3.02 Mr. D. Sluirp's Cuntvibittioiis to the 



and between the iiiidille and tlie sides are a few othei* 

 ]>uiictures ; tlie two main series are only very slightly 

 impressed. Elytra about one and a half times as long- as 

 the thorax, the basal portion rather closely punctured ; 

 the punctures become more sparing towards the extremity, 

 and at the apex are quite wanting. Hind body with the 

 four basal segments with imbricate sculpture. Legs 

 almost white, rather long and slender. 



In the female the 7th segment of the hind body is 

 simple, the hind margin of the dorsal plate being slightly 

 rounded, while that of the ventral plate (M'liich is scarcely 

 longer) is almost truncate, being scarcely visibly emar- 

 ginate in the middle. 



Tapajos ; a single female. Also from the same locality 

 I have another female, which may possibly be a distinct 

 Sj)ecies, the head being a little smaller and the elytra with 

 rather more punctures towards the extremity. 



16. Palaminiis 2)cllax, n. sp. Niger, antennis, palpis, 

 pedibusque jiallide testaceis ; thorace sat elongato, basin 

 versus angustato, lateribus leviter rotundatis ; elytris 

 parcius punctatis, apice late Itevigatis. Long. corp. 

 2\ lin. 



Head rather large, with the surface in front of the 

 vertical line scarcely coriaceous. Thorax with two dorsal 

 series of ])unctures convergent in front of the base; between 

 these in front with a few ])iuictures, and with a few other 

 punctures between the middle and the sides ; the main 

 series scarcely imjjressed, but the portion between them 

 distinctly elevated except in front. The elytra are rather 

 S])aringlv jiunctnred, the ])unctures becoming more sparing 

 towards the extremity and altogether Avanting at the apex. 



In the female the dorsal plate of the 7th segment of the 

 hind body is nearly truncate, being only very slightly 

 rounded in the middle; at the extremity the ventral plate is 

 scarcely longer than the dorsal one, and, like it, is rounded, 

 though rather more distinctly, at the apex. 



Amazons ; a single female, without special locality. 



OA.S-. — This species resembles P. parens extrcMiiely, and 

 differs irom the desci'iption above given of that S2)ecies 

 only in the characters here mentioned. 



17. Pahnnitnis fascipcs, n. sp. Niger, antennis, palpis, 

 pedibusque pallide testaceis, tibiis infuscatis ; capite magno ; 



