678 Mr. J. O. Westwood on the Paussida, 



sufficiently convinced me that the Paussus fiavicornis does not 

 belong to the PaussidcE, but that it is referable to the Telephorida ; 

 since Dalman's observations upon the tarsi clearly prove that 

 it is not allied to the Cerocomce. I therefore propose for the 

 insects in question, the generic name of 



Megadeuterus*. 



Corpus parvum, villosum. Antenna articulo Imo incurvo, elon- 

 gato ; 2do magno rotundato compresso ; articulis reliquis 

 brevibus, filiformibus. Elytra molliuscula. Tarsi 5-arti- 

 culati. 



Species 1. Megadeuterus flavicornis. Fahr. 



M. corpore nigro, elytris cyaneis, antennarum articulis duobus 



basalibus flavis. 

 Habitat in Java. 

 Mus. Dom. de Sehestedt. 

 Paussus flavicornis. Fahr. Syst. Eleuih. 2. 75. 4. Dalman loc. 



cit. Sch. Syn. Ins. vol. 1. part. 3. p. IQ. 



Corpus nigrum. Caput et thorax cinereo-villosa. Antenna arti- 

 culis duobus basalibus flavis, reliquis nigris. Elytra cyanea, 

 nitida. 



Species 2. 

 My friend A. H. Haworth, Esq., F.L.S., &c. possesses in his 

 cabinet an undescribed insect, evidently congenerous with the 

 above, under the manuscript name of Cerocoma marginata. A 

 casual examination of this insect enables me merely to state that 

 it appears to agree with the Fabrician description of M. flavi- 

 cornis in all respects, except that the suture and margins of the 

 elytra are rufous. 



* fteyaj, magnus; and IsuTtpos, secundus ; — in allusion to the large second joint of 

 the antennae. 



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