Mr. W. W. Saunders on the Paussidce. 
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XV. Descriptions of two Species of the Coleopterous 
Family Paussidae. By W. W. Saunders, Esq., F.L.S , 
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[Read December 7, 1835.] 
Paussus Fichtelii, Donovan. 
Plate IX. fig. 1. 
Castaneous. — Antennce nearly as long as the head and thorax, 
with the terminal joint large, somewhat quadrangular, exca- 
vated on the exterior side, the outline waved, and a sharp 
pointed production on the external basal angle. Head as broad 
as the thorax, hirsute, nearly orbicular, with a deep longitudinal 
excavation between the eyes, extending from the base of the 
antennae to half the length of the head. Thorax hirsute, quad- 
rate, with a deep transverse wavy excavation across the middle, 
and a longitudinal impression down the centre posterior part, 
and underneath black. Elytra hirsute, quadrangular, twice the 
breadth of the thorax, and nearly twice as long as broad ; 
black, with the base, apex, and a narrow marginal band, cas- 
taneous. Abdomen projecting considerably beyond the elytra. 
Legs moderate, slender, with the base of the femora black. 
Length one-fourth of an inch. 
Obs. — This rare insect, of which only two or three specimens 
exist in this country, was sent to me from Calcutta, where it was 
collected by my friend F. Bellairs, Esq., to whom I am also much 
indebted for many other valuable additions to my collection. 
Although the species is already known, I have thought that a 
good figure and description from a fresh specimen might still be 
interesting. 
Fig. 1 a. Head and front of thorax in profile. 1 b. Abdomen beneath. 
P. S. — The vertical impression on the head incloses two minute 
elevated tubercles ; the legs are comparatively very slender, the 
tarsi long and simple and distinctly five-jointed ; the lateral 
lobes of the mentum long and acute ; the elytra furnished at the 
posterior external angles with a small tubercle, as in several other 
species of the genus ; the two masses at the extremity of the 
abdomen having the appearance of a deeply emarginate joint, are 
formed only of a very thick brush of hairs, and the under side of 
the abdomen is five-jointed ; the second and third joints being 
very short, the fourth simple, and the fifth short. J. O. W. 
voi.. ii. 
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