636 Mr. J. O. Westwood on ilie Paussidce, 
Rees’ Encycl. vol. xxvi. Genus Paussus, no. 3. Encycl. 
Londinensis, vol. xix. Genus Paussus, 720 . 3. 
Habitat Caput Bonae Spei. Dom. Tliunberg. 
In Mus. ? 
Magn. nat. Notoxi Rhinocerotis. 
Corpus oblongum depressum, obscurb rufescens, laeve, glabrum. 
Caput antick margine elevato, in medio depressum et an- 
gustatum, posticb transversb elevatum et dilatatum, in 
spinam lateralem utrinque exstantem, supra anticfe in me- 
dio est ruga elevata bifida inter oculos. Antenna antheri- 
formes biarticulatae, articulus infimus minor cylindricus, 
extimus latus complanatus basi cordato, apice eroso-sulcato, 
antheram bifidam referente. Thorax anticfc erosus. Scu- 
tellum nigrum. Elytra magis rufescentia, margine exteriori 
deflexo, abdomine breviora, truncata. 
I am unacquainted with this insect, except through the de- 
scription of Thunberg, which I have detailed above ; conse- 
quently it is with some hesitation that I venture from analogy 
to place it in this section of the genus, and to suggest that that 
author may have fallen into an error in his description of its 
head, inasmuch as it appears to me not improbable that he has 
regarded the anterior portion of the thorax as the hinder part of 
the head, such hinder part, according to his description, appear- 
ing to me to have precisely the same formation as the anterior 
part of the thorax in the preceding species, with which, if I am 
correct in the above opinion, it seems to possess considerable 
affinity. It is greatly to be regretted that Thunberg did not 
figure the insect. 
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