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Mr. J. O. Westwood’s Descriptions of 
Paussus ruber, Thunberg. Plate IX. fig. 5. 
In my Monograph (p. 635) I was compelled, in consequence of 
not having seen a specimen of this species, to introduce only a 
transcript from the character given of it by Thunberg, who stated 
it to he an inhabitant of the Cape of Good Hope, adding only a 
suggestion that this author had given an incorrect description of 
the structure of the head and thorax, by regarding the anterior 
portion of the latter as the posterior part of the former, and a 
hint that this species might possibly be identical with my Paussus 
Linncei. Having, however, during my visit at Berlin found a 
specimen thus named on the authority of Dr. Klug in the Royal 
Museum of that city, I made a drawing and the following descrip- 
tion of it, whence it will be seen that my conjecture relative to 
the structure of the head and thorax is confirmed, but that the 
insect is much more nearly allied to Paussus excavalus (an inha- 
bitant of Senegal) than to P. Linncei. 
P. castaneo-ferrugineus, subnitidus, vix pubescens, sub lente 
punctatissimus, vertice impressionibus binis parvis ovalibus, 
capite antice emarginato. Antennarum clava obovalis, margine 
antico subrecto et subacuto, impressionibus nonnullis trans- 
versis intra marginem ; margine postico multo crassiori et in 
sulcum magnum oblongo-ovalem excavato, serieque trans- 
versa impressionum in pagina ejus inferiore, angulo ex- 
terno basali hamato, denteque parvo obtuso in medio mar- 
ginis basalis. Thorax bipartitus capite major, parte antica 
lateraliter in spinam utrinque producta, parte postica longiori 
sed angustiori, antice lateraliter subspinoso, disco profunde 
et irregulariter sulcato. Elytrorum apices externe tuber- 
culati. Pedes subdilatati, complanati, rugose punctati. 
Long. corp. lin. 
Habitat apucl Prom. Bonse Spei. D. Krebs. 
In Museo Reg. Berol. 
Fig. 5 a. Antenna. 5 b. Labial palpus. 5 c. Head and thorax in profile. 
Paussus cochlearius, Westw. Plate IX. fig. 6. 
P. totus ferrugineus, subnitidus, flavo-pilosus ; antennis apice 
eroso-cochleariis, capite lined impressd longitudinali e clypeo 
ad medium verticis ducta, thorace bipartito. 
Long. corp. lin. 
Habitat in Africa Australi, 
In Museo D. W. Hooker, M. E.S. 
Species parva. P. rubro, Thunb. valde affinis, e quo differt 
tamen structura antennarum, linea impressd capitis, &c. 
