PAUSSUS. 



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270. Paussus nauceras, Bens. 



Paussus nauceras, Benson, Calcutta Joum. Nat. Hist, vi, 1846, 

 p. 641 , Westwood, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. v, 1847, p. 25 ; id., 

 Thes. Ent. Oxon. 1874, p. 87, pi. 16,] fig. 8 ; Wasmann, Notes 

 Leyden Mus. xxv, 1904, pp. 47 & 56, pi. 6, fig. 2. 



Rather narrow, of* a fusco-castaneous colour, not shining; head 

 narrower than the pronotum, impressed 

 in front, eyes not very prominent, clypeus 

 emarginate ; club of antennae boat-shaped, 

 with the margins denticulate, the inferior 

 denticulations being setigerous, and with 

 the base rather deeply incised ; pronotum 

 divided into two parts by the very strong 

 s ideation of the central portion, the ante- 

 rior part raised and ridged and produced 

 on each side into a strong sharp promi- 

 nence, the posterior part rather long, with 

 the sides almost straight ; elytra dark, 

 except at the base, sides, and apex, very 

 Paussus' nauceras. finely sculptured, and set with long yel- 

 lowish setae, which are stronger at the 

 sides ; legs ferruginous, rather slender. 

 Length 5-6 millim. 



Bengal : Biru, Chota Nagpur ; United Provinces : Mussoori, 

 Landaur. 



A large series has been taken by Cardon at Biru and Nowatoli; 

 in the former locality it has occurred with the ant, Pheidole 

 javanica, as recorded by Wasmann. 



271. Paussus politus, Westw. 



Paussus politus, Westwood, Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. 1849, p. 58 ; id.,. 

 Thes. Ent. Oxon. 1874, p. 87, pi. 16, fig. 10. 



Fulvous red, with the sides of the posterior part of the pro- 

 notum (as a rule) and the disk of the elytra black ; head broader 

 than long, depressed, and longitudinally channelled in front, with 

 a conical and not strongly raised tubercle between the eyes ; 

 antennae with a large boat-shaped club, produced at the apex into 

 a bluntly curved point, the excavation narrow compared with that 

 of the allied species, scarcely denticulate on its upper margin, but 

 with strong setigerous teeth on its lower margin; pronotum 

 divided, the parts being almost equal, the anterior part toothed 

 at each side at the apex, and the hind margin raised and with a 

 small emargination in the centre ; elytra smooth, shining, and 

 scarcely punctured, with fine powdery whitish setose pubescence, 

 which is somewhat longer at the sides ; legs red, not very slender, 



