Japanese Species of Ptuoinalus. 33 



Paromalus complanatuSj Panz. 



IJab. Japan. Tliis species occurs throughout the Archi- 

 pehago, but it is commonest in Yezo. 



Paromalus mendicusy sp. n. 



P. hiarculo simillimis at paulo minor ; elytris propygidioque (lia- 



tincte punctulatis ; mesosteruo stria transversal! nulla. 

 L. 2-2| mill. 



Oblong-oval, rather flat, bKnck ; antennfe and legs reddish ; 

 the head distinctly but not densely punctured, stria complete, 

 well-marked, and angulate over the eyes j the thorax visibly 

 punctured behind tiie anterior angles, less so laterally, and 

 nearly smooth on the disk, scutcllar spot very small and 

 placed a little away from the edge, stria interrupted behind 

 the neck ; the elytra much more distinctly punctured 

 except on the area behind the scutellum and a very narrow 

 margin along the suture, one short basal stria, somewhat 

 straiglit but ill-defined ; the propygidium clearly and rather 

 closely punctured ; the pygidium nearly smooth, in the male 

 there are obscure and ill-defined marks but no vermicular 

 sculpture ; the prosternum is a little broader than in P. hiar- 

 ciihts, Mars., bistriate, stride strong, feebly sinuous at the 

 sides, and widening outwards a little in front and joining 

 posteriorly ; the mesosternum feebly and sparsely punctu- 

 late, without a transverse stria, lateral furrow deep and 

 common to it and the metasternum ; the suture is clearly seen 

 between the meso- and metasterna ; anterior tibiae 4-dentate. 



This species differs from P. biarcidus in having the elytra 

 distinctly punctured, by the absence of the mesosternal trans- 

 verse stria, and by the want in the male of vermicular sculp- 

 ture on the pygidium. 



Hab. Japan. I found this insect at Kashiwagi and in 

 several places in Higo. 



Paromalus viaticus, sp. u, 



Oblongo-ovalis, depressiusculus, niger, nitidus, supra punctulatus ; 



mesosteruo stria transversali nulla : metasterno leviter et sparse 



punctulato ; propygidio pygidioque sublaevibus. 

 L. 1| mill. 



Oblong-oval, somewhat depressed, black, legs reddish ; the 

 head evenly punctured, a little prominent and obtusely angu- 

 late over the eyes, stria strong laterally, arched anteriorly, 



Ann. (& Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 6. Vol. ix. 3 



