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84 OiìDEE—COLEOPTERA. SECTION—PENTAMERA.
The chief distinctions noticeable between tliis species and F. procerus seem to be in the form and ontline of
the hind part of the prothoras, the diñerent shape of the club of the antenna», and in the shorter, more robust
form of the body.
SPECIES 4 (26)-PAU8SDS (A a) "VTIETICALIS.
(Eeiche, Voy. en Abyssinie de Galinier, p. 390, Zool. pi. XXIV, figs. 5, 5 a.)
PL.ÌTE XIX, FIG. 8.
xlffinis Pausso cornuto Dej., "fì'estw. Oblongus angustus subdepressus, totus obscure rnfescenti-fuscus,
vag-e punctatns, subpubescens nitidus ; capite magno thoracis latitudine, subrotundato antice emarginato vertice
tumefacto, inter oculos utrincpie Iffiviter impresso ; ocuUs maguis ; antennarum articulo basali crasso, elava
thoracis longitudine basi subemarginata troncata, ovali, margine externo prope basin coarctata et inde subacute
basi producta ; disco supra infraque conveso margine omni subglabro ; thorace paullo latiori quam longo,
parte antica dimidiam partem thoracis formante, rotundato-dilatata, latiori, convexa, linea longitudinali medio
impressa; parte postica antica dimidio angustiori, cylindriea, transversim impressa; elytris thorace fere duplo
latioribus, linearibus oblongis subdepressis abdominis apicem non tegentibus ; pygidio lievigato, medio longitudinaliter
lajviter impresso ; pedibus erassis compressis.
Long. coiqD. 8 mill. (3j lin.); lat. 3 mül. (l^lin.)
SYS. : Paussus jEthiops. Blanchard, IN Cuvier, Eègne An. ed. Crochard, Ins. pi. LXI, fig. 8, sec. individ. in
Mus. Hopeiano OxonisB, a Gel". Com. Mniszech transinisso.
SPECIES 5 (27)—PAUSSUS (A a) SPIXICOXIS.
(Westìv. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lend. June 18, 1849, P- S9-)
PLATE XVIII, FIG. 7.
Angustus, castaneo-testaccus ; capite elytrisque tenuissinie punctatis ; capite tubérculo conico dorsali
inter oculos armato; oculis magnis; antennarum clava subovaH undique acute marginata; punctata, basi
externe in dentem producto ; disco utrinque versus marginem posticum 4-impresso ; prothorace glabro subcontinuo
; ang-ulis anticis rotundatis, parte antica a postica fossula profunda transversa utrinque setosa, separata ;
elytris glabris ; podice marginato, punctato ; pal]3Ìs maxillaribus subfiliformibus, articulo secundo parum crassiori ;
pedibus gracilibus, coxis 3 posticis in spinam productis.
Long. corp. lin. 4.
Habitat ; Africa Meridionalis, apud Port Natal. In Mus. Britann. et Hopeiano Oxoniaí.
SPECIES 6 (28)—PAUSSUS (A a) DAILAPJNUS. Westw.
PÍATE XVII, FIG. 9.
Nig-ro-castaneus, elytris magis castaneis, capite, basi clavíe antennarum, parte antica prothoracis et elytris
nitidis ; capite antice fere recto, inter clypeimi et verticem parum depresso, vertice ipso cornu conico erecto
armato ; antennarum clava ovali basi troncata, ángulo externo acuminato setoso, supra et inñ-a convexo delicate
granulata, margine postico impressione tenui et parimi profunda instructo, cujus marginibus oblique 4-impressis
(fig. 9 a, caput e latere visa ; 9 h, clava postice viso) ; collo augusto depresso ; prothorace bipartito, parte antica
capite vix latiori, angulis anticis oblique rotundatis ; disco transverse et oblique elevato ; parte postica capitis
latitudine, angulis posticis parum prominentibus, e parte antica impressione transversa luteo-setosa separata,
in medio impressione quadrata notata; elytris oblongis punctatis; thoracc multo latioribus; podice punctato
margine postico acuto ; pedibus mediocribus ; tibiis gracilibus.
Long. corp. lin. 6.
Habitat ; Damara Land^ Afric. Merid. In JIus. D. W. W. Saunders.
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SPECIES 7 (29)—PAUSSUS (A a) SCIIIODTII. Westw.
PIATE XVI, FIG. 6.
Castaneo-rufus : elytris nigris nitidis basi rufis, delicate punctatis et lutco-setosis ; capite antice impresso ;
(-Hsco fere plano lateribus ad marginem internum oculorum parum elevatis, collo angusto depresso ; elava antennarum
ovali, basi troncata ángulo externo acuto, margine omni acuto, supra parum convexo, et transversim
4-sulcato sulcis utrinque paullo dilatatis, infra pone medium valde convexa (fig. 6 à) ; prothorace bipartito,
parte antica capite vix latiori lateribus rotundatis ; dorso in medio longitudiualiter impresso, parte postica e
priEcedenti sulco tenui transverso separata, in medio tuberculis duobus rotundatis elevatis instruda, lateribus
fere rectis ; elytris prothorace multo latioribus, sutura apicibusque rufo-piceis ; podice punctato, margine apicali
acuto ; pedibus castaneo-rufis ; tibiis compressis, sensim ad apicem latioribus.
Long. corp. lin. 3:^.
Habitat; Bengal (Bowring). In Mus. Britann.
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SPECIES 8 (30)—PAUSSUS (A a) CURTISII.
(Westw. Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. Jan. 1864, 3rd Ser. vol. i. p. 190.)
PLATE XVIII, FIG. 11.
Affinis P. Sclmcharcli, diíFert precipue structura antennarum : clongatus, subcylindricus, laävis subopacus,
totus obscure rufus ; autennis pedibusque granulatis ; capite supra lineis duabus angulato elevatis longitudinalibus
anticis alterisque duabus obliquis verticalibus (tuberculum medium includentibus) carinato ; antennarum
clava gracili cyhndrica, parum arcuata, apice incrassato, subclavato et postice 3-denticulato ; prothorace bipartito,
parte antica in medio canaliculata, margineque postico acuto, impressione magna quadrata mediana ad
latus utrinque producta ; elytris singulis prope marginem lateralem tuberculis duobus glabris (uno ante medium,
altero versus ángulos postieos) instructis ; tibiis omnibus subangustis, subcyliudricis.
Long. corp. lin. 4.
Habitat ; Natal (D. Gerrard). In Mus. Hopeiano Oxoniaì.
SPECIES 9 (31)—PAUSSUS (A a) SINICUS.
(Westw. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. June 19, 1849, P- 57-)
PLATE XVIII, FIG. 10.
Subcylindricus, niger, subopacus, setis minutissimis griseis undique sparsis, obsitus; elytrorum apice et
angulo postico externo piceis ; capite tuberculo obtuso inter oculos, serieque quatuor minorum prope collum ;
antennarum clava angusta, in medio angustiori, apice clavato et supra seriebus duabus tuberculorum parvorom
(tribus in utraque serie) in apicem insidentibus ; prothorace bipartito, parte antica haud postica latiore,
lateribus angulatis ; palpis maxillaribus artieulo secundo intus ad apicem acuminato producto ; palpis labialibus
articulo ultimo ovali-acuminato.
Long. corp. lin. 4.
H a b i t a t ; prope Hong Kong- (D. Bowring). In Mus. Britann.
I bave adopted the specific names proposed by Captain Champion for this and two other species brought
from I-Iong Kong by ]\Ir. Bowring, and presented by him to the British Museum.
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