PAUSSUS. 



b. Club of antennae more or less sub- 

 triangular, deep boat-shaped or 

 cornucopia-shaped. 

 «*. Disc of elytra dark. 



«t- Size larger (6-6^ millim.) ; 

 vertex without horseshoe- 

 shaped impression ........ 



b\. Size smaller (5-5| millim.) ; 

 vertex with a horseshoe- 

 shaped impression, inter- 

 rupted behind 



Z>*. Elytra unicolorous testaceous : 

 size very small (5 millim.) ; 

 veil ex with an impression 

 surrounded by a dark raised 



line, interrupted in front 



33. Anterior portion of pronotum pro- 

 duced into a more or less angular 

 tooth at the sides. 



a. Elytra with a single long, some- 



what curved spine at each 

 external apical angle 



b. Elytra with a conspicuous long- 



tuft of hairs at each apical 

 angle ; colour light unicolorous 

 testaceous , 



c. Elytra without special setae or tufts 



of hair at apex. 

 a*. Colour entirely fulvous testa- 

 ceous 



5*. Elytra with the disc more or 

 less broadly black. 

 af . Sides of elytra with long and 



stout wire-like setae 



frf\ Sides of elytra without strong 

 wire-like setae. 

 a%. Posterior portion of pro- 

 notum at least as broad 

 as (sometimes broader 

 than) the anterior part, 

 widened in front. Size 



larger : 7-7| millim 



h\. Posterior portion of pro- 

 notum distinctly narrower 

 than the anterior part, 

 parallel - sided. Size 



smaller : 6 millim 



. Club of antennae with the lower margin 

 of the excavation denticulate and seti- 

 gerous, and the upper margin simple 

 or obsoletely denticulate, but not 

 setigerous. 



1. Club of antennas not more than three 

 times as long as broad. 

 A. Raised basal margin of anterior 



473 



[p. 486. 

 tvrour/htoni, Wasm., 



soleatus, Wasm., p. 487. 

 testaceus, sp. n., p. 487. 



boysi, Westw., p. 488. 



[p. 489. 

 stevmsianus, Westw., 



fulvus, Westw., p. 490. 



ierdanifWestw., p. 490. 



thoracicm, Don., p.491. 

 suavis, Wasm., p. 492. 



