a Family of Coleopterous Insects. 651 



Parvus, statura P. microcephali et lineati, niger. Caput mag- 

 num. Antenna magnae, clavatae, irregulares, ferrugineae, 

 biarticulatae, clav4 elongate integrd. Thorax laevis, ferru- 

 gineus, immaculatus. Elytra strig4 medi^, margineque 

 omni a strigd ad apicem ferrugineis. Pedes nigri. 



I have been compelled, in consequence of not having met 

 with any specimen of the genus agreeing with the description 

 given of this species by Fabricius in the Entotnologia Systema- 

 tica, (to which no additional description is given in the Systema 

 Eleutheratorum,) to draw the above characters from the Fabri- 

 cian specific description : I consequently place it in this section 

 with doubt. 



In addition to the preceding species, Latreille in the Nouveau 

 Dictionnaire d'Hist. Nat. vol. xxv. p. 58. states, that " M. Gat- 

 toire en a trouv6 une espfece a I'lle de France." The species 

 is not, however, mentioned, but from its geographical habitat 

 it would appear to be a distinct species : indeed, in his new 

 work, Cours d'Entomologie, vol. i. p. 298, Latreille mentions 

 this as " une esptice inedite." 



Genus 3. Hylotorus. Dalman, Latr. 



Paussus. GylL, Schonh. 



Type of the Genus, Pausus Bucephalus, GylL, Schonh. 



Corpus subdepressum, breve, obtusum, capite lato, in thoracem 

 posticfe immerso ; elytris vix thorace latioribus, apice trun- 

 catis. Caput magnum, convexum, rotundatum, thoracis 

 latitudine et in illo posticfe ferh ad oculos immersum ; collo 

 nullo, fove4 magna, ovata, impressione profundi inter 

 oculos et antennarum basin, pro receptione clavae anten- 

 narum ; ocellis vel tuberculis duobus, verticalibus, mamil- 



latis. 



