34 G 



i\Ir. D. ISharp's Contvibutiuns tu the 



elvtra, considerably broader tlian long, tlic sides a little 

 curved and distinctly narrowed beliiud ; it is coarsely and 

 closelv ])nneturcd, exce]it at the margins, and has oidy a 

 very small and narrow smooth space on the middle. Elytra 

 ratlier paler than the other parts, bnt Avilli a broad, ill- 

 defined, dark mark on the suture, near the extremity ; they 

 are coarsely and rather closely punctured, with the punc- 

 tures more sparing towards the apex. Hind body rather 

 slender, of a chestnut colour, darker than the front parts; 

 the four basal segments with imbricate sculptm-e, the next 

 obscurely strigulose, so as to be dull. Legs pale yellow, 

 short and stout. 



llio Purus ; a single female, found by Dr. Trail on the 

 24 ih September, 1874. 



Ohx. — Though the resemblance between this species 

 and P. hreviccps is extreme, they Avill be easily distin- 

 guished, as to the female sex at any rate, by the sexual 

 characters; the thori^x in f^. discretus is rather smaller 

 and more narrowed behind. 



8. Palaminus sinuatus, n. sp. Testacco-ferrugincus, an- 

 terniis, pedibus, palpisque pallide testaceis ; prothorace 

 elongate, basin versus angustato ; antennis minus elon- 

 gatis. Long. corp. 2 lin. 



Mas : abdomine segmento 7" ventrali sub-producto, apice 

 lato, obsolete trisinuato. 



Fem. incog. 



Antcnnro pale yellow, about as long as head and thorax ; 

 the a])ical joint scarcely longer, but distinctly stouter 

 than, the 10th. ^Maxillary palpi pale yellow, the last joint 

 large. Head rather small, quite as broad as the thorax, 

 l)ut narrower tlian the elytra, moderately punctured along 

 the middle; the vertex A\ilh very few punctures, and dis- 

 tinctly emarginate; the vertical line rather fine at the 

 sides, very close to, but not contiguous with, the eyes, 

 distinctly deflexed and interru])ted in tlie middle. Thorax 

 a good deal naiTower than the elytra, <|uite as long as 

 broad, much narrowed behind, but not curved at the sides ; 

 punctured on each side the middle with rather coarse punc- 

 tures, ])ut with very few punctures at the sides and base, 

 and with a central space along tlie middle, indistinct 

 towards the fi-ont, smooth. Elytra not one and a half 

 times the length of the thorax, rather coarsely punctured ; 

 the punctures rather close, except at the extremity. Hind 



