1841.] ^ Linnean Society. Ill 



cies he has seen in Mr. Hope's collection : it is from New Grenada, 

 and is possibly identical with T. Americanus . 



Mr. Westwood gives the following as a synopsis of the genera 

 belonging to the family in its present state : — 



AntenncB quasi biarticulatae. 



Caput thorace baud immersum, collo distincto, ocellis nullis. 



Palpi labiates articulo ultimo elongate 1. Paussus. 



articulis aequalibus 2. Platyrhopalus. 



Caput thorace immersum ocellis duobus 3. Hylotorus. 



AntenncB quasi sexarticulatae. 



Prothorax angulis anticis valde productis 4. Pentaplatarthrus. 



transversus, angulis anticis rotun- 1 , j i-„j^-.,, 



datis, posticis valde emarginatis J 



truncato-cordatus 6. Ceratoderus. 



Antennce (\\xSLs\ decemarticulatae 7. Cerapterus. 



1. Paussus, Linn. 



Sect. A. Thorax quasi bipartitus. 



a. Anteimarum clava postice baud excavata. 



1. P. microcephalus, L. Africa? 



2. P. Jousselinii, Guer. Rangoon. 



3. P. Litincsi, Westw. Habitat unknown. 



4. P. Burmeisteri, Westw. Cape of Good Hope. 



5. P. rujitarsis, Westw. Habitat unknown. 



6. P. pilicornis, Donov. Bengal. 



7. P. Turcicus, Frivaldsk. Balkan Mountains. 



b. Antennarum clava postice excavata. 



8. P. thoracicus, Donov. Bengal. 



9. P. Fichtelii, Donov. Bengal. 



10. P.fulvus, luteo-fulvus subopacus, elj'tris magis rufescentibus, anten- 

 narum articulo basali thoracis lateribus postice femoribusque obscurio- 

 ribus, capite supra profunde impresso. — Long. corp. lin. 3. 



Hah. in India Orientali. 



11. P. tibialis, castaneus nitidus, elytris singulis plaga magna nigra, tibiis 

 4 anterioribus elongatis ; posticis multo latioribus compressis, antenna- 

 rum clava postice profunde excavata. — Long. corp. lin. 2f . 



Hob. in Bengala. In Mus. D. Westermann. 



12. P. excavatus, Westw. Senegal. 



13. p. ruber, Thunb. Cape of Good Hope. 



14. P. cochlearius, Westw. South Africa. 



15. P. Klugii, Westw. Cape of Good Hope. 



Sect. B. Thorax subcontinuus. 

 a. Species Africanae. 

 IG. P. spharocerus, Afzel. Sierra Leone. 



