84 OrpER—COLEOPTERA. Section—PENTAMERA. 
The chief distinctions noticeable between this species and P. procerus seem to be in the form and outline of 
the hind part of the prothorax, the different shape of the club of the antenné, and in the shorter, more robust . 
form of the body. 
Species 4 (26)—PAUSSUS (A a) VERTICALIS. 
(Reiche, Voy. en Abyssinie de Galinier, p. 390, Zool. pl. XXTV, figs. 5, 5 a.) 
PuaTE XIX, Fic. 8. 
Affinis Pausso cornuto Dej., Westw. Oblongus angustus subdepressus, totus obscure rufescenti-fuscus, 
vage punctatus, subpubescens nitidus; capite magno thoracis latitudine, subrotundato antice emarginato vertice 
tumefacto, inter oculos utrinque leviter impresso; oculis magnis; antennarum articulo basali crasso, clava 
thoracis longitudine basi subemarginata truncata, ovali, margine externo prope basin coarctata et inde sub- 
acute basi producta; disco supra infraque convexo 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, cylindrica, transversim impressa; elytris thorace fere duplo 
latioribus, linearibus oblongis subdepressis abdominis apicem non tegentibus; pygidio levigato, medio longitu- 
dinaliter leviter impresso ; pedibus crassis compressis. 
Long. corp. 8 mill. (83 lin.); lat. 3 mill. (14lin.) 
Syn.: Paussus Athiops. Blanchard, in Cuvier, Régne An. ed. Crochard, Tus. pl. LXI, fig. 8, sec. individ. in 
Mus. Hopeiano Oxoniz, a Cel°. Com. Mniszech transmisso. 
Species 5 (27)—PAUSSUS (A a) SPINICOXIS. 
(Westw. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. June 18, 1849, p. 59.) 
Puate XVIII, Fic. 7. 
Angustus, castaneo-testaceus: capite elytrisque tenuissime punctatis; capite tuberculo conico dorsali 
inter oculos armato; oculis magnis; antennarum clava subovali undique acute marginata; punctata, basi 
externe in dentem producto; disco utrinque versus marginem posticum 4-impresso ; prothorace glabro subcon- 
tinuo; angulis anticis rotundatis, parte antica a postica fossula profunda transversa utrinque setosa, separata ; 
elytris glabris ; podice marginato, punctato ; palpis maxillaribus subfiliformibus, articulo seeundo parum crassiori ; 
pedibus gracilibus, coxis 2 posticis in spinam productis. 
Long. corp. lin. 4. 
Habitat; Africa Meridionalis, apud Port Natal. In Mus. Britann. et Hopeiano Oxonie. 
Species 6 (28)—PAUSSUS (A a) DAMARINUS. Westw. 
Puate XVII, Fie. 9. 
Nigro-castaneus, elytris magis castaneis, capite, basi clave antennarum, parte antica prothoracis et elytris 
nitidis ; capite antice fere recto, inter clypeum et verticem parum depresso, vertice ipso cornu conico erecto 
armato ; antennarum clava ovali basi truncata, angulo externo acuminato setoso, supra et infra convexo delicate 
granulata, margine postico impressione tenui et parum profunda instructo, cujus marginibus oblique 4-impressis 
(fig. 9 a, caput e latere visa; 94, clava postice viso); collo angusto depresso; prothorace bipartito, parte antica 
eapite 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; thorace multo latioribus; podice punctato 
margine postico acuto ; pedibus mediocribus ; tibiis gracilibus. 
Long. corp. lin. 6. 
Habitat ; Damara Land, Afric. Merid. In Mus. D. W. W. Saunders. 
