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has tlie hind iiuirgin very slightly emarginate In the 

 middle. 



Tapajos ; a single female. 



19. Palaminus si'llatus,n. &p. Piceus, antennis, palpis, 

 pedibusque pallide testaceis, elytris latcribus plagiatim 

 testaceis ; prothoracc basin versus angustato, latcribus 

 rotundato, parce punctato ; elytris minus crebre punctatis. 

 Long. Corp. fere 3 lin. 



Antenna3 rather long and slender, pale yellow; 3rd joint 

 elongate and slender, a good deal longer than 2nd, 11th 

 a little stouter than 10th. Paljn yelloAv, with the last joint 

 small (in the female). Head large, a little broader than 

 the thorax, and almost as broad as the elytra; the vertex 

 a good deal emarginate, the marginal line moderately 

 remote from the eyes at the sides, in the middle much 

 deflexed and a little interrupted ; the surface coarsely 

 punctured, the punctures rather close towards the front, 

 widely separated at the vertex. Thorax broad, very 

 nearly as long as broad, much narrowed behind, a little 

 rounded at the sides, the front angles greatly rounded ; 

 the surface sparingly and coarsely punctured, the pimc- 

 turcs consisting of tAvo divergent, rather widely separated 

 series along the middle, with accessory punctures between 

 them on the front part, and outside them with a few other 

 punctures; the depression at the hind part of the main 

 series is only slight. Elyti-a about one and a half times 

 as long as the thorax, pitchy in colour, with a bi'oad straight 

 stripe at each side testaceous ; they ai*e rather sparingly 

 and coai'sely punctured, the punctures becoming more 

 sparing towards the extremity. Four basal segments of 

 the hind body with imbricate sculpture. Legs almost 

 white, rather long. 



The female has the hind margins of the dorsal and 

 ventral plates of the 7th segment of the hind body very 

 slightly rounded, being very nearly truncate. 



Tapajos ; two female individuals. 



20. Palaminus gracilis, n. sp. Elongatus, angustus, 

 nigricans, antennis, palpis, pedibus, elytrorumque apice 

 pallide testaceis; capite parvo ; prothorace elongato, basin 

 versus sat angustato ; elytris parce fortiter punctatis. 

 Long. Corp. 2^ lin. 



Antenna? long and slender, much longer than head and 



