PAUSSUS ANDREAE. 45 



The head, the first joiut of the antennae and the upper 

 surface of the anterior division of the thorax dull , the rest 

 of the body more or less shining. 



The head terminating in front in two rounded and flat- 

 tened divisions , the incision between which is somewhat 

 angular ; the face slightly excavated ; the excavation with 

 a slight raised line at its bottom, extending to the ver- 

 tex of the head ; the latter armed with a large stout tubercle , 

 circularly excavated at the top. The first joint of the an- 

 tennae very closely covered with large punctures , the in- 

 ner margin very convex; the club more slender and less 

 swollen as in P. Ludekingii, the under or front mar- 

 gin acute and slightly sinuated , the upper or hind 

 margin very deeply excavated , the excavation of a stretch- 

 ed oval form and transversely sulcated , its margins den- 

 ticulated , the dents of the outer margin with some rigid hairs 

 at the top ; along the inner margin of the excavation the 

 club is very glossy. The anterior division of the thorax 

 a little broader than the head and incised at the middle of 

 the hind or upper margin ; the anterior or upper surface 

 dull , covered with some large indistinct punctures ; the 

 posterior division of the thorax shining , impunctate , about 

 twice as broad as long, sinuated at its sides and excava- 

 ted in its middle, the excavation much restricted at its 

 centre. The elytra shiuing , without distinct punctures. 

 The pygidium impunctate , very smooth and shining , its 

 margins closely covered with reddish hairs. The head , 

 antennae, upper surface of the anterior division of the 

 thorax , lateral margins of the elytra, under surface of the body 

 and the legs sparingly covered with short pale hairs. 



Hab. Buitenzorg, West Java (A. C. Andreas). 



Leyden Museum, January 1879. 



Notes Iroiii tlie Leyden IMuseniii. 



