Excited states of the Z = 61 isotopes Pm83 and Pm84 have been studied in the F + Te reaction at a beam energy of 85 MeV. Gamma-ray and conversion electron spectroscopy were used to establish the high spin states of Pm up to spin 20h and to extend the level spectrum of Pm up to a tentative spin of 2 h. Empirical shell model calculations in a configuration space truncated to the vr 1hiiy2, vr 1g~&'2, and vr 2d5&~p rotons and the v 2f7y2 neutron outside the ' Gd core reproduce the observed energy levels in good agreement with the experimental results. (nhiig2) configurations are suggested in an N = 83 isotone for Z (64.PACS number(s): 23.20.En, 23.20.Lv, 23.20.Nx, 27.60. +j