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MONOGRAPH OF THE 
“ Ce curieux insecte a ete trouv^ au Pegou, au bord de la rividre Yrrawady, k une journeede 
Rangoon; il etait pose sur un tronc de palmier.*'—Guerin-Meneville, Revue Zool., 
No. 2, p. 21. 
I regret that I have not been able to obtain a figure of this 
species, which I have not found in any of the Parisian Cabinets 
which I have examined. From the structure of the prothorax the 
present appears to be the proper position of the species. 
Species III.— Paussus Linn^i, TVesiw. 
(Plate 89, fig. 3.) 
Parvus subcylindricus, rufo-piceus, elytris rufescentibus antennarum clava lata subquadrata, 
apice valde depresso recurvo, subhirsuto ; tibiis quatuor anticis angustis. 
Rong. corp. lin, 2. 
Habitat — ? In Mus. Soc. Linn. Lond. 
JHattssus Linmeif Westw. In Trans. Linn. Soc. xvi. p. 634, pi. 33, fig. 22—24. 
This is the most minute species of the family with which I am 
acquainted. It is preserved in the Linnman Cabinet, being attached 
to the Linnsean label of the Genus, although quite distinct from the 
species described by Linnaeus. Seen under a lens it appears very 
finely shagreened ; the head and prothorax being opaque, whilst the 
hind part of the latter and the elytra are more glossy. The head 
is subconvex above, obscure, pitchy, and of a subtriangular form, 
but narrowed behind the eyes; the fore margin is deeply emar- 
ginate, and between the eyes is a rather deep horse-shoe-like 
excavation. The clava of the antennae is rufo-fuscous with the 
apex rather pilose; seen in front it is of an oblong form, rather 
broadest towai’ds the base, its outer angle being slightly produced; 
the anterior margin has three minute tubercles ; the disc is very 
uneven, the apex being suddenly depressed, and reflexed, with an 
acute edge (figs. 3 a, 3 1?). The prothorax is elongated and 
bipartite, with the fore part broader than the head, angulated 
at the sides, with a transverse carina, interrupted in the middle ; 
the hinder part is deeply excavated in the middle, with irregular 
margins, bearing two small tufts of luteous decumbent hairs near 
the contraction ; the lateral margins of this part are nearly 
rounded. The elytra are broader than the prothorax, but 
scarcely longer than it and the head together ; they are of a dull 
rufo-pitchy colour, with a slight gloss, with the apex truncated. 
The four fore legs are rather narrow and subcompressed; but 
the posterior tibise are broader and depressed. I could not 
obseiwe any calcaria to these legs. The legs and antennee are of 
a reddish-brown colour. 
