640 
Mr. J . 0. Westwood on the Paussida, 
The curious fascicles or bundles of short, rigid, red hairs 
which are observed on the margins of the elytra are peculiarly 
characteristic of the species. 
Species 6. Paussus tiioracicus. Donovan. 
Tab. XXXIII. Fig. 28—30. 
P. ferrugineo-testaceus, elytris disco lateribusque fuscis, an- 
tennarum clavd oblong& compress^ trigond, latere interno 
acuto, externo excavato, cavitate ovali, marginibus den- 
ticulatis. 
Paussus thoracicus. Donovan, Epitome Ins. Ind. t. 4. f. |. 
Rees’ Encycl. Entomology, pi. 8. Jig. 11. 11*, sine de- 
scriptione. 
Paussus trigonicornis. Latreille, Genera Crustaceorum, $c. vol. iii. 
p. 3. pi. 11./. 8. Schonh. Syn. Ins. vol. i. p. 3. p. 19* 
Habitat Indifi Orientali ; Bengal. Dorn. Fichtel. 
Long. corp. lin. 3-j. 
In Mus. Brit., Soc. Linn. Lond., Kirby, Haworth, B. Clark, 
Latreille (nunc Dejean). 
Subcylindricus, rufo-testaceus. Caput thorace antico subaequk 
latum, margine antico acuto, emarginato, vertice arcu du- 
plici elevato, centroque varih impresso, et prominulo coro- 
nato. Palpi ut in congeneribus. Antenna articulo apicali 
compresso, oblongo trigono, latere interno acuto, externo 
vel postico in naviculam vel cavitatem oblongo-ovalem lon- 
gitrorshm excavato, punctorum impressorum vel denticula- 
tionum serie ex illius utroque margine, angulo basali acuto. 
Thorax bipartitus, sulco postico; medio transversh profundh- 
que excavato, parte antic& et eminenti postich in medio 
emarginata ejusdem angulis lateralibus acutis. Elytra nigra, 
basi et apice rubro-ferrugineis, margine externo setis ali- 
quot rigidis hispido, ejusdem angulo apicali incrassato. 
• Pedes 
