. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. 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, producedb
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. 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 subtriangular 2i. PAUSSIDiE. club, which is produced at the base externally into a pitchy spine;this club is not excavate, but on its widened hinder margin has adepressed oblong impression with four elevated transverse ridgesrunning across it; pronotum about as broad as the head, divided;anterior portion short, testaceous, with the ridge feebly chan-nelled, the lateral angles not very sharply produced ; posteriorportion dark at the sides, rather broad, with two rounded tuberclesin the middle of the hind margin ; elytra covering the pygidium,broad and short, almost subquadrate, slightly widened behind,pitchy, shining, with the base lighter and the margins and apexreddish, very obsoletely and finely punctured, outer margins withfour or five equidistant tufts of short stiff reddish setae, and theapex with two tufts on each side ; legs pitchy, hinder pair broaderthan the others, wTith the femora a little dilated and the tibiaecompressed, tarsi red ; underside entirely 6 millim.
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