COLEOPTEROUS FAMILY PAUSSIDAl, 187 
Species XXV.—Paussus curvicornis, Chevrclat. 
(Plate 93, fig. 5.) 
‘Dun ferrugineux un peu obscur avec l’extrémité des élytres plus pile; téte ayant sur le 
vertex une pointe conique un peu courbée en avant, corselet divisé transversalement parc 
un fort étranglement, ayant une profonde impression A son lobe postérieur; élytres 
presque lisses avec quelques tubercules trés pétits et une legére dilatation 2 l’extrémité et 
en dehors; pattes d’une couleur plus foncée. Long. corp. 10 mill.” 
Habitat in Senegallia. Mus. Chevrolat. 
Syn.— Paussus curvicornis, Chevrolat in Silberm. Rev. Ent. 4, 263; Guévin, Iconogr. du 
Regne An. Ins. pl. 40, fig. 8. 
Paussus cornutus, var. Chevrolat in Guérin Mag, de Zool. No. 49, fig. la, 2, 2a. 
The accompanying figure and description are copied from the 
works above referred to, as I have not had an opportunity of ex- 
amining the species, and am not therefore able to speak with pre- 
cision as to its more decided characters. 
Fig. 5a represents the head and antenne seen in front; 56, the 
head seen sideways; and 4c, the extremity of the abdomen beneath. 
Specirs XXVJ.—Paussus tavirrons, De. 
(Plate 92, fig. 4.) 
Rufo-castaneus, elytris magis rufescentibus ; levis nitidus latus subdepressus vix setosus ; 
capite inermi, antennarum clava fere ovata depressa basi truncata externe in unguem par- 
vum producto margineque externo 4-subdentato ; prothorace utrinque antice rotundato- 
dilatato ; palpis maxillaribus vix dilatatis, articulo 2do maximo ; elytris punctatis capite et 
prothorace minus punctatis; tibiis 4-posticis 2-calcaratis, pedibus dilatato-compressis. Long. 
corp. lin. 44—5. 
Habitat in Senegallia. Mus. Reiche, Dupont, Norris. 
Syn.—Platyrhopalus levifrons, (Dej.) Westw. Linn, Trans. xvi. p. 661, pl. 33, 
fig. 65—67. 
The palpi of this species, upon examination of a specimen in the 
collection of T. Norris, Esq., of Redvales, Lancashire, are found 
to agree with those of the present genus in the relative length of 
the joints, although the maxillary palpi are not so much dilated as 
in many of the species. 
Fig. 4a represents the head and prothorax seen sideways ; 
4b, the maxillary, and 4c, the labial palpi; 4d, one of the hind tarsi; 
4e, the abdomen in a specimen in Mr. Norris’s collection. 
Species XXVII. Paussus Suuckarpi. Westw. 
(Plate 92, fig. 5.) 
Ferrugineus ; capite longitudinaliter et prothorace transverse sulcatis, hoc subbipartito ; anten- 
narum clava longa tenui punctata subcylindrica basi externe subacuto ; clypeo vix 
emarginato ; lateribus capitis inter oculos et basin antennarum elevatis; menti dente 
centrali fere obliterato dentibusque lateralibus obsoletis, palpis maxillaribus vix dilatatis 
articulo ultimo minuto ; prothorace haud capite latiori lateribus antice obtuse dilatatis 
parte antica elevata ct in medio sulco subdivisa; elytris levibus subnitidis ; pedibus com- 
