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Mr. J. O. Westwood on the Paussida, 
Habitat . 
Long. corp. vix lin. l^- Paris. 
Caput fusco-brunneum, lasve. Os cum palpis lutescens, mandi- 
bulse pallidae. Antenna geniculis apiceque rufescentibus, 
oculo armato subtilissimk pubescentes. Oculi albi cum 
macula rufa. Thorax fusco-brunneus, margine laterali dor- 
soque dilutioribus, rufo-ferrugineis, subtilissimk pubescens. 
Scutellum ferrugineum. Elytra flavo-ferruginea, margine 
obscuriori et regione scutelli infuscata, per elytrorum me- 
dium fascia transversa, dorso brunnea, ad latera nigricans ; 
et versus apicem iterhm fascia nigro-fusca, relicto tamen 
ipso apice rufo-piceo, sutur& rufo-pice& cum fascia medi& 
crucem formante. In singulo elytro stria obsoleta juxta su- 
turam, de cetero elytra omninb leevia, nec punctata videntur, 
sed pube brevissima obducta. Corpus subths rufo-ferrugi- 
neum, immaculatum, la?ve, pectoris postici canalicul& tenui. 
Pedes ferruginei femoribus obscurioribus ; tarsi pallid^ tes- 
tacei. 
In addition to the foregoing insects belonging to the family, 
Schonherr has included amongst his species of Paussus, but 
placed at the end of the genus with an expression of doubt, 
the Hispa bihamata of Linnaeus ( Syst . Nat. ed. 12. 1 . p. 604. 
no. 3.). This insect, from the Linnean description of its 3-jointed 
antennae (the third joint of which is longer than the thorax), and 
the truncation of its elytra, appears to belong to the family ; but 
as I am not aware that anything further is known respecting its 
characters, except the original description, it is impossible to 
speak with precision upon the subject*. It is an inhabitant of 
India, and is stated to be of the size of Clirysomela cuprea. 
* The singular hooks which arm the exterior angles of the posterior part of the elytra 
(“ singula elytra postice truncata sed angulo exteriore terminate spina inagna incurva”) 
are characters not to be met with in any of the Paussida. 
It 
