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lenticular tubercles separated from the quadri-tuberculated hind 

 part by a deep, narrow chasm, the prothorax being thus separated 

 by two transverse, parallel chasms, the second one being less deep 

 than the first ; elytra very finely aciculate and clothed with seriated 

 squamae, sub-parallel and having a lateral marginal fringe of long, 

 closely set brown setae ; pygidium squamose, perpendicular, with the 

 outer margin raised and rounded ; anterior and intermediate tibiae 

 moderately straight, posterior ones compressed and dilated ; in the 

 male the anterior tibiae are somewhat dilated. Length 8 mm. ; 

 width 2 J mm. 



Evidently closely allied to P. latrcillei, but differentiated by 

 the shape of the prothorax ; it is quite possible that in the last- 

 named species the sexual differences are as great as in P. vexator. 



Hab. Zambesia (Mesilkwe Eiver) at foot of grass. 



Paussus comptus. 



Piceous-black, sub-opaque ; head rugulose, grooved in the centre 

 in the anterior part, and having a sub-triangular impression on each 

 side above the eye, as well as a narrow transverse one at the base, 

 canthus of the eye hardly noticeable ; antennal club shagreened and 

 squamose, sub-ensiform, very long, flat, truncate at apex and base, 

 the latter without an outer spur; the outer margin is narrowly 

 grooved, the groove has five foveae, the upper edge is not dentate, 

 but the lower one has five very minute setiferous teeth ; prothorax 

 bi-partite, anterior part lenticular, incised in the centre, sub-angular 

 laterally, median cavity deep, posterior part with four deep im- 

 pressions, the two median intervals of which are tuberculiform ; 

 elytra sub-parallel, moderately punctured, each puncture bearing a 

 squamiform hair, outer margin with a fringe of long, thick, closely 

 set brown setae; legs rugose, anterior and intermediate tibiae slender, 

 posterior ones dilated and flattened. Length 6 mm. ; width 2 mm. 



Closely allied to P. vexator, female. The shape of the antennal 

 club is, however, more curved, and less broadly scooped in the 

 outer margin, the serration is also less conspicuous ; the impressions 

 on the head are different, and the shape of the prothorax is not 

 quite the same. 



Hab. ? Natal. 



