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not much narrower than thorax or elytra. Antennae moderate 
in length, setose both above and beneath. Thorax with lateral 
spines extremely small and placed near the hind angles. Elytra 
free from ridges and lateral keels. Terminal abdominal seg- 
ment with the ventral plate in the males sharply notched ; ovi- 
positor in the female not prolonged, the apical segment being 
only a little longer than that of the male, with the ventral plate 
convex and truncated, and the angles of the truncature pro- 
duced. Legs stout; fore and middle tarsi dilated and fringed 
with hairs in the male ; coxae and under surface of body also 
densely hairy in the same sex. 
In many points (for example, the setose elytra and antennae, 
shape of thorax, and style of coloration) the curious insect 
forming this genus shows a near degree of relationship with the 
Sporeti, especially with S. seminalis. It exhibits, however, an 
almost equally close approximation to the Colohothece, showing 
that, notwithstanding the great amount of apparent difference 
between the elongate Colohothe(je and short flattened Leiopi, 
from which the Sporeti differ little, the two extremes are in 
reality closely bound together by connecting links, and, notwith- 
standing the almost endless multiplication of specific forms, 
have not diverged widely from a common plan of structure. 
The genus Palame is readily distinguishable from all allied 
genera by the hairy coxse and sterna of the male, and the 
absence of ovipositor in the female. 
Palame crassimanuSf n. sp. 
P. oblonga, subcylindrica, nigro-olivacea, sericea : thorace vittis quin- 
que cinereis : elytris late subsinuato-truncatis, plagis cinereis 
nigro maculatis. Long. lin. c? $ . 
Head black ; forehead with three ashy lines, and outer orbits 
of the eyes ashy. Antennae black, bases of joints paler, those 
of the fourth to the sixth joints ashy. Thorax convex, above 
silky black, with five ashy vittae, the two lateral ones on each 
side, in some examples, being interrupted, and in others con- 
fluent. Elytra slightly narrowed from base to apex ; apex 
broadly subsinuate-truncate, angles of the truncature obtuse, 
surface silky olive black, and with large ashy patches speckled 
with black; sides speckled with ashy tomentum : besides the 
setiferous punctures over the whole elytra, the basal part has 
a number of simple punctures. Body beneath ashy. Legs 
black, with ashy pile ; tarsi and under surface of body naked in 
the female ; in the male the fore and middle tarsi are dilated and 
fringed with hairs, and have fulvous brush-like palms, the coxas 
and middle of the breast and abdomen being thickly clothed 
tvith brownish hairs. 
