48G 



paussid^;. 



the vertex is, moreover, divided into two. These insects, however, 

 can hardly, as Wasmann observes, be regarded as belonging to a 

 different species. 



254. Paussus fichteli, Don. 



Paussus Jichteli, Donovan, Ins. Ind. 1800, pi. 4, fig. 3 ; Westwood ? 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xvi, 1838, p. 641, pi. 33, figs. 31-33 ; id., Arcan. 

 Ent. ii, 1845, p. 181, pi. 90, figs. 5, 8, 9; Saunders, Trans. Ent. 

 Soc.- Lond. ii, p. 83, pi. 9, fig. 1 ; Wasmann, Notes Leyden Mus. 

 xxv, 1904, pp. 47, 55, pi. 5, fig. 5. 



B-ufo-testaceous or rufo-castaneous, with the elytra black, except 

 the base, apex and extreme margins, the whole surface clothed 

 more or less distinctly with whitish pubescence (which is easily 

 denuded) ; head comparatively long, hexa- 

 gonal, with the eyes not very prominent, 

 with a depression ou the vertex, the sides of 

 w T hich are raised into two shiny tubercles ; 

 antennae with the club rectangular, if viewed 

 from the side, a little produced on its inner 

 side at the apex which is angled, and pro- 

 duced into a long spine externally at the 

 base, broadly excavate, the excavation being 

 set with strong teeth on the margins which 

 Fig. 224. are n °t setigerous ; the upper surface is 



Paussus fichteli. more or less distinctly impressed with trans- 

 verse furrows ; pronotum rather narrow, 

 parallel-sided, longer than broad, deeply divided into two almost 

 equal parts, the anterior angles rounded and not produced ; elytra 

 very finely sculptured ; legs rather long and slender, red ; the 

 pubescence is thicker (in fresh specimens) on the pronotum, head, 

 and antenna?, and longest on the outer and hinder margins of the 

 elytra ; in any case it is much finer than the setae in several of 

 tha allied species. 

 Length 6 millim. 



Bengal : Chota Nagpur, Nowatoli, Barway, Mansar. 



This species has been found with Pheidole latinoda, and appears 

 to be not uncommon, as Wasmann records 134 examples from 

 Chota Nagpur. The shape of the antennal club, the simple apex 

 of the pronotum, and the pubescence will easily distinguish this 

 species from its allies. 



255. Paussus wroughtoni, Wasm. 



Paussus ivroughtoni, Wasmann, Kritisch. Verzeich. Myrmek. Termit. 

 Arth. 1894, p. 215 ; id., Notes Leyden Mus. xxv, 1904, p. 43 

 pi. 5, fig. 3. 



Of a tawny luteous colour, smooth and somewhat shining, with 

 the disc of the elytra pitchy, and the posterior part of the pro- 

 notum pitchy or blackish pitchy at the sides ; head broad, with 



