. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. ica, 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 broaderthan long, depressed, and longitudinally channelled in front, witha conical and not strongly raised tubercle between the eyes;antennae with a large boat-shaped club, produced at the apex intoa bluntly curved point, the excavation narr
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. ica, 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 broaderthan long, depressed, and longitudinally channelled in front, witha conical and not strongly raised tubercle between the eyes;antennae with a large boat-shaped club, produced at the apex intoa bluntly curved point, the excavation narrow compared with thatof the allied species, scarcely denticulate on its upper margin, butwith strong setigerous teeth on its lower margin; pronotumdivided, the parts being almost equal, the anterior part toothedat each side at the apex, and the hind margin raised and with asmall emargination in the centre ; elytra smooth, shining, andscarcely punctured, with fine powdery whitish setose pubescence,which is somewhat longer at the sides ; legs red, not very slender,. 498 PATJ,:SIDJ2. base of the femora darker; pygidium red, very closely and finelypubescent, with the row of stiff: marginal setae well 7-8 millim. Ceylon: Rambodde ; North India (F. Moore). The species is closely allied to P. ploiojphorus and P. denticu-latus, from which it differs in the narrower hind part of thepronotum ; the shape of the club of the antennae and especiallyof the mouth of the excavation will divide it from other relatedspecies. 272. Paussus assmuthi, Wasm. PaussuB assmuthi, Wasmann, Notes Ley den Mus. xxv, 1904, pp. 47& 58, pi. 6, fig. 4. Red, with the disc of the elytra black and the posterior partof the pronotum pitchy, antennae and legs rufo-piceous, frontparts dull, elytra rather shiny; head and thorax coriaceous,coarsely but obsoletely sculptured, the former slightly impressed,with a narrow black line in the centre, vertex with a small roundfovea; antenna? with the club boat-s
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