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known species of the pfeims by tlio form of tlie pronotma 

 and the soinewh.it shorter second joint of the antenuie. 

 Its fjeneric position is suincwhut doubtful, as the male is 

 unknown. 



Pakai) WDAM i*<, 't^ou. nov. 



Front snbvertic:il, with a slij^htly curved transverse line 

 iiuuiediately beK)w the iiutennal supports: ^'eiue extremely 

 short. Hijes large and eonvex, eoursely faeett(.'d and stronjily 

 emarf;:inate ; the lower lobes large and nearly touching the 

 base of the mandibles. Aulenna inserted near the base 

 of the mandibles, nearly as long as the body in the male ; 

 second to fifth or sixth joints ciliated below; the first joint 

 obconic and slightly curved, not reaching the hind margin 

 of the eyes; the third joint elongate, but hardly reaching 

 the base of the elytra, and much shorter than the fourth and 

 fifth united ; joints ()-10 slightly angnlate at the apex ; 

 eleventh joint acuminate, haidly longer than the tenth ; 

 joints 3-11 finely earinate on the front edge, pubescent and 

 minutely punctulate; the first and second joints subnitid 

 and ratlu'r strongly ])nnctate. Prothorax transverse, not 

 broader than the head with the eyes, bisinuate at base, with 

 the hind angles somewhat proiluced ; the lateral edges very 

 fine between the hind angles and the coxal cavities, thence 

 completely wanting ; no punctured side area. Scute/luin as 

 long as broad, subtriangular. Elytra long, subcylindrical, 

 rounded and unarmed at the apex ; each with three obtuse, 

 somewhat waved costie ; ei)i|)leural fold as in the genus 

 Dimdamis, strongly widened at base. Let/s slender ; femora 

 slightly compresseil, sublinear ; first joint of the hind tarsi 

 shorter than the next two united. Last ventral seyment of 

 the male nearly truncate at the apex. 



'ibis interesting genus se(;ms to be most nearly allied to 

 Dntuiitmis, Gah., from which it, however, differs by the 

 structure of the antenuie and the prothorax. The episterna 

 of the metathorax are more restricted behind on the outer 

 side than on the inner, and are obliquely acuminate at the 

 apex. 



Paradimdumis is another of the forms which connect 

 Lacordaires .Kgosomime and Monodcsminai, and it proves 

 the near relation of these groups, newly acknowledged also i>y 

 Lameere ( I'ull. Mus. Pans, xvi. I'Jl."), p. 01 ). It may be 

 noted here that I'riunns reticulutus, Dalm., has nothing at 

 all to do with Anacani/ius costalus, Serv., but is a female of 

 a species of Meyopis, sens, lat., unknown to mc. 



