Japanese Species of Paromalus. Oo” 
late, stria elevated over the eyes, fine and complete in front, 
forehead rather flat; the thorax, anterior angles depressed, 
little acute, stria not interrupted, but very fine behind the 
neck, not closely punctate, punctures somewhat ocellate, 
especially before the bases of the elytra; the elytra are punc- 
tured like the thorax, subocellate at the sides, finer behind 
the scutellum and on the dorsal area, striz obsolete; the pro- 
pygidium clearly, not densely punctulate in both sexes; the 
pygidium similarly punctured, and in the male a few scratches 
or obscure furrows are visible at the apex; the prosternum 
without striz, finely strigose under the microscope; the meso- 
sternum with a few punctures, transverse stria very slightly 
bent in the middle portion, rather widely arched on each side, 
median portion narrowest; meso- and metasternal suture 
invisible, both plates punctate, not closely, but at the sides 
the punctures are subocellate ; anterior tibize 4-dentate. 
This species is like a small example of P. parallelepipedus. 
The colour, and especially the shape of the mesosternal stria, 
with the median portion much less wide than the appen- 
dages, will distinguish it. 
Hab, Japan. Two examples taken on Ominesan. 
Paromalus musculus, Mars. 
Hab. Japan. ‘Taken at Nara, on the main island, and in 
several places in Kiushiu. 
This species is peculiar in occurring under stones in the 
shady forests, while most of the species of the genus are 
subcortical. 
Paromalus montivagus, sp. n. 
Ovalis, convexiusculus, niger, supra punctulatus; pedibus rufo- 
brunneis ; elytris striis obsoletis; pygidio sublevi vel grosse 
vermiculato ; mesosterno marginato. 
L, 23-23 mill. 
Oval, convex, black, punctulate above, with a strigose 
surface-sculpture visible under the microscope; the head 
lightly impressed in front, somewhat prominent over the 
eyes, stria complete, strong above the eyes, fine anteriorly ; 
the thorax bisinuous behind the neck, anterior angles obtuse 
and depressed, stria complete, and on the edge before the 
scutellum is a row of ten or twelve large punctures; the 
elytra, punctuation larger and more dense than that of the 
thorax except on the dorsal area behind the scutellum, the 
striz are obsolete and in their place the punctures are rugose 
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