paussus lineatus. Thiinb. Act. Holm. 1781. p. 171- pi. 3. Jig. 4. 

 4- 5. Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. 2. 75. 2. Herbst, Syst. Ins. Col. 



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