. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. y different section,the antennae having the second joint of the club bean-shaped andclosed, and not boat-shaped and open. 250. Paussus saundersi, Wesfw. Paussus saundersi, Westwood, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xix, 1841p. 50; id., Arcan. Ent. ii, p. 190, pi. 94 fig. 6. Entirely of a fulvous or fulvo-castaneous coloor, with the headand pronotum somewhat darker; head about as broad as pro-notum, with two semicircular impressions between the eyes;antennae with a long oblong-ovate club, with the base externallyproduced into a hook-lik
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. y different section,the antennae having the second joint of the club bean-shaped andclosed, and not boat-shaped and open. 250. Paussus saundersi, Wesfw. Paussus saundersi, Westwood, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xix, 1841p. 50; id., Arcan. Ent. ii, p. 190, pi. 94 fig. 6. Entirely of a fulvous or fulvo-castaneous coloor, with the headand pronotum somewhat darker; head about as broad as pro-notum, with two semicircular impressions between the eyes;antennae with a long oblong-ovate club, with the base externallyproduced into a hook-like setigerous process; pronotum longerthan broad with a deep central furrow ending in a small lateraltubercle on each side, anterior portion somewhat raised, with thesides strongly rounded; legs slender, tibiae with two apical spurs. Length 7-8 millim. India. The club of the antennae is about as long as in P. hardivicki,but in shape is much more rounded, and the insect in thisrespect is intermediate between the last-named species and theP. hearseyanus group. 2 i 2. 484 paussid^;. 251. Paussus hardwicki, Westw. Paussus hardwicki, Westwood, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lend, xvi, 1838,p. 649, pi. 33, figs. 39-40; id., Arcan. Ent. ii, 1845, p. 189, pi. 94,fig. 5. Rufo-castaneous, shining, punctured,elytra with the disc more or less dark;head broader than long, raised in themiddle, with the eyes very prominent;antennae with a long cylindrical club,parallel-sided, about three or four timesas long as broad, with the base externallyproduced into a hook-like process; pro-notum much longer than broad, dividedby a deep transverse central furrow, theanterior portion with the sides dilatedand strongly rounded, about as broad atits widest part as the head (including theFig. 223. eyes), with strong punctures ; posterior Paussus hardwicki. portion slightly dilated to the base, butnot furrowed ; elytra strongly punctured,finely setose at the sides ; legs slender, dark, tibia) with twospurs. Length 8-9 mil
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