Japanese Species of \^A\o\\\i\\\XB. 35 



llic nicsosteniuni, transvcisc stria mi(Ulle part nearly straiglit, 

 arcuate on each side, not angulate, suture not apparent, sur- 

 iace sparsely ])unctulate ; the nietasternum with large punc- 

 tures between the intermediate and posterior coxte, punctures 

 gradually becoming finer on the median area and especially 

 behind the mesosternum ; anterior tibias 4-dentate. 



This species must be placed next to P. histriatuSj Er., from 

 America. 



Ilab. Japan. I obtained a considerable number of speci- 

 mens at Kiga, Hakone, Subashiri, and Nikko. 



Faromnlus vernalis^ sp. n. 

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



prosterno hand striate ; mesosterno, stria trausversali in medio 



arcuato, utrinque biangulato. 

 L. U mill. 



Oblong-oval, rather convex, black, legs pitchy; the head 

 evenly punctured, stria complete, forehead flattish ; the 

 thorax, anterior angles depressed, somewhat obtuse, somewhat 

 thickly punctured, stria strong at the sides and behind the 

 anterior angles, fine behind the neck, punctures behind the 

 neck small, those at the sides and in front of the scutellum 

 somewhat oblong ; the elytra are punctured like the thorax, 

 suture very feebly raised in the dorsal region, sutural margin 

 narrow, smooth, one stria short and oblique, the epipleural 

 stria does not reach the sutural angle ; the propygidium is 

 transversely punctured ; the pygidium in the male has a 

 transverse furrow near the base, and behind it is another 

 (which is sometimes broken at the sides), which is formed to 

 enclose a semicircular lobe, the course of the furrow not being 

 always well defined ; in the female the pygidium is faintly 

 and sparsely punctulate ; the prosternum witliout stria, punc- 

 tures scattered and feeble, the whole surface microscopically 

 strigose ; the mesosternum, stria arcuate in the middle, angles 

 acute, median part wider than the appendages, suture 

 invisible ; the raetasternum similarly punctate, punctures large 

 and not closely set, subocellate in front of the hind coxaj ; the 

 lateral stria? on the first segment of the abdomen are nearly 

 parallel to each other ; anterior tibia3 4-dentate. 



This species also is of the P. histriatus group. 



Hah. Japan. Obtained at Nara, Oyayama, and Yuyama. 



Paromalus tardipes^ sp. n. 



Ovalis, depressiusculus, brunneus, nitidus. puuctatus; fronte im- 



pressa stria interrupta ; pronoto basi tenuiter bistriato. 

 L. l|-2 mill. 



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