. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. antennae with the secondjoint of the club oblong and compara-tively narrow, considerably longer thanbroad, with the internal basal angle pro-duced into a strong and prominent tooth-like process; pronotum long and narrow,longer than broad, with the anteriorangles quite rounded off, sides slightlynarrowed in the middle and then veryslightly and gradually widened to thebase ; the transverse furrow is slightly,and the longitudinal furrow very feebly,marked ; elytra smooth and shining,with more or less regular rows ofPaussus adamso
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. antennae with the secondjoint of the club oblong and compara-tively narrow, considerably longer thanbroad, with the internal basal angle pro-duced into a strong and prominent tooth-like process; pronotum long and narrow,longer than broad, with the anteriorangles quite rounded off, sides slightlynarrowed in the middle and then veryslightly and gradually widened to thebase ; the transverse furrow is slightly,and the longitudinal furrow very feebly,marked ; elytra smooth and shining,with more or less regular rows ofPaussus adamsoni. rather large, but feeble and very diffuse punctures, which are [ moredistinct near the suture : legs comparatively slender, 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 thepronotum, which is only slightly constricted in the middle, andhas the anterior angles completely rounded and not 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, 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 frontparts of a light flavescent or whitish yellowcolour, and the hinder parts darker; headbroad and not long, subtriangular, producedbefore the eyes, which are very small, with arounded impression between the eyes andfour minute round impressions, one on eachside of the larger impression and one oneach side just in front of these; these arenot, however, very conspicuous, and the headlooks simply impressed and uneven; antenna?Fig. 221. with the first joint pitchy, and with a broad Paussus rufitarsis. whitish yellow or testaceous
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