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emarp;inato, linca vcrticnll bene discreta; prothoracc clon- 

 gato, l)asiii versus angustato. Long. corp. 2^ lin. 



ISIas latot. 



Feni. : abdonilnc scgmento 7° ventrali simpllcc. 



Very closely allied to P. simplex, but the vertex is more 

 eniarginatc, so that the fine line which bounds the vertex 

 is not so straight ; the insect is also rather less slender, the 

 thorax is broader in pro])ortion to its length, and has the 

 sides a little rounded and the central space more distinct, 

 and the pubescence of the hind body is more conspicuous. 



Eira : a single female individual, Avhich is a little imma- 

 turc. 



3. Palaminus modcstus, n. sp. Ferrugineus, antcnnis, 

 palpis, pedibusque pallide testaceis, illis elongatis ; thorace 

 sat clongato, lateribus rotundatis, basin versus minus an- 

 gustato. Long. Corp. 2r, lin. 



]\Ias : abdominc scgmento 7" ventrali producto, apice 

 I'otundato, medio excisione parva. 



Fern, latet. 



Antennaj Avhite, slender and very elongate, much longer 

 than head and thorax. Palpi with terminal joint very 

 large. Head rather small, the vertex almost straight; the 

 punctuation similar to that of P. simplex. Thorax about 

 as long as broad, a good deal rounded at the sides but not 

 greatly narrowed behind ; its surface coarsely and irregu- 

 larly, not densely punctured, the central space rather con- 

 spicuous behind. Elytra broader than the thorax, and 

 nearly one and a half times as long; their pimctuation 

 rather coarse, but not dense. Hind body with the pubes- 

 cence long and conspicuous; the sculpture of the four basal 

 segments coarse, the two apical ones smooth. Legs white ; 

 hind tarsi elongate and slender. 



In the male the middle portion of the ventral plate of 

 the 7th segment of the hind body is a good deal produced; 

 the hind margin is roimded, and has a small, sharply 

 defined notch in the middle. 



Ega ; a single male. 



Though this s])ecies greatly resembles P. simplex, it 

 may be very readily distinguished by the male characters ; 

 though the female is unknown to me, the different form of 

 the thorax from that of P. simplex will no doubt be com- 

 mon to it and the male. The species bears a still greater 

 resemblance to P. longicornis, but the head is smaller, the 

 vertex less emarginate,and the thorax less narrowed behind. 



