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3S 7th ventral with middle lobe longer and narrower, unsymmetrically 
curved, concave and truncate at tip; 92 same segment deeply incised, 
incision rounded at base........ Pee asare/aetcia le ...5. contortus, n. sp. 
5. Elytra evidently larger than the prothorax..... ii Boonoedoccapoaob= 6. 
Elytra not larger than the prothorax.......... sett Akioiee eitvase afoietafets th 
6. Elytra with more distant and less coarse punctures; prothorax but 
Sliphilyenanroyyed: Wem Gls Ws eres yeteie sree) cote eeratateroleteitel a =item 6. lividus. 
Elytra with less distant and coarser punctures ; prothorax much nar- 
NOVIC MMO GMUTME ee sc Sees <a heel craters Peete Chlbratus, M.S): 
Elytra with smaller punctures ; prothorax less narrowed behind....... 
8. pumilus, n. sp. 
7. Elytra with large deep distant punctures............. ......9. larvalis- 
49. Palaminus normalis, un. sp.—Yellow-testaceous, shining, 
sparsely setose. Prothorax transverse, very slightly narrowed behind, 
rounded on the sides. Elytra twice as long as the prothorax, rather densely 
but not coarsely punctured. Length 2.8 mm.; .11 inch. 
3 7th ventral segment with two narrow incisions extending about one- 
third the length ; middle lobe broad, truncate behind. 
2 Tth ventral segment feebly emarginate. 
Georgia and South Carolina. Easily distinguished from 
P. testaceus and contortus by the sexual characters. 
50. Palaminus testaceus Er. Staphyl. 685. Length 2.8 mm., 
.11 inch. 
o ith ventral segment with two deep narrow incisions, middle lobe un- 
symmetrical, curved, broadly truncate at tip. 
© 7th ventral with a deep and broad triangular emargination. 
Illinois; one pair collected by Mr. B. D. Walsh. 
51. Palaminus contortus, n. sp —Of the same form and color as 
P. testaceus, yellow-testaceous, abdomen a little darker. Prothorax slightly 
narrowed behind, rounded on the sides. Elytra twice as long as the pro- 
thorax, less closely but more strongly punctured. Length 2.5 mm.; .10 inch. 
3 7th ventral segment with two narrow deep incisions ; middle lobe 
narrower, curved, convex, bent and emarginate at tip. 
2 7th ventral deeply emarginate for one-haif the length, emargination 
with parallel sides and rounded base. 
Tampa, Sand Point, Enterprise ; not rare. 
52. Palaminus cribratus, n. sp.—Yellow-testaceous, shining, 
sparsely piluse ; abdomen darker. Head and prothorax sparsely punc- 
tured, the latter nearly as long as wide, ovate, much narrowed behind, 
rounded on the sides. Elytra a little longer than the prothorax, coarsely, 
but not sparsely punctured. Length 2.8 mm.; .11 inch. 
Tampa; one specimen, without sexual characters in the 
last abdominal segments. 
