Dr. Arzertus’s Odfervations on the Genus Paufus. 265 
DESCRIPTIO GENERIS. 
CHARACTER ESSENTIALIS. 
EERE Antennis clava integra inflata, 
Pausus, Antenne biarticulate, clava uncinata pedicellata mobili. 
CHARACTER ARTIFICIALIS. 
Pausus. Antenna biarticulate, articulo fuperiore maximo inflato un- 
cinato pedicellato: pedicello in cavitate articuli inferioris 
mobili. 
_ Caput porretum: gula triangulo convexo inftructa, © 
Thorax anguftus inzqualis fcutellatus. 
Elytra flexilia deflexa truncata. 
Pedes antici pectoris parti antice affixi: femoribus appen- 
diculatis: tarfis quadriarticulatis. 
CHARACTER NATURALIS. 
Palpi quatuor inzquales obtufi, bafi trianguli gularis affixi. 
interiores medii, triplo longiores, divergentes, intus plani 
extra convexi, bafi biarticulati, interius pauldque altius 
collocati. , 
exteriores laterales, minuti, erecti; fetacei, compreffi, arti- 
culis deftituti, margini exteriori bafeos trianguli gularis 
inferti. . 
Mandibula porrectze arcuate accuminate forcipate, bafi biarticulate, 
dein e vaginis duabus corneis introrsim dilatatis truncatis, 
quarum infera latior, ‘bidenticulatz, et tandem hamulo 
vaginis anguftiore cylindraceo carneo terminate. 
‘Vor. IV. Mm Mawille 
