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6. Elytra shorter than prothorax, antenne thickened externally..palustris. 
Elytra as long as prothorax, antennee very slightly thicker externally .. 
littorarius. 
7. Head as usual, rather broadly oval, elytra strongly punctured, longer 
than prothorax....... oo aa Or Fyceiays toot chs teeeeale akeeels eaters .....-floridanus. 
Head narrower, oval, but slightly wider than the prothorax ; punctures 
ofelytrajetaccdibelnimda. were ey eee ........Obliteratus, n. sp. 
48. Palaminus flavipennis, bp. sp.—Red. brown, shining, sparsely 
setose, elytra yellow-testaceous, scarcely longer than the prothorax. _An- 
tenn, palpi and legs pale yellow. Sculpture as in the other species. Pro- 
thorax strongly punctured, disc sub-carinate towards the base ; not wider 
than long, ovate, much narrowed behind, sides oblique, slightly rounded. 
Length 3.4 mm.; .13 inch. 
Tampa, Enterprise and Capron; not rare. Agrees in color 
with P. pallipes, but differs by the smaller size, and by the 
elytra being as long as, or very little longer than the pro- 
thorax. Abdominal segments alike in both sexes. 
The species of Palaminus agree in form and sculpture, and 
the antennee, palpi and legs in all are pale yellow. The other 
characters enable those in our fauna to be distinguished as 
follows: 
Table of Species of PALAMINUS. 
Piceous, elytra rufous or testaceous; terminal segments of abdomen 
alike in both sexes, not emarginate, nor incised.......... Sood qg art 
Uniform pale testaceous, abdomen sometimes darker............ 3. 
2. Larger, elytra rufous, twice as long as prothorax...... .....1, pallipes. 
Smaller, elytra as long as the prothorax.......... 2. flavipennis, n. sp. 
3. Elytra much longer than the prothorax..... a6eee Shosseeieterenarete moe aooue 
Elytra scarcely longer, sometimes shorter than the prothorax. .......5. 
4. §\ 7th ventral segment with two narrow incisions, middle lobe broad, 
rounded at tip; Q same segment feebly emarginate.3. normalis, n, sp. 
3 7th ventral with middle lobe contorted and unsymmetrically curved, 
broadly truncate at tip; Q same segment deeply and broadly trian 
gp lanel ver ema eim ate eet). eleitateii= « eaehts ohvelewirtoLt ......4, testaceus. 
* NoTE.—I have omitted P. ustus, which belongs to a different group of species 
having the color nearly uniform testaceous. P. nevadensis Austin, does not 
differ from compotens Lec. By a confusion of specimens the remarks of Mr. 
Austin concerning P. grandis Austin, are incorrect; the species is easily known 
by the large size, equal to P. femoralis, and the strongly margined, concave 
epistome, 
