34 Mr. G. Lewis on some 



sinuous before tlie eyes, forehead flattisli ; the tliorax bisinuate 

 behind the head, punctured finely beliind the neck and on the 

 disk, punctures much larger at the sides and along the base, 

 no scutcllar fovea ; the elytra are punctured like the sides of 

 the thorax, sutural margin narrowly smooth, suture feebly 

 raised before the apex to the middle of the dorsum, epipleural 

 stria continues round the sutural angle, dorsal strise indistinct ; 

 the propygidium evenly, not closely punctured ; pygidium in 

 the female evenly punctulate, in the male ])unctulate except 

 at the apex, Avhich is transversely rough and very densely 

 punctured ; the prosternum, lobe sparsely but distinctly 

 punctate, keel bistriate, stria feebly sinuous, bent at both 

 ends, but not connected at either ; the mesosternum without 

 a transverse stria, suture apparent and, like the metasternuin, 

 sparsely and finely punctured, especially in the median area ; 

 anterior tibite 4-dentate. 



JIab. Ja])an. Taken at Nikko, Oyama, Kashiwagi, Xara, 

 Kumamoto, and Yuyama, chiefly in the warmer districts of 

 the islands. 



Paromalus fujisanusj sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovatus, convexiusculus, niger, nitidus, supra punctatus ; 

 prosterno striis parallelis postice junctis ; pronoto ante scutellum 

 fovcolato ; mesosternum stria transversali biangulata ; pedibus 

 piceis. 



L. 2 mill. 



Oblong-oval, rather convex, black, shining, punclmvd 

 above ; the head rather broad, impressed in front, stria com- 

 plete, surface clearly and evenly, not thickly punctured ; the 

 thorax, stria complete and strong at the sides, very Hue behind 

 the head, wholly punctured, with a distinct scutellar fovea 

 visible amongst the punctures, anterior angles rather de- 

 ])ressed, anterior margin impressed behind the eyes ; the elytra 

 ])uncturcd like the thorax exce})t in the sutural area before 

 the apex, where the punctures are oblong, e{)iploural stria 

 continues along the apex and turns round the sutural angle, 

 one oblique obsolete stria; the propygidium sparsely and 

 evenly punctulate ; the pygidium in the male has a raised 

 exterior margin, and within the margin the whole surface is 

 evenly vermiculate in sculpture, in the female the })ygidium 

 is immarginate, irregularly and sparsely puncturotl ^it the 

 base, nearly smooth at the apex ; the ]>rosternum bistriate, 

 strife parallel at the sides, bent inwards at cither end, keel 

 with a few punctures very irregularly set, anterior lobe some- 

 what straight on the anterior edge and sparsely punctured • 



