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tuberculo obtuso inter oculos serieque quatuor minorum prope collum, 
antennarum clava angusta in medio angustiore apice clavato et supra 
seriebus duabus tuberculorum parvorum (in singula serie tribus) in 
apicem iusidentibus, prothorace bipartito: parte antica haud postica 
latiore: lateribus angulatis, palpis maxillaribus articulo 2ndo intus ad 
apicem acuminato-producto, labialibus articule ultimo ovato-acumi- 
nato.—Long. corp. lin. 4. 
Hab. prope Hong Kong. D. Bowring. 
In Mus. Britann. 
Obs. I have adopted the specific names proposed by Capt. Cham: 
pion, for this and the two other species brought from Hong Kong by 
Mr. Bowring, and presented by him to the British Museum. 
Paussus granulatus, Westw. 
P. luteo-fulvus disco elytrorum magis rufescenti, podice piceo, capite 
inter oculos bi-impresso tuberculisque duobus excavatis instructo : 
angulis anticis supra basin antennarum productis, antennarum clava 
falcata apice acutissimo setaque unica apicali instructo, palpis maxil- 
laribus articulo 2ndo fere rotundato, capite subnitido gracillime cica- 
tricoso, pronoto glabro ; elytris opacis granulatis: singulo plaga longi- 
tudinali submembranacea grisea impresso, pedibus gracilibus; tibiis 
2 posticis magis dilatatis.—Long. corp. lin. 32. 
TTab. in Afvica meridionali, prope Portum Natalensem. 
In Mus. D. Fortnum. 
Subsect. ). Antennarum clava postice excavata. 
* Species Indice. 
Paussus politus, Westw. 
P. fulvo-rufus, pronoti lateribus posticis discoque elytrorum nigris, capite 
tuberculo conico parum elevato inter oculos, antennarum clava navicu- 
lari: margine antico fere recto: apice rotundato: margine postico 
excavato excavatione acuminato-ovali margine supero simplici infero 
5-denticulato et 5-setoso, prothorace bipartito: parte postica antica 
haud latiori, elytris nitidis levibus breviter setosis lateribus longius 
setosis, podice rufo setarum serie marginato, pedibus subgracilibus ; 
basi femorum obscuriori.—Long. corp. lin. 33. 
Hab. in India orientali, D. Bacon. In Mus. Westw., &c. 
Obs. Nearly allied to P. ploiophorus and denticulatus, but differs 
in the narrowed hind-part of the prothorax ; also to P. nauceras, but 
differs in the glossy elytra and different shape of the antenne. 
Paussus Bowringii, Westw. 
P. niger nitidus, clava antennarum parte pronoti antica elytrorumque 
basi lateribus apiceque ferrugineis, capite inter oculos tuberculo elevato 
quasi e tuberculis duobus minutis composito, antennarum clava lata 
margine antico aeuto postico profunde fossulato: fossulae margine 
supero recto infero 6-denticulato, pronoti partis anticz lateribus 
acute angulatis: parte postica angustiori lateribus sinuatis, palporum 
maxillarium articulo 2ndo lato subquadrato, elytris brevissime setosis 
lateribus setis longioribus densius obsitis.—Long. corp. lin. 33. 
Hab. ad Hong Kong.- D. Bowring. 
In Mus. Britann. 
Paussus hystrix, Westw. 
P, obscure ferrugineus opacus, capite antice emarginato; vertice tuber- 
culis duobus ovalibus elevatis, antennarum clava oblonga subovata 
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