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:MOXOGKAPn OF THE COLEOPTEROUS FAMILY PAUSSID-F. 
ill sending his unique specimen of it from Paris for niy examina¬ 
tion, I was first made acquainted with this interesting genus. My 
collection has subsequently been enriched, by the liberality of 
jMr. Westermann, of Copenhagen, with a specimen, from which 
the present figure is taken, and which may possiblj^ be of a different 
sex to the specimen which I figured in the Transactions of the 
Entomological Society of London. (Vol. II. pi, ix, fig. 8.) 
Genus HYLOTORUS, Dalman, (Plate 58, fig. 4.) 
Corpus subdepiessum breve, capito lato iii tboracem postice fere ad oculos immerso, elytris 
thoracc paullo latioribus apico truncatis. Caput muguum couvexuru rotundatum collo 
nullo, fovea magna ovata, iinpressiono profunda inter oculos ct autcnnuriiin basin pro rccep- 
tioiie clavre anteunarum (fig. 4 a), occllis vcl tubcroulis duobus vcrticalibus uiamillalis. 
Tropbinondum descripti. Oculiparvi. Aiitcniiaj capitc vix lougiorcs articulo Imo. brevi 
in lato medio emarginuto, 2ndo. parvo subglobo^o, emaigiuaturaa prioiis inserto,ultimo magno 
(magnitiidino capitis dimidio) ovato laiiceolato, coinprcsso subtus vcl posterius coiivexo, 
supra vel aiitcrius conctivo, apice acuto antroreum flexo. Protborax brevis, ininsvcrsus 
antice miilto latior, capiti aequalia ct illud ambiens basi apict-que truneatus, supra 
inseqnalis pncsertini pone medium. Scutellum mediocre tnanguiare. Elytra thoracis 
antico vix latiora oblongo-quadrata, basi ipsa transversim impressa, lateiibus iuflexo-sinuata 
apice truncata aniiiij occultantia ; supra convexa. Alas ampl®. Abdomen breve retusum. 
Pedes breves validi feraoribus tibiisque valde compressisdilatatls, tarsis brevibus cylindricis 
lit videtur 4-articulatis, primis tribus brevisstmis coarctatis pilosis, 4to longiore nudo, 
uiiguibus parvis arcuatis. 
The detailed specific description of Paussus hucephalus, given by 
Gyllenhal in the Appendix to Schonherr’s Syiionymia Insectormn 
and the accompanying figure (copied in my plate), together with 
Dalman'’s observations on the species in the Analecta Entomologica, 
are the only materials which have hitherto been published, ex visu^ 
of the type of this genus, which differs in several respects (such as 
the large size of the head immersed into the thoracic cavity, the 
small eyes, and existence of ocelli) from the other species of the 
famil}'’; indeed, Mr. MacLeay considers that. it does not belong 
thereto. Its general habit appears to me, on the contrary, to be 
decidedly Paussideous, agreeing with several of the forms of the 
family in its antennse, sub-bipartite thorax, short broad feet, 
colours, and truncated elytra. 
Species unica.— i/y/o/orwx Bucephalus. (Plate 58, fig. 4.) Pallide testaceus glabcr, 
oculis nigns, tnonice postice trunsverse-sulcato 
Bucephalus, Gyll. in Sch. Syn. Ins. i. p.3, App. p. 15, t.b. 6, fig. 2 and 
2 o , Dahn. Anal. Ent. p. 103 (Hylotonis B.) Latr, Rea:ne An., 2d Edit., v. p. 03; 
N\ estw. Trans. Linn. Soc., vol. 16, p. 654. '' 
Habitat in Sierra Leone, Afiica. D. Afzelius. Mus. Schonherr. 
Long. corp. (e fig. Schonli.) lin. 2J-. 
Magmtudine Anohii mollis ct colorc similis, pallide testaceus glaber, nitidus. Caput froiite 
inea impiessa, posticc bifida, ramulis in tuberculis duobus vel ocellis desinentibus. Oculi 
nign ; autennte corpore concolores. Protborax supra irnequalis paullo pone medium 
8 nga angu ata valde profunda et antice postieeque aliis obsoletissimis transvensim 
testacea nitida, Imvia. AI:e fusco Lyalina-. 
Coipus subtus testacemn punctulatum. Pedes pallide tcstacei. 
^ The curious plant represented in the plate is the broad-leaved 
ginger of the East Indies, Amomuiu Zerumbet of LinnEeus. 
