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Procirri. 

 13. Palam'mus insular is, sp. n. 



A narrow, delicate, fragile species, shining testaceous; 

 abdomen reddish. Legs and antennae pale yellow, the 

 last joint of the latter scarcely stouter than the penultimate. 



Length 2*8 mm. 



Very close in general appearance, size, and colour to 

 P. fragilis s Slip., hut differs from it by the last joint of the 

 antennae not being thickened, the puncturation of the head 

 and thorax more sparing, the sides of the latter more 

 uniformly rounded towards the base, and the elytra rather 

 shorter. From P. pallidus, Sahib., it differs by its smaller 

 size, the rounded sides of the thorax, and the less numerous 

 but larger imbrications of abdominal segments ; from 

 P. variabilis, Er., by its fragile build, the eleventh joint of 

 the antenna; not thickened, and the much less distinct 

 puncturation of the elytra. 



Head transverse with the eyes a little wider than the 

 thorax, very sparingly and rather superficially punctured. 

 Antenna? very slender ; first and second joints of about equal 

 length, a little thickened ; third about as long as, but much 

 more slender than, second ; fourth to tenth longer than broad, 

 gradually decreasing in length; eleventh a little longer, but 

 not thicker, than tenth. Thorax trausverse, narrower than 

 the elytra; the sides gradually rounded and contracted to 

 the base, widest at the junction of the middle and anterior 

 thirds ; disc with a trace posteriorly of an elevated line ; 

 puncturation rather coarse, umhilicate, scattered ; pubescence 

 rather long and sparing. Elytra double the length of the 

 thorax, distinctly longer than broad, puncturation hue and 

 sparing, obsolescent posteriorly and externally ; pubescence 

 rather long, coarse, and sparing. Abdomen with imbricate 

 sculpture on the first four visible segments; pubescence 

 scanty and coarse. 



J . Last ventral plate a little produced and rather abruptly 

 narrowed towards the end. 



Jamaica, Hope Gardens district. Type in my collection. 



14. Palaminus coriaceus, sp. n. 



A narrow, fragile, delicate species varying from testaceous 

 to reddish testaceous, not very shining ; the head and thorax 

 with very distinct coriaceous ground-sculpture. The last 

 joint of the antennae distinctly thicker than the penultimate. 



Length 2*9 to 3*3 mm. 



Very similar to the preceding in build, but at once dis- 



