. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. Fig. 225. Paussus testaceus. 258. Paussus boysi, Westw. Pavssus boysi, Westwood, Arcan. Ent. ii, 1845, p. 177, pi. 92, fig. 2 ;Wasmann, Notes Leyden Mus. xxv, 1904, pp. 43, 54, pi. 5, fig. 2. Yellowish testaceous, with the elytra slightly more rufescent,and with the basal joint of the antennae, the sides of the posteriorpart of the pronotum, and the disc of thehinder portion of the elytra more or lessobscurely dark (but variable) ; head sub-triangular, much produced in front of theeyes, angulate in front, vertex deeplychannell
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. Fig. 225. Paussus testaceus. 258. Paussus boysi, Westw. Pavssus boysi, Westwood, Arcan. Ent. ii, 1845, p. 177, pi. 92, fig. 2 ;Wasmann, Notes Leyden Mus. xxv, 1904, pp. 43, 54, pi. 5, fig. 2. Yellowish testaceous, with the elytra slightly more rufescent,and with the basal joint of the antennae, the sides of the posteriorpart of the pronotum, and the disc of thehinder portion of the elytra more or lessobscurely dark (but variable) ; head sub-triangular, much produced in front of theeyes, angulate in front, vertex deeplychannelled, the channel ending in a largeround fovea between the eyes; neck short,punctured ; antennas with the first jointrugose, and the second large, broad, boat-shaped, compressed, granulose, with thekeel uneven and the deep excavation havingFig. 226. sides scalloped and subcrenulate (as in Paussus boysi. P. stevensianus and P. fulvus), and not denticulate or setigerous; outer basal anglestrongly produced, pitchy ; pronotum divided, anterior part convex. PAUSSUS. 489 and smooth, about as wide as the head, obscurely channelled,but not emarginate in the middle, with the lateral angles producedrather sharply on each side; posterior part channelled in thecentre and raised on each side of the channel; elytra rathervariable in colour, dull, very finely sculptured, subalutaceous, withthe follicles at the external apex very distinct, and close to thesea long curved moveable spine (not a tuft as in P. stevensianus),which is characteristic of the species ; underside castaneous ; legsmoderate, not 7 millim. Bengal : JNowatoli, Barway (Cardon). First taken by Captain Boys by sweeping in high grass under aMunja clump (Saccharinurn munja). It has occurred in very largenumbers (135 examples) in Chota Nagpur, where it was found byCardon in company with Pheidole latinoda. Wasmann (I. c. p. 54)says that the colour of these examples is brighter than as describedand figured by Westwood,
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