uA 4 - 4 hay 4? . 
272 ~~ Dr. Arzexius’s Ol/ervations on the Genus Paufuse 
Elyira abdomine breviora, obfolete punctata. ; 
Ale inferiores colore violaceo vario nitido. 
Abdomen apice convexiufculum nigrum ; fubtus {egmentis tertio et 
ultimo nigrefcentibus obfoletiffime’ punétatis. 
Pedes omnes zquales impunctati. \ Fenora bafi ‘atra: appendicibus 
minoribus quam P. microcephali. Tibie bafi nigricantes, 
versus apicem latiores compreffiores, ipfo apice pilum utrin- 
que gerentes, truncate, margine exteriore ferie pilorum du- 
plici, interiore unica et pedum pofticorum nulla inftruéte. 
Tarfi longiores quam pracedentis fpeciei: articulis etiam 
multo evidenbOHBue unguibufque majoribus. 
Femina differt oculis cryftallinis ; palpis interioribus pauld- angufti- 
oribus, exterioribus glaucefcentibus ; ; mandibulis brevioribus : 
vagina ‘infera anguftiore 5 ; feutello minore ; ‘abdomine longiore, 
apice convexo piceo; femoribus pedum pofticorum aliquantd 
gracilioribus ; catertm fimillima. 
To thefe infeéts, now deferibedy there are ae mesigten which feem 
to be nearly related; but whether, they are exactly of the fame 
genus I cannot determine, not knowing how far they agree in the 
particulars of the gencric character as above ftated. But that they 
may not be overlooked hereafter, I fhall here infert them. They 
are the three following : 
1. Paufus ruber: totus rufefcens, Thunb: Abt. Stockh, marie p 170.* 
Paufus ruber, totus rufefcens, thorace anticé erofo; elytra 
truncata, margine exthriort deflexa, sis — lh Wee Coleopt. 
P. 4. p. 1o1.* . 
Habitat i Capite Bonz Spel 
2. Paufus lineatus: rufefcens linea clytrorum fufca, Thunb. Ait. 
Stockh. 1781. pw 17t.* Tab, 3. fig. 4. 5. 
Paufus 
