XVII. Description of a new Coleopterous Insect of the 
family Pausside. By Caartes O. WaterHouse, 
F.E.S. 
[Read Oct. 6th, 1897. ] 
In 1892, Dr. Gestro described in the “ Annali del 
Museo Civico di Genova” (ser. 2, xii, p. 706) a new 
genus of Paussidz which he named Protopaussus. It 
was the first member of this family with eleven joints 
to the antennze. ‘The discovery of a second species of 
this genus by Mr. J. J. Walker, in China, during the 
voyage of H.M.S. “ Penguin,” is therefore of great 
interest. ‘The affinity of the Paussidee with the Carabidee 
was, I believe, first suggested by Burmeister (Mag. de 
Zool., 1841, pl. 76, pp. 1-14). M. Raffray (Nouv. Arch. 
Mus., 1885, xviii, p. 354), while admitting a relationship 
with the Carabide, thinks that it is more remote than 
Burmeister supposed. 
The discovery of a Paussid with eleven joints to the 
antennz, makes the relationship with the Carabidz still 
more apparent. ‘The species which I here describe goes 
a step further, for it has an emargination on the inner 
side of the anterior tibie, a marked character of the 
Carabide. 
M. Raffray, who has gone very fully into the matter, 
does not mention the singular similarity in the neuration 
of the wings. One peculiarity in the wings of Carabidee 
aud Hydradephaga is the presence of a small, upright, 
closed cell on the disk. ‘This cell is present in the 
Paussidz, and so far as I know occurs nowhere else 
among Coleoptera. 
Protopaussus Walkeri, sp. n. 
Elongatus, sat nitidus, rufo-piceus. Elytris nigris, basi apice- 
que rufo-piceis, crebre fortiter punctatis, apice ipso declivi, uitido, 
levi, singulo ad basin dente acuto instructo. Long., 6 mill. 
Hab. China (J. J. Walker, in Mus. Brit.). 
Judging from the figure and description of P. Fee, 
Gestro, from Burmah, this species differs in being of a 
darker colour. The antenne are longer, the three 
terminal joints being longer .than broad. ‘The head 
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