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descriptions. The following are notes on these named specimens, 

 and on the fourth of De Marseul's species. 



P. umbilicatus, Mars, Specimens before me are from W. 

 Australia ; the type was from Sydney. The specimens JDefore me 

 differ from description i7iie7' aha by the extremely well-defined 

 puncturation of their rcetasternum, which should be "almost 

 invisible." The pygidium is quite differently sculptured, but 

 this is possibly sexual, 



P. Victoria', Mars. Specimens befoi'e me are from N,S, Wales ; 

 the type was from Victoria. The specimens differ from descrip- 

 tion inter alia in the puncturation of the elytra being very much 

 finer and closer than is indicated by JDe Marseul's expression 

 " grosse espacee^ et de points oblongs,'" and in the stria-surrounded 

 area of the pygidium in the female being (not " triangular " but) 

 oval, 



P. miliaris, Mars, Specimens before me are from W, 

 Australia, whence I have other examples than those received 

 from Mr. Lea ; De Marseul gives merely " N. Hollande" as the 

 habitat. The specimens I have under observation have no un- 

 evenness on the pygidium, but this discrepancy may be sexual. 

 Otherwise, however, inter alia their elytra are particularly finely 

 and closely punctulate, whereas De Marseul says of the elytra of 

 miliaris " couvertes de points forts et assez series." 



P. honor atus, Mars. This species is very brieijy described, 

 but cannot be identical with either of the species (from the same 

 habitat — tropical Queensland) described below, as it is said to 

 have the stria of the head interrupted in front. My specimens 

 and De Marseul's type appear all to be females, as they have the 

 sculpture of the pygidium said to be characteristic of that sex. 

 If so they are very distinct species, as the details of that sculp- 

 ture are quite difierent iiiter se in all three. 



The following tabulation shows the distinctive characters of 

 the Paromali before me. I have retained Mr. Lea's names, with 

 a query — the name in each case being applied to the specimens 

 indicated in the above notes, and very probably not representing 

 the species to which De Marseul gave the names. I have not 

 included honoratns, as the description does not furnish the 

 necessary information. It differs from all those tabulated except 

 miliaris in the absence of a stria across the front of the epistoma. 



A. MetasternuQi deeply longitudinally concave, 



in its whole length, on either side ... ... saucius, Blackb. 



A A. Metasternum with the disc perfectly flat ... Terrce-regince, Blackb. 

 AAA. Metasternum evenlj' convex (or nearly so) 

 in respect of its general surface, 

 B, Two short adjacent furrows on the meta- 

 sternum close to its front ... ... Ludovici, Blackb. 



BB. The metasternum without depressions. 



