of Four tiew Species of Paussida. 83 



seiisim latiori, lateribus obliquis ; elytris piotliorace multo 

 latioribus, lateribus subparallelis ; pedibus angustis com- 

 pressis ; corpore infra obscurius fulvo ; palpis maxillaribus 

 articiilo 2ndo niagno ovato, labialibiis articulo ultimo ovali 

 apice subacuto. 



Long. Corp. lin. 3. 



Habitat in Caffraria, D. Wahlberg. In Mus. Reg, Holm. 



This species is closely allied to the preceding, but is well dis- 

 tinguished by the narrow prothorax divided into two nearly equal 

 parts, the anterior with the sides rounded, and the hinder part 

 widest behind. 



Sp. G6* (58). Panssus Bokemani, Westw., n. s. 



P. fulvo-castaneus, nitidus, setis longis erectis obsitus, abdomine 

 obscuriori ; capite subgloboso, cornu valido erecto verticali, 

 clava antennarum o%^ali, glabra, basi supra apiceque in spi- 

 nam reflexam acutam productis, margine postico canali tenui 

 abbreviato utrinque lobis 5 rotundatis marginato ; palpis lon- 

 gioribus, maxillarum articulo secundo subsecuriformi ; dente 

 medio menii obliterato ; prothorace subbipartito ; parte an- 

 tica antice capitis latitudine, subito elevata, angulis anticis 

 subacutis et paullo porrectis, marginibus lateralibus in medio 

 angulatis, apice anguli obtuso, disco e medio ad basin pro- 

 funde impresso ; parte postica latiori, breviori, angulis anticis 

 angulato-porrectis, tuberculoque elevato oblongo supra rotun- 

 dato sublaterali utrinque instructa ; elytris parte postica 

 pronoti parum latioribus, sensim paullo latioribus ; pedibus 

 elongatis, femoribus omnibus in medio clavatis setosis, tibiis 

 curvatis, pone medium praesertim in pedibus intermediis 

 crassioribus, his intus setosis, calcari minimo acuto ; tarsis 

 articulo basali minuto. 



Long. Corp. lin. 3. 



Habitat in Caffraria. D. Wahlberg. In Mus. Reg. Holm. 



This species is at once distinguished from every other in the 

 genus by the clavate femora and denticulated prothorax. Its 

 general habit is also quite peculiar. 



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