34G ^Ir. I). Sharp's Cuiitrihntlons to the 



elytra, considerably broader than long^, the sides a little 

 curved and distinctly narrowed behind ; it is coarsely and 

 chisel V jiunctured, exce])t at the niarijins, and has only a 

 verv small and nai-row smooth space on the middle. Elytra 

 rather ])al('r than the other parts, but with a broad, ill- 

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

 are coarsely and rather closely ])unetured, Avith the punc- 

 tures more sparin^j towards the a])ex. Hind body rather 

 slender, of a chestnut colour, darker than the front ])arts; 

 the four basal sej^nients with imbricate sculpture, 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 

 24th September, 1874. 



Ohs. — Though tl^e resemblance between this species 

 and P. breviccps is extrcmp, they will be easily distin- 

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

 characters; the thorax in P. discrctus is rather smaller 

 and more narrowed behind. 



8. Palamimis shiuat/is, n. sp. Testaceo-fcrrugineus, an- 

 tennis, pedibus, palpisque pallide tcstaceis ; prothorace 

 elongato, basin versus angustato ; antennis minus elon- 

 gatis. Long. corp. 2 lin. 



JNIas : abdomine segmento 7° ventrali sub-producto, apicc 

 lato, obsolete trisinuato. 



Fem. incog. 



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

 the apical joint scarcely longer, but distinctly stouter 

 than, the 10th. Maxillary pal))i pale yelloAv, the last joint 

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

 but narrower than the elytra, moderately punctured along 

 the middle ; the vertex with 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]ited in the middle. Thorax 

 a good deal narrower than the elytra, quite as long as 

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

 punctured on each side the middle with rather coarse punc- 

 tures, but with very few punctures at the sides and base, 

 and with a central s]mce along the middle, indistinct 

 towards the front, smooth. Elytra not one and a half 

 times the length of the thorax, rather coarsely piuictured ; 

 the punctures ratiier close, except at the extremity. Hind 



