466 Mr. G. Lewis on new 



Paromalus locellus, n. sp. 



Oralis, parum convexus, niger, nitidus, sat dense punctulatus. An- 

 tennis pedibusque brunneis, fronte stria ad oculos completa; pro- 

 noto stria Integra ; elytris striis prope obsoleHs : prosterno basi 

 parum lato, stria marginali antiee et postiee interrupta ; meso- 

 sterno antico emarginato, stria transversa biangulata; propygidio 

 pygidioque subtiliter pnnctulatis. L. 3| mill. 



Bab. Sarawak {Wallace). 



The oval form distinguishes this species from the two next, 

 but all belong to a section of the genus which has the meta- 

 sternum broadly depressed in the middle of the basal half, 

 and which has the first segment of the abdomen with an 

 acutely raised line or linear tubercle, which divides a depres- 

 sion similar to that of the metasternum though wider. 

 The mesosternum has the transverse line much like that 

 in obh'sus. 



Paromalus oblisus, n. sp. 



iSubellipticus, niger, nitidus, sat dense punctulatus ; antennis pedi- 

 busque brunneis ; fronte marginata, pronoto stria marginali 

 Integra; elytris striis subhumeralibus obsoletis ; prosterno basi 

 parum lato, stria marginali antiee et postiee interrupta; mesosterno 

 stria transversa biangulata; propygidio pygidioque subtiliter punc- 

 tulatis. L. 3.1 mill. 



Hob. Andaman Islands. 



The elliptical form of this species distinguishes it from 

 locellus, and beneath the punctuation is much finer and the 

 prosternum is narrower and round at the base. Both species 

 have the facies of the European comj?lanatus } but are larger. 

 The mesosternum is limited at its base by a transverse line 

 acutely angulate on either side. 



Paromalus commeatus, n. sp. 



Oblongo-ovalis, parum convexus, punctulatus, pedibus antennisque 

 brunneis, clava rufa ; fronte subtilissime punctulata, stria margi- 

 nali antiee angulata, pone oculos interrupta ; pronoto stria Integra, 

 antiee ad angulum subfoveolato ; elytris vix dense punctulatis ; 

 propygidio pygidioque subtilissime punctulatis ; prosterno lateri- 

 bus striatis, basi submarginata ; mesosterno stria interrupta, 

 dense punctato, metasterno in medio depresso. L. 3| mill. 



Ilab. Kandy and Balangoda, Ceylon. 



This species is even more like complanatus than the two 

 preceding, because of its outline, but it is less depressed. It 

 has, like oblisus and locellus, the peculiar raised line in the 

 middle of the first abdominal segment, and the mesosternum 



