Fammy—PAUSSID A. 91 
This species is closely allied to P. De Geert, but is well distinguished by the narrow prothorax, divided 
into two nearly equal parts: the anterior with the sides rounded, and the hinder part widest behind. 
Having made a careful drawing of the type specimen of P. /etus, Gerstaecker, in the Berlin Museum, I am 
able to affirm its identity with P. Afzedi. 
Species 25 (47)—PAUSSUS (A b**) PARRIANUS. 
(Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. vol. v. p. 29, pl. IL, fig. 3.) 
PuatEe XVII, Fic. 9. 
Testaceus, elytris nigris, basi apiceque testaceis: antennarum clava naviculari subcurvata margine postico 
subserrato, margineque infero excavationis integro; basi postice in cornu rectum producto ; apice antice rotun- 
dato, postice subangulato ; capite supra subconcavo; prothorace nitido subbipartito; parte antica lateribus 
angulato-productis et subacutis, capite latiori, disco in tubercula duo rotundata elevato; parte postica angusta, 
disco carinis elevatis literam W simulantibus, instructo ; elytris coriaceis subopacis ; pygidio rufo-piceo, semi- 
eirculari, lateribus et carina mediana subelevatis; pedibus gracilibus. 
Long. corp. lin. 24. 
Habitat ; Port Natal et Cape of Good Hope (D. Benson). In Mus. Hopeiano Oxonia, &e. 
The flattened crown of the head, with the lateral margins slightly elevated, distinguishes this species. 
The narrow form of the clava of the antenne (fig. 7 a, seen from the front; 74, seen from behind), and the black 
dise of the elytra, separate it from P. ruber and cochlearius ; its narrow legs and red colour separate it from 
P. excavatus ; and the narrower hind part of the prothorax from P. Klugii and Latreillii. 
From a series of notes on the capture of this species in the neighbourhood of Cape Town, by the late W. H- 
Benson, Esq., which I published in the Transactions of the Entomological Society, as above referred to, it is 
evident that it lives habitually in ants’ nests and under stones and bark, and that it secretes a liquid capable of 
staining the fingers when touched. 
Species 26 (48)—PAUSSUS (A b**) AUDOUINITI. 
(Westw. Trans. Ent. Soe. Lond. vol. ii. new Ser. p. 92.) 
Prats XVII, Fic. 8. 
Prothorace subbipartito: antennarum clava postice excavata; totus piceus, sublevis, parum nitidus, punctis 
minutissimis setulosis vagis ; capite subquadrato, antice in medio angulato, emarginato ; vertice convexo, punctis 
duobus profundis inter partem anticam oculorum, inter se et oculos equidistantibus ; palpis maxillaribus articulo 
secundo ovato compresso; antennarum clava capite majori, oblonga, apice rotundato, fere plana, margine pos- 
tico parum crassiori oblique excavato, excavatione in fossulas sex divisa, margine supero-postico recto, infero- 
postico parum sinuato, disco punctatissimo ; pronoti parte antica capite e quarta parte latiori, lateribus recte 
angulatis, disco postice elevato, in medio autem impresso, parte postica e precedenti fossula profunda setosa 
separata, angustiori, capite fere «quali, breviter cordato-truncata, in medio profunde impressa, lateribus in 
discum angulato-elevatis, medio postice in lobos duos ovales elevato; elytris pronoti parte antica latioribus, 
postice sensim paullo latioribus, apice recte truncatis; podice lwvi plano, margine omni tenui elevato luteo- 
setoso ; pedibus latis, valde compressis; tibiis fere triangularibus; corpore infra nigro, metasterno et ventre 
rufis, hujus segmento ultimo nigro. 
Long. corp. lin. 3. 
Habitat ; Benguela, Africa Oceid. Tropicalis. In Mus. Jekel, Parisiis. 
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