PAUSSUS. 



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246. Paussus adamsoni, sp. n. 



Head and pronotum red, elytra dark, with the base, suture and 

 apex red ; head large, broader than the 

 pronotum at the widest, eyes large and 

 prominent ; antennae with the second 

 joint of the club oblong and compara- 

 tively narrow, considerably longer than 

 broad, with the internal basal angle pro- 

 duced into a strong and prominent tooth- 

 like process ; pronotum long and narrow, 

 longer than broad, with the anterior 

 angles quite rounded off, sides slightly 

 narrowed in the middle and then very 

 slightly and gradually widened to the 

 base ; the transverse furrow is slightly, 

 and the longitudinal furrow very feebly, 

 marked ; elytra smooth and shining, 

 with more or less regular rows of 

 Paussus adamsoni. rather large, but feeble and very 



diffuse punctures, which are [ more 

 distinct near the suture : legs comparatively slender, red. 

 Length 6^-7 miliim. 



Burma : Minhu, Irawadi (Col. C. H. Adamson). 

 Type in the British Museum. 



This species is easily distinguished by the oblong and com- 

 paratively narrow club of the antennae and by the shape of the 

 pronotum, which is only slightly constricted in the middle, and 

 has the anterior angles completely rounded and not evident. 



247. Paussus rufitarsis, Weslw. 



Paussus rufitarsis, Westwood, Trans. Linn. Sue. Lond. xvi, 1838, 

 p. 638, pi. 33, figs. 25-27 ; id., Arcan. Ent. ii, 1845, p. 172, pi. 89, 

 fig. 4 ; Wasmann, Notes Leyden Mus. xxv, 1904, pp. 42-53, pi. 5, 

 fig.l. 



Paussus baconis, Benson, Calcutta Journ. Nat. Hist, vi, 1846, p. 459 ; 

 Westwood, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. v, 1847, p. 24. 



A small, rather broad, species with the front 

 parts of a light flavescent or whitish yellow 

 colour, and the hinder parts darker; head 

 broad and not long, subtriangular, produced 

 before the eyes, which are very small, with a 

 rounded impression between the eyes and 

 four minute round impressions, one on each 

 side of the larger impression and one on 

 each side just in front of these; these are 

 not, however, very conspicuous, and the head 

 looks simply impressed and uneven ; antenna? 

 Fig. 221. with the first joint pitchy, and with a broad 



Paussus rufitarsis. whitish yellow or testaceous subtriangular 



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