COLEOPTEROUS FAMILY PAUSSID^. 
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detailed in the introductory observations on the family (ante^ p. 3), 
from the memoir of Afzelius, published in the 4th vol. of the Lin- 
uaean Transactions. 
Fig. 3 a represents the head and prothorax in profile; 3 the 
labium, maxillary and labial palpi; 3 c, the labial palpus; 3 d, one 
of the tarsi. 
Species XXI.— Paussus Armatus, Dejean. 
(Plate 93, fig. 1.) 
Oblongus baud nitidus, lajvis obscure nifcscenti-fuscus, capitis vertico spina erccta acuta 
armato; antennanim clava rotundato-ovali niarginibus acutis basi exteme in spinam 
producta disco supm ct infra convexo ; prothorace capite fere angustiori, pedibus valdc 
setulosis obscurioribus. Long. corp. lin. 5, 
Habitat in Senegallia, Sierra Leona, Gambia. In Mus. Dupont, Saunders, Hope, 
Chevrolat, &c. 
%YH.~~Paussus armaius, (Dej.) Westw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xvi. p. 645, pi. 33, fig. 
62—64 ; Trans. Ent, Soc. vol. ii. p. 89. 
Paussus cornutiiSt Chevrolat in Guerin Mag, do Zool. Ins, pi, 49. 
The narrow prothorax of this insect distinguishes it from the 
great majority of the species of this genus. The very setose legs, 
and clava of the antennse, the latter not larger than the head and 
closely punctured, the tibise furnished with two spurs, and the 
abdomen with two diverging horny points at the apex beneath, are 
also amongst its leading characters. The head is opaque, but not 
distinctly punctured, and the tarsi are as thick as the tibise. The 
structure of the palpi proves that this species is a species of the 
present genus. The insect figured by M. Guerin under the name 
of P. cornutus, Chevrolat, is identical with the present species, as, 
indeed, M. Chevrolat has since ascertained, the name armatus 
being now attached to the specimen in his collection. Figures 2, 
2 a, and 2 b, are copied from M. Guerin’s figures ; the spine of the 
head is, however, much less acute than in the specimen represented 
at fig. 6. 
Fig. 1 a represents the head seen sideways; 1 5, the maxillary 
palpus; 1 c, the labial palpus; 1 rf, the antenna; 1 one of the tarsi. 
Species XXII.— Paussus cilipes, IVesiw. 
(Plate 93, fig. 3.) 
Obscure rufo-castancus, elytris magis rufescentibus, capito oblongo obscure punctato, antenna- 
rum clava punctatissima sctulosa, rotuudato-ovali, basi extus bamato, niarginibus acutis 
disco utrinque convexo, prothorace oblongo, capito vix latiori, in medio constricto, ct 
nigricanti; parte antica elevata linea tenui e sulco medio auticc ducta, sed ad margiiiom 
anticum baud extensa, tibiia obscure castancis extus fulvo ciliatis vel setosis ; capitc supra 
