COLEOPTEROUS FAMILY PAUSSIDA®, 183 
Species XVI.—Paussus rugEr, Thunberg. 
(Plate 91, fig. 1.) 
Castaneo-ferrugineus, sub-nitidus, vix pubescens sub lente punctatissimus; vertice impres- 
sionibus binis parvis ovalibus, capite antice emarginato; antennarum clava obovali margine 
antico subrecto et subacuto impressionibus nonnullis transversis brevibus intra marginem ; 
margine postico oblongo-ovale excavato 3 serieque transversa impressionum in pagina ejus 
inferiore, angulo externo basali hamato margineque basali bisinuato, thorace bipartito 
parte antica in spinam conicam utrinque producta, parte postica longiore sed angustiore 
antice lateraliter subspinoso disco profunde et irregulariter sulcato, pedibus subdilatatis 
complanatis rugose punctatis. Long. corp. lin. 23. 
Habitat apud Prom. Bon. Spei. D. Krebs. In Mus. Reg. Berolinensi. 
Syn.— Paussus ruber Thunberg, Act Holm. 1781, p. 170. 1. Afzel. Linn. Trans. iv. 
p. 272. Westw. Linn. Trans. xvi. p. 635. Trans. Ent. Soc. vol. ii., p. 88, pl. ix. fig. 5. 
The above description and figure are made from a specimen in 
the Royal Museum at Berlin, being the only individual I have 
hitherto seen of the species which approaches very close to the 
preceding. 
Fig. 1 @ represents the front of the body seen sideways; 1 4, the 
labial palpus ; and 1 ¢, the antenna seen from above. 
Speecies XVII.—Paussus cocuuearius, Westw. 
(Plate 91, fig. 3.) 
Ferrugineus subnitidus flavo-setosus, antennarum clava basi in spinam supra producta, valde 
compressa dimidio apicali dilatato eroso-cochleario, capite antice emarginato linea im- 
pressa ad medium (impressum) verticis extensa ; menti dente centrali fere obliterato ; 
prothorace capite vix majori bipartito, parte antica lateribus angulatis et postice elevata ; 
parte postica angulis ejus anticis lateralibus prominentibus, transversa, in medio valde com- 
pressa tuberculisque duobus minutis centralibus; elytris setis flavescentibus (in lineas 
irregulariter dispositis) indutis, abdominis segmentis integris; pedibus satis elongatis 
tibiis presertim dilatatis. Long. corp. lin. 23. 
Habitat in Africa Australi, (P.B.S.) In Mus. Melly, Westw. &c. 
Syn.— Paussus cochlearius, Westw., in Trans. Ent. Soc., ii., p. 88, pl. ix. fig. 6. 
The original specimen of this species, described by me from the 
collection of Dr. Hooker, has been, with great liberality, added by 
him to my cabinet. I have also received it from M. Dupont. 
Figs. 3 a, and 36, represent the antenna seen in different posi- 
tions. 
Srecrrs XVIII.—Paussus Kiueu, Westw. 
(Plate 91, fig. 4.) 
Niger ; capite antice emarginato linea impressa e clypeo ad verticem extensa, antennis nigris 
punctatis, clava lateribus sub-parallelis margine antico fere recto et acuto, postico vero 
multo crassiori et in naviculam longam excavato cujus margo superior integer, inferior 
vero tuberculis 6 instructus ; prothorace capite multo majori bipartito, parte antica late- 
ribus angulatis et in medio transverse et acute elevata, parte postica e precedente exca- 
vatione magna et irregulari separata in qua maculae 2 magnm Jaterales aureo-sericantes ; 
elytris levibus nitidis piceis marginibus lateralibus apiceque rufescenti-luteis, pedibus 
nigris geniculis tarsisque piceis crassis dilatatis, pari postico latiori, abdomine rufescenti 
segmentis integris. Long. corp. lin. 34. 
Habitat apud Promont. Bone Spei. D. Krebs. In Mus. Reg. Berol. et nostr. Amicissime 
communicavit D. Klug. 
