40 MONOGRAPH OF THE COLEOPTEROUS FAMILY PAUSSIDA. 
in sending his unique specimen of it from Paris for my examina- 
tion, I was first made acquainted with this interesting genus. My 
collection has subsequently been enriched, by the liberality of 
Mr. Westermann, of Copenhagen, with a specimen, from which 
the present figure is taken, and which may possibly be of a different 
sex to the specimen which I figured in the Transactions of the 
Entomological Society of London. (Vol. II. pl. ix. fig. 8.) 
Genus HYLOTORUS, Dalman. (Plate 58, fig. 4.) 
Corpus subdepressum breve, capite lato in thoracem postice tere ad oculos immerso, elytris 
thorace paullo latioribus apice truncatis. Caput magnum convexum rotundatum collo 
nullo, fovea magna ovata, impressione profunda inter oculos et antennarum basin pro recep- 
tione clave antennarum (fig. 4a), ocellis vel tuberculis duobus verticalibus mamillatis. 
Trophi nondum descripti. Oculiparvi. Antenne capite vix longiores articulo Imo. brevi 
in lato medio emarginato, 2ndo. parvo subgloboso, emarginature prioris inserto, ultimo magno 
(magnitudine capitis dimidio) ovato lanceolato, compresso subtus vel posterius conyexo, 
supra vel anterins concavo, apice acuto antrorsum flexo. Prothorax brevis, transversus 
antice muito latior, capiti equalis et illud ambiens basi apiceque truncatus, supra 
inequalis presertim pone medium. Scutellum mediocre triangulare. Elytra thoracis 
antico vix latiova oblongo-quadrata, basi ipsa transversim impressa, lateribus inflexo-sinuata 
apice truncata anum occultantia ; supra convexa. Alxw ample. Abdomen breve retusum. 
Pedes breves validi femoribus tibiisque valde compressis dilatatis. tarsis brevibus cylindricis 
ut videtur 4-articulatis, primis tribus brevissimis coarctatis pilosis, 4to lougiore nudo, 
unguibus parvis arcuatis. 
The detailed specific description of Paussus bucephalus, given by 
Gyllenhal in the Appendix to Schonherr’s Synonymia Insectorum 
and the accompanying figure (copied in my plate), together with 
Dalman’s observations on the species in the Analecta Entomologica, 
are the only materials which have hitherto been published, ex visu, 
of the type of this genus, which differs in several respects (such as 
the large size of the head immersed into the thoracic cavity, the 
small eyes, and existence of ocelli) from the other species of the 
family ; indeed, Mr. MacLeay considers that st does not belong 
thereto. Its general habit appears to me, on the contrary, to be 
decidedly Paussideous, agreeing with several of the forms of the 
family in its antennee, sub-bipartite thorax, short broad feet, 
colours, and truncated elytra. 
Species unica.—Hylotorus Bucephalus. (Plate 58, fig. 4.) Pallide testaceus glaber, 
oculis nigris, thorace postice transverse-sulcato. 
Syn.—Pausus Bucephalus, Gyll. in Sch. Syn. Ins. i. p. 3, App. p. 15, tab. 6, fig. 2 and 
2a; Dalm. Anal. Ent. p. 103 (Hylotorus B.) Latr. Regne An., 2d Kdit., v. p. 93; 
Westw. Trans. Linn. Soc., vol. 16, p. 654. 
Habitat in Sierra Leone, Africa. D. Afzelius. Mus. Schonherr. 
Long. corp. (e fig. Schonh.) lin. 24. 
Magnitudine Anobii mollis et colore similis, pallide testaceus glaber, nitidus. Caput fronte 
linea impressa, postice bifida, ramulis in tuberculis duobus vel ocellis desinentibus. Oculi 
nigri ; antenne corpore concolores. Prothorax supra inequalis paullo pone medium 
striga angulata valde profunda et antice posticeque aliis obsoletissimis transversim 
impressis. Scutellum concolor. Elytra testacea nitida, levia. Ala fusco hyaline. 
Corpus subius testaceum punctulatum. Pedes pallide testacei. 
The curious plant represented in the plate is the broad-leaved 
ginger of the East Indies, Amomum Zerumbet of Linneeus. 
