the Coleopterous Family Paussidse. 49 



ISp. 15. P. cochlearius, Westw. in Trans. Ent. Soc. vol. ii. pi. 9. f. 6. 



South Africa. 



Sp. 16. P. Klugii, Westw. in Trans. Ent. Soc. vol. ii. pi. 9. f. 2. 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



B. Thorax subcontinuus. 



a. Species Africanae. 



Sp. 17- P- sphcerocerus, Afzel. [Linn. Trans, xvi. p. 643.] 

 Sierra Leone. 



Sp. 18. P. armatus, Dej. [Linn. Trans, xvi. p. 644.]. Westw. in Trans. Ent. 

 Soc. vol. ii. p. 89. pi. 9. f. 7- «? ^j c. P. cornutus, Chevrolat in Gu6r. 

 Mag. Zool., Ins. pi. 49. and details 1 b. and 1 c. 



Senegal. 



Sp. 19. P. curvicornis, Chevrolat in Gu6r. Icon. R. An., Ins., pi. 40. f.8; and Rev. 

 Zool.,No. 2. p. 21. Westw. in Trans. Ent. Soc, vol. ii. p. 89. P. cor- 

 nutus, var. ? Chevr. in Gu^r. Mag. Zool., Ins. pi. 49. f. 1 a2. and 2 a. 



Senegal. 



Sp. 20. P. Shuckardi, Westw. in Trans. Ent. Soc, vol. ii. p. 87- pi. 9. f. 4. 



South Africa. 



Sp. 21. P. lineatus, Thunb. [Linn. Trans, xvi. p. 64/.] 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



Sp. 22. P. qffinis, Westw. [Linn. Trans, xvi. p. 646.] 



Africa*. 



b. Species Indicae. 



Sp. 23. P. cognatus, n. sp. 



Rufo-castaneus nitidus punctatus, elytris singulis plagS, magna nigr^, capite 

 antic^ line& tenui impressa ; vertice impressionibus duabus semicircula- 

 ribus, antennarum clava subovata basi extiis in hamum producta. 



Long. corp. lin. 4. 



Habitat in Bengalia. In Mus. DD. Melly et Westermann. 



P. affini, W. valde affinis ; differt magnitudine majori, impressionibus verticaUbus, abdomi- 



* On the authority of the British Museum Catalogue I am now able to give Africa as the habitat 

 of P. affinis. If it were possible that a mistake had been made as to this locality, I should consider the 

 species to be Indian, and that it and P. cognatus are not specifically distinct. 



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