0 4 OEDEE—COLEOPTERA, S e c t i o i í — P E N T A M E R A .
graeilibus ; palpis maxilliuibus crassis articulo secundo máximo obeonico ; labialibus articulo ultimo elougatoovali
; denlo medio menti fere obsoleto.
Long. corp. lin.
Habitat ; Caffraria (D. Wablberg). In Mus. Reg-. Holm.
I n the curved clava of its antenna, as well as in general appearaneej this species approaches P. Gennari and
Sc/iaumii, AVestw. Trans. Ent . Soc. new Ser. ii. p. 94.
SPECIES 33 (55)—PAUSSUS (Ab**) GEEMAKI.
(Westw. Trans. Eut. Soc. Lond. vol. ii. new Ser. p. 94.)
PLATE XIX, FIG. 2.
Prothoraee bipartito; antcnnarum clava elongata subensata, canali tenuissimo longitudinali in margine
supero vel postico; supra testacens obseurus ; elytris (basi excepto) nigris; totus granuloso-coriaceus; capite
antice subqnadrato ; clypeo in medio emarginato, disci medio longitndinaliter late-impresso, carinis duahus
lateralibus elevatis, alteraque transversa postica ; utriuque inter oculos tubérculo elevato oblongo-ovali punetoque
postico connexo ; antennarum clava valde compressa, subelongata, cnsem brevem curvatura simulante,
basi supra in spinam brevem producto, margine supero in canalem vix dístinctum excavato ; disco subitevi ;
palpis maxillaribus articulo secundo máximo, valde dilatato, duobus apicalibus minutis subiKqnalibus ; pronoti
parte antica capite vix latiori; lateribus subangulatis carina subacuta media transversa, iu medio interrnpta,
ibique longitudinaliter impressa, biloba ; parte postica angustiori e prcecedente eanali profundo transverso, separata,
lateribus in discnm in tuberciüa dua angulata nigra nitida elevatis ; medio fossula longitudinali centrali
impresso ; elytris oblongis, pronoto multo latioribus, sub lente granulatis subopacis nigris, basi obscure testaeeis ;
singulo sulcis quinqué longitudinalibus parum profundis, setulis minimis luteis obsitis ; corpore infra rufo-piceo,
nitido ; pedibus subelongatis, haud dilatatis, parum compressis, brevibns setosis, tibiis ad apicem sensim paullo
aiigustatis, calcari minuto armatis, piceis ; tibiis tar-sisque magis rufescentibus.
Long. corp. lin. 3.
Habitat ; Natalia. In Mus. Dohrn.
SPECIES 34 (56)—PAUSSUS (Ab**) SCHAUMII.
(Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. vol. ii. new Ser. p. 94.)
PLATE XIX, FIG. 6.
Prothoraee bipartito; antennarum clava elongata subensata, canali tenuissimo longitudinali marginis
postici; fulvus, sublajíds, paullo nitidus ; elytris nigris; capite antice angustiori, margine antico in medio
emarginato ; disco longitudinaliter impresso, punctis duobus profundis inter oculos ; pone oculos in collum
sensim angaistato ; antennis et palpis ut in P . German ; pronoto capite latiori, parte antica e collo sensim latiori,
lateribus obliquis rectis, disco elevato, in medio bilobo, parte postica prEecedente latiori subquadrata glaberrima ;
e precedenti sulcis duobus profundis obliquis luteo-setosis separata; lateribus in discum oblique elevatis, fossula
centrali longitudinali pai-um profunda et postice abbreviata; elytris elongatis, fere parallelis, pronoti parte
postica haud multo latioribus, humeris valde declivihus ; nigris basi fulvis, subnitidis, tenuissime punctatis et
luteo breviter setosis; corpore infra fiilvo-castaneo nitido; pedibus ut in I'. Gennari formatis; podice glaberrimo,
margine omni elevato.
Long. corp. lin. 2f.
Habitat ; Natalia. In Mus. Dohrn.
SPECIES 35 (57)—PAUSSUS (B a) VOLLENHOVII.
PLATE XIX, FIG. 10.
Augustus, totus rufo-castaneus, nitidus, lievis : elytris Iffiviter punctatis ; capite convexo, inermi ; antennarum
clava capite multo majori, elongato-ovali, margine omni tenui, basi extus in spinam cuvvatam produeta ;
FAMILY—PAUSSIDiE. 0 5
pronoto capite hand latiori, parte antica lateribus rotundatis et e postica parte linea curvata vix profunda
separata ; parlis postica^ angustioris angulis anticis subaeutis; pedibus gracilibus.
Long. corp. lin. éj .
H a b i t a t ; Africa Tropicalis. D. Parry.
This species is narrow in shape, entirely of a red-chesnut colour, smooth, glossy, the elytra being widely
impressed with moderate sized punctm-cs. The head is rather large and subglobose, convex, unarmed on the
disc, with two very slightly marked impressions between the eyes; the anterior margin is rounded. The
antenuEe have the clava considerably larger than the head, extending to three-fourths of the length of the
prothorax, elongate-ovate, .slightly convex above, and with the middle of the disc beneath somewluit angulated
(fig. 10 a) ; the margins ave rather sharp, without any indentation or impressions, the base alone being produced
at its upper or hinder angle into a carved hook. The prothorax is about equal in width to the head,
glabrous and convex, the anterior portion with the lateral margins rounded, the disc entire, and separated from
the narrowed posterior portion by a curved impression of moderate depth. The anterior angles of the posterior
part are slightly prominent, and it is widest behind. The elytra are narrow, slightly setose at the sides and on
the disc ; they are twice the length of the head and thorax together. The legs arc moderately long and simple,
the femora thickened in the middle, and the tibiiE slender and compressed. The pygidium is very convex and
punctured in the middle, and glossy, with the hind margin elevated and acute. The body beneath is paler
eastaneous than above, glossy, and almost impunctate.
SPECIES 36 (58)—PAUSSUS (B a) INEEMIS.
(Gerstaecker, ilouatsber. Beri. Acad. 1855, p. 268 ; Peter's Beise, 1862, p. 268, pi. XV, fig. 12 ; Erichson in ViUegrn.
Archiv. 1847, i. p. 275 (larva forte)).
PLATE XIX, FIG. 5.
Castaneus, parce setulosus, subnitidus; antennarum elava subtrigona, haud excavata, prope basin marginis
posterioris profunde sulcata et in dentem piligerum producta; vertice inermi; thorace deplanato, medio
subconstricto ; elytris nitidioribus, subtilissime confertim punctulatis, setulis brevibus ilavis parce obsitis.
Long. corp. lin. 3.
Habitat ; Mozambique, Tette (Africa). In Mus. Eeg. Berol., ubi typum delineavi.
SPECIES 37 (59)—PAUSSUS (B a) SETOSUS.
(Westw. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. 19 June, 1849, p. 60.)
PLATE XIX, FIG. 4.
Lnteo-eastaneus, setis aureis obsitus ; capite antennis pedibusque magis castaneis ; capite inter oculos
tuberculo elevato setigero instructo ; clypeo vix emarginato ; antennarum clava elongata, lateribus parallelis
margine omni acuto, basi externe in dentem conicum apice setosum producto ; margine postico setarum curvatarum
serie instructo ; prothoraee oblongo, parte antica parum latiori, lateribus rotundatis ; parlis postica;
lateribus fere parallelis, in medio disci impressione profunda subquadrata; elytris profundius punctatis; podice
setarum serie marginato ; pedibus gracilibus, longioribus.
Long. corp. lin. 3J.
Habitat ; Guinea. In Mus. IX Lafertei olim.
SPECIES 38 (60)—PAUSSUS LUDEKINGII.
(S. C. Snellen Van Vollenlioven, Stettiner Ent. Zcitung, 33 Jahrg. 1872, p. 82.)
^ Supra piceus, subnitidus, subtus rufus ; elytrorum nigrorum limbo postico rufo-testaceo ; antennarum clava
ovali inflata, basi mucronata, postice excavata, marginibus denticulatis.
Long. 7 mill.
Habitat ; Sumatra.