30 Mr. J. O. Westwood's Description of 



This new species belongs to the African subdivision of the 

 Paussi, which possess a siibbipaitite prothorax and an excavated 

 clava to the antennae ; although its general appearance bears a 

 much nearer resemblance to some of the Asiatic species, especially 

 P. Fichtelii and thorac'icus. The flattened crown of the head, 

 with the posterior and anterior margins somewhat elevated and 

 acute, distinguish it from all the African species to which it is 

 nearest allied. From P. ruber and cochlear'ms it is further dis- 

 tinguished by the more linear clava of the antennae and the black 

 disc of the elytra ; the former character, narrower feet, and fer- 

 ruginous colour, distinguish it from P. excavatus, whilst the nar- 

 rower posterior part of the prothorax, and the structure of the 

 antennas and feet, distinguish it from P. Kliigii and LatrciUi'u 

 These four African species are represented with their details upon 

 one plate in my " Arcana Entomologica" (vol. ii. pi. 91), so that 

 the distinctions of the species are apparent at a glance. Having 

 been indebted to Captain Parry for my acquaintance with this 

 interesting insect, it is with much pleasure that I have dedicated 

 it to him, as a slight return for the many opportunities which he 

 has afforded me of examining portions of his valuable collection. 



Shortly after the preceding description was read before the 

 Society, Mr. Benson arrived in England, bringing with him spe- 

 cimens of Paussus Parrianus, which he kindly communicated to 

 me, with the following 



Noles on the Capture of Paussi, at the Cape of Good Hope, 

 by W. H. Benson, Esq. 



25th April, 1846. Under a stone at Camp's Bay, on the western 

 face of Table Mountain, I captured a species of Paussus Bur- 

 ■meisieri, Westw., which stained my finger wlien seized, as 1 had 

 observed its congeners do in Hindustan. It was surrounded, and 

 at first screened from view, by small brown ants, some of which 

 were winged. Westwood notes that Hope's and Westermann's 

 specimens have no appendages to the abdomen ; mine has two 

 diverging spines set a little apart, near the middle of the podex, 

 underneath. 



8th June. Between the end of Hope Street, Cape Town, and 

 Table Mountain, and on the skirts of the Devil's Peak, discovered 

 under a stone, near a rill, and in rather a moist spot, eight spe- 

 cimens of the Paussus, since called Parrianus by Westwood, from 

 a specimen from Port Natal, and which a reference to the mono- 

 graph in the " Arcana" showed to be undescribed. They were 



