1897.] of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 39 



legs very briefly pubescent ; tibiae linear. Length 6f-7 mm. ; width 

 2-|— 2f mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Grahamstown, Vaal Eiver, Queenstown), 

 Transvaal (Bloemhof, Eustenburg). 



In the female the antennae are a little shorter than in the male. 



Paussus marshalli, Per., 



Plate XII., fig. 3 ; Plate XIII., fig. 11. 



Trans. Entom. Soc. Lond., 1896, p. 153. 



Eeddish brown, shining, elytra thickly pubescent ; vertex of the 

 head nearly plane, posterior part ridged above the neck and along 

 the outer sides ; basal joint of antennae quadrate, nearly as large as 

 the head, club broad, massive, inner margin carinate with a short, 

 round basal spur not projecting much, outer margin broadly hollowed 

 with the edges bisinuate, acute at the apical part of the cavity, and 

 bearing on each side a dense tuft of long, yellowish hairs, basal outer 

 spur very broad and subquadrate ; prothorax bipartite, the anterior 

 part compressed in a sharp ridge, slightly emarginate in the centre 

 and subaculeate laterally, the posterior part hollowed anteriorly and 

 with a triangular longitudinal groove, and the outer sides produced 

 in a carina sinuate in the middle, sharp in the anterior part, and 

 with the posterior part forming a long tooth standing at an angle 

 with the base, both the points of the lateral carina having a distinct 

 tuft of hairs ; elytra short, subparallel ; pygidium with short pubes- 

 cence and having in the middle three transverse rows of long and 

 very thick bristles ; legs slender, anterior femora not thickened. 

 Length 5-J- mm. ; width 2 \ mm. 



Hab. Natal (Frere, Estcourt). 



Mr. A. E. Haviland writes that he found this species drowned in 

 a trough in company with two kinds of ants. 



Paussus bkaunsi. 

 Chestnut brown, moderately shining ; head hardly pubescent, not 

 depressed in the centre, and having two small ocelli-like cavities in 

 the posterior part ; antennae very slightly and very briefly pubescent, 

 inner margin of the club sinuate in the middle, sharply carinate, and 

 without any transverse impression, outer margin broadly dilate, and 

 scooped out from apex to base, cavity with four striae, the intervals 

 of which are raised but hardly indenting the edges, basal angle 

 produced in a long spur, subquadrate at base and cylindrical from 

 the middle to the apex ; prothorax bipartite, and similar in shape 

 to that of P. burchellianus and P. cucullatus ; posterior part of the 

 disk briefly pubescent ; elytra parallel, shining, and having regular 

 series of very short, pallid hairs, outer and posterior margins fringed 



