a Tamili) of Coleopterous Insects. 
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Cerapterus ; whilst the formation of the mentum and labium, 
and the insertion of the labial palpi vary very materially from 
the structure of Paussus. 
The only species with which I am acquainted being unde- 
scribed, I have (in consequence of its general appearance agree- 
ing with the typical species of Paussus) given it the name of 
Pentaplatartiirus paussoides mild. 
(Tab. nostr. Fig.l — 14.) 
P. totus rufo-piceus, thoracis angulis anticis utrinque in spinam 
obtusam productis, et in medio anticb subcucullato, dorso 
centrali profundb excavato. 
Habitat in Africa? 
Long. corp. (antennis exclusis) lin. 3^-. — Lat. corp. (ad basin 
elytrorum) lin. 1-i-. 
Specimen unicum in Mus. Dom. T. W. Edwards, Soc. Linn. 
Social. See. conservatum, et mihi benevolo delineari descri- 
bique communicatum. 
Nova species. Caput parvum, transversum, punctatum, piceum 
vertice paullb excavato. Antennce rufo-piceae, articulo 
lmo punctato, 2do subpunctato, articulis reliquis laevis- 
simis. Thorax laevis, nitidus, rufo-piceus, angulis anticis 
utrinque in spinam brevem obtusam productis, antice sub- 
cucullatus, disco centrali profunde excavato (sc. in medio 
elevatione magnfi, antick rotund at^, posticbque emarginat£t, 
culmen formante ad thoracis latera ductum), inde carina 
longitudinali ad marginem posticum, et utrinque line^ 
elevata cum margine laterali parallela. Elytra rufo-picea, 
nitida, tenuissime punctata, punctis ad suturam in lineas 
obscuras perpaucas dispositis. 
Subtus. Corpus et pedes picea. 
Unique in the cabinet of T. W. Edwards, Esq. F.L.S. See., 
who, 
