Mr. J. O. Westwood on the Paussidce, 
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sufficiently convinced me that the Paussus Jlavicornis does not 
belong to the Paussidce, but that it is referable to the Telephoridce ; 
since Dalman's observations upon the tarsi clearly prove that 
it is not allied to the Cerocomce. I therefore propose for the 
insects in question, the generic name of 
Meg A DEUTERUS*. 
Corpus parvum, villosum. Antennae articulo Imo incurvo, elon- 
gato ; 2do magno rotundato compresso ; articulis reliquis 
brevibus, filiformibus. Elytra molliuscula. Tarsi 5-arti- 
culati. 
Species 1 . Megadeuterus flavicornis. Fabr. 
M. corpore nigro, elytris cyaneis, antennarum articulis duobus 
basalibus flavis. 
Habitat in Java. 
Mus. Dom. de Sehestedt. 
Paussus flavicornis. Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. 2. 75. 4. Dalman loc. 
cit. Sch. Syn. Ins. vol. J . part. 3. p. 19. 
Corpus nigrum. Caput et thorax cinereo-villosa. Antennae arti- 
culis duobus basalibus flavis, reliquis nigris. Elytra cyanea, 
nitida. 
Species 2. 
My friend A. H. Haworth, Esq., F.L.S., See. possesses in his 
cabinet an undescribed insect, evidently congenerous with the 
above, under the manuscript name of Cerocoma marginata. A 
casual examination of this insect enables me merely to state that 
it appears to agree with the Fabrician description of M. Jlavi- 
cornis in all respects, except that the suture and margins of the 
elytra are rufous. 
* magnus; and hurepos, secundus ; — in allusion to the large second joint of 
the antennas. 
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