. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. xxv, 1904, pp. 44 & 54. Paussus trigonicornis, Latreille, Gen. Crust. Ins. iii (3),pi. 11, fig. 8. Red or rufo-castaneous, with the sides of the posterior part ofthe pronotum and the elytra, except the base and apex, black ; head large, much produced in front ofthe eyes, with the anterior angles wellmarked, narrower than the pronotum,with an impressed line extending fromthe clypeus to the vertex, which bearstwo small elevated curved ridges shapedlike a horse-shoe, the space between withtwo small tubercles; antennae with alarge
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. xxv, 1904, pp. 44 & 54. Paussus trigonicornis, Latreille, Gen. Crust. Ins. iii (3),pi. 11, fig. 8. Red or rufo-castaneous, with the sides of the posterior part ofthe pronotum and the elytra, except the base and apex, black ; head large, much produced in front ofthe eyes, with the anterior angles wellmarked, narrower than the pronotum,with an impressed line extending fromthe clypeus to the vertex, which bearstwo small elevated curved ridges shapedlike a horse-shoe, the space between withtwo small tubercles; antennae with alarge deep boat-shaped subtriangular club,deeply excavated, with the margins scal-loped and not strongly denticulate, theFig. 228. Dase ]S bluntly produced externally ; pro- Pomssus thoracicus. notum very deeply excavate in the middle,anterior part produced into sharp anglesat the sides, raised and emarginate in the centre; posterior partwith the sides in front considerably raised, large and broad;elytra with yellowish setose scales on the disc, and with long but. 492 paussid^:. not strong setae at the sides ; legs long and rather slender, tibiaewithout spurs; abdomen with two incurved fascicles of hairs atthe apex. Length 7-7| millim. Bengal. The host of this species, according to Wasmann, is probablyPheidole latinoda. It may be known by the shape of the head andpronotum, and the broad and large mussel-shaped club of theantennae. 263. Paussus suavis, Wasm. Paussus suavisf Wasmann, Kritisch. Verzeich. Myrmek. 1894, p. 215 ; id., Notes Leyden Mus. xxv, 1904, pp. 44 &54, pi. 5, fig. 4. Ferruginous, entirely dull, with the disc of the elytra broadlyblack; head large, with the eyes comparatively small, clypeusemarginate, forehead longitudinally sulcate, vertex foveolate, withthe margin of the fovea raised on both sides, apparently auriculate;antennae with a triangular club, which is broad and strongly com-pressed, and deeply and broadly excavate, the lower side of theexcava
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