280 Dr. Malcolm Cameron on 



beyond tlic lateral border' of the tongue, shortly and closely ciliate. 

 Labial palpi J^-jointed, the 1st joint rather stout, about twice as 

 long as broad; the 2nd longer and much stouter than the 1st, 

 oviform, furnished externally near the apex with two long and 

 strong cilia; the 3rd a little shorter and much narrower than the 

 2nd, narrowed towards the apex which is truncate. Labium widest 

 behind, deeply bisinuate in front. Mentum short and broad. 

 Gular sutures separate, parallel. Temples strongly bordered below. 

 Prosternal process carinate, acuminate; mesosternal process short, 

 acuminate, extending but little between the intermediate coxae, 

 which are contiguous in front; metasternal process acuminate, not 

 reaching the mesosternal process. Anterior femora much thick- 

 ened, all the tibiae setiferous. Tarsal formula 5, 5, 5. Anterior 

 tarsi much dilated, the 1st joint triangular, transverse; the 2nd 

 broader than the 1st; the 3rd broader than the preceding, the 

 distal border emarginate; the 4th obcordate; the 5th elongate, 

 claws simple; the first four joints each furnished below with a still 

 broader membrane the margins of which arc ciliate; middle pair 

 %vith the 1st joint moderately long, the 2nd subtriangular, the 3rd 

 nearly semicircular, the 4th lamelliform extending below the 5th 

 (which is articulated to the dorsal surface near the base) for a short 

 distance; posterior pair similarly constructed to the preceding. 

 Posterior ti]>iae obliquely truncate before the apex, closely ciliate. 

 Elytral epipleurae complete. AJ)domen keeled at the base below. 



The species on which this genus is founded has the facies 

 of Pinophilus, but the labrum is bilobed and the last joint 

 of the maxillary palpi is securiform. Tjpe, Pinophilus 

 notabilis, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1918, p. 70. 



18 (f/). Palaminus bryanti, n. sp. 



Testaceous, shining, abdomen reddish-brown; elytra nearly half 

 as long again as the thorax. Antennae and legs pale testaceous- 

 yellow. Length 3-4 nmi. 



Size and coloration of P. ce>/lf(nenfiis Kr., but the antennae are 

 more slender, the penultimate joints being longer, the thorax is less 

 transverse and the sides posteriorly straighter, the posterior angles 

 obtuse, the elytra are shorter and their puncturation less close. 

 Head transverse, the temples dentiform, the puncturation coarse 

 and pretty close, pubescence, stiff, yellow and sparing. Antennae 

 Avith the first three joints equal in length, the 4th to the 10th 

 longer than broad, gradually decreasing in length, the 11th long; 

 oval, pointed, as long as the two preceding together. Thorax a 

 little narrower than the lioad, sliglitly transverse, wdest at the 



