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in the metasternum being almost smooth, the punctures of the latter being very minute 
and scattered. The sutural stria of the elytra is also less abbreviated in front and 
behind, and after breaking up into punctures nearly reaches the apex. Only one 
example. 
13. Paromalus hariolus. 
Paromalus hariolus, Mars. Monogr. in Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1862, p. 22*, and 1861, t. 15. no. xxv. 
fig. 4. 
Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé +). 
The type is in the Sallé collection. 
14. Paromalus trifolium. 
Paromalus trifolium, Mars. Monogr. in Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1862, p. 21*, and 1861, t. 15. no. xxv. 
fig. 3. . 
Hab. GuaTEMALA, near the city (Champion).—Braziu 1. 
There is one example from Guatemala in the Sallé collection which is referred, some- 
what doubtfully, to P. trifolium. 
15. Paromalus fissus, sp. n. 
Subovalis, subdepressus, niger, nitidus; pedibus brunneis; fronte stria integra, vix punctulata; pronoto 
punctato, stria integra; elytris punctatis, striis 1* et 2* brevibus valide impressis, suturali utrinque multum 
abbreviata, margine inflexo levi; prosterno haud striato; mesosterno transverso, stria modice biangulata ; 
metasterno utrinque minime profundo et parce punctato; propygidio apice punctato, basi vermiculato ; 
tibiis anticis 4-, intermediis 3-dentatis. Long. 14 millim. 
Hab. GUATEMALA, Capetillo (Champion). 
The elytral strie in this little species resemble sulci rather than the ordinary 
striations usual in the genus. The mesosternal stria (as in P. selectus, Lewis) is only 
moderately biangulate, and the three divisions are of nearly equal dimensions. Unique. 
16. Paromalus jejunus, sp. n. 
Oblongo-ovalis, subdepressus, niger, nitidus; fronte parce punctata, stria integra subelevata; pronoto undique 
punctato, stria laterali integra, pone oculos tenuissime continuata; elytra striis 1 et 2* obsoletis, suturali 
antice multum, postice vix, abbreviata; propygidio parce, pygidio dense, punctatis; prosterno parcissime 
punctulato, lobo lateraliter striato, antice immarginato, basi haud striato; mesosterno stria transversa, 
biangulata; metasterno grosse et parce punctato; tibiis anticis 4-dentatis, intermediis 3- vel 4-spinulosis, 
Long. 1; millim. 
Had. Guatemaa, Cubilguitz in Vera Paz (Champion). 
This little species has one salient character in the frontal stria, which is slightly yet 
distinctly elevated. ‘Two examples. 
BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Coleopt., Vol. I. Pt. 1, October 1888. 2 F* 
