638 Mr. J. O. Westwood on the Paussidce, 
domine pauld breviora. Pedes breves fusci, femoribus 
tibiisque valdk compressis. 
I am indebted for a knowledge of this pretty and very distinct 
little species to the liberality of M. Dupont, who obligingly 
allowed me to describe and figure it from his rich Coleopterous 
collection at Paris. In size and the structure of the thorax it 
agrees with the two preceding species, especially P. Linncei ; 
whilst the antennae resemble those of P. thoracicus and Fich- 
telii. It also agrees with the P. Linncei in having the circular 
impression on the crown of the head ; but it wants the small 
central tubercle. 
I have already alluded to the alleged habits of this species, 
and the consequent change which I have been compelled to 
introduce in its specific name. 
Species 5. Paussus rufitarsis. 
Tab. XXXIII. Fig. 25—27. 
P. flavescenti-fulvus ; antennarum articulo basali, thoracis an- 
gulis posticis, elytrorum disco, pedibusque piceis ; tarsis 
rufis, antennarum clav5 ovata, apice subacuto, basique in 
spinam extern^ producto. 
Habitat ? 
Long. corp. lin. 3. 
In Mus. Brit. Specimen unicum sub nomine Ms. “ rufitarsis” 
conserv. 
Nova species. Brevis, indfc speciebus reliquis quasi latior et ob- 
tusior videtur, cylindricus, minutissimk punctatissimus et te- 
nuissimk pubescens. Caput porreclum, fer& thoracis magni- 
tudine, subtriangulare, antick truncatum, emarginatumque, 
pallide fulvo-flavescens, in vertice exstat excavatio parva 
rotundata inter quam et oculos utrinque excavatio alia mi- 
nutissima. 
