of another new Species of Paussus. 25 



Sp. 2. Paussus Nauceras, Benson. 

 (Section A. — Subs. b. Antennarum clava postice excavata.) 

 P. fiisco-castaneus, protlioracis laterlbus antice angulatis, parte 

 postica elongatiuscula tenuiori picea ; elytris thoraceque 

 setosis illis elongatis, plaga magna communi picea praeditis ; 

 capite carina elevatiusculd a clypeo emarginato egredienti 

 usque ad nucham attingente ; tuberculo ad verticem posito ; 

 clava antennarum naviformi, marginibus denticulatis, denti- 

 culis inferioribus setigeris ; carina antice versus apicem sub- 

 angulata, versus basin profunda emarginati quasi scissd ; 

 tibiis mediocribus. 

 I^ong- aV poll. 



Closely allied to Paussus denticulatus, Westw., Arc. Ent. ii. 

 pi. 92, fig. 1. Taken by Captain T. Hutton, in July, 1845, at 

 Green Mount, Mussoorie, on the underside of a leaf of night- 

 shade. Another (apparently the opposite sex) was captured by 

 Dr. Bacon on the 5th July, 1844, with a sweeping net, in grass, 

 at Rockville, Landour, three miles from Green Mount. 



Sp. 3. Paussus ploiopJiorus, Benson. 



(Sect. A. — Subs, b.) 



P. fusco-castaneus ; abdomine elytrorumque disco nigris, politis, 

 horum marginibus late castaneis ; antennarum clavd naviformi, 

 fissurd basali profundi angusta incisd ; cavaminis marginibus 

 denticulatis, marginis inferioris denticulis setigeris ; abdomine 

 setarum brevium fasciculis duobus munito. 



I^o"g f(T poll- 



Size and habit of P. denticulatus, Westw., and intermediate 

 between it and P. nauceras. Found drowned in a pool of water 

 in February, 1 845, by Dr. J. F. Bacon, at Moradabad in Rohilk- 

 hund, to the north of the river Ganges. 



Sp. 4. Platyrhopalus intermedius, Benson. 



P. rufo-castaneus ; elytris angustioribus, singulo plagd elongatd 

 triangulari irregulari ad latus externum praedito ; antennarum 

 clava mediocri, subrotundato-quadrato, margine postico un- 

 dulato, versus basin late inciso, lingula acuta armato j capitis 

 fronte rotundato, clypeo minime emarginato, tibiis latis 

 oblique truncatis. 



I^O"g- TO poll- 



This species unites characters of three different forms — P. ati' 

 gustus, P. acutidens, and P. Westwoodii. Captured on the 28th of 



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