496 Linnaan Society. 



tuberculo obtuso inter oculos sericque qnatuor minonim prope collum, 

 antennarum clava angusta in medio angustiore apice clavato et supra 

 seriebns duabus tuberculorum parvorum (in singula serie tribns) in 

 apicem insidentibus, prothorace bipartito : parte antica haud postica 

 latiore : lateribus angulatis, palpis maxillaribus articulo 2ndo intus ad 

 apicem acuminato-prodncto, labialibus articulo 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- 

 tudinal submembranacea grisea impresso, pedibus gracilibus; tibiis 

 2 posticis magis dilatatis. — Long. corp. lin. i3f . 



Hub. in Africa meridionali, prope Porturn Natalensem. 



Jn Mus. D. Fortnum. 



Subsect. b. Antennarum clava postice excavata. 



*" Species lndica?. 



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 lsevibus breviter setosis lateribus longius 

 setosis, podice rufo setarum serie marginato, pedibus subgracilibus ; 

 basi femorum obscuriori. — Long. corp. lin. 3|. 



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 antennae. 



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 acuto postico profunde fossulato : fossulae margine 

 supero recto infero 6-denticulato, pronoti partis anticse 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. 3|. 



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 suboyata 



