36 Mr. G. Lewis on some 



Oval, rather depressed, brown^ shining ; the head anteriorly 

 impressed, punctate, punctures rather large but not closely 

 set, stria strong and somewhat carinate, feebly sinuous over 

 the eyes, anteriorly ceasing behind the mandibles ; the thorax, 

 anterior angles obtuse and depressed, strongly punctate, 

 punctures oblong, with some inclined to be acicular, evenly, 

 not closely set, stria laterally a little elevated, fine and com- 

 plete behind the head, two short strife before the base at a 

 point parallel to the usual position of the fourth elytral stria, 

 the striae are faint but easily seen, and they are a good specific 

 character in this difficult genus ; the elytra wholly punctured 

 somewhat like the thorax, but more distinctly, the punctures 

 towards and at the apex are round, not oval or acicular like 

 some in front ; the propygidium is punctured like the apices of 

 the elytra ; the pygidium in the male is punctured like the pro- 

 pygidium at the base, but at the apex there are transverse fur- 

 rows which are confiuent Avith the punctures ; in the female the 

 pygidium is sparsely and finely punctulate ; the presternum 

 bistriate, stride nearly straight laterally, bent, but not quite 

 joining at eitherend, a few irregular punctures on the keel, ante- 

 rior lobe punctate and strigose ; the mesosternum very sparsely 

 punctured, lateral furrow strong, transverse stria with the 

 middle portion very wide and straight, arcuate at the sides, 

 suture not apparent ; the metasternum, anterior half lightly 

 punctulate, posteriorly and the first segment of the abdomen 

 with much larger punctures, all are more or less elongate 

 or acicular ; the other abdominal segments are smooth, with 

 a row of punctures on their posterior edges ; anterior tibife 

 4-dt ntate, tarsi ratlier short. 



Bab. Japan. Single specimens taken at Miyanoshita, 

 Kiga, Kashiwagi, and Nara. 



Paromalus parallelepipedusj Herbst. 



Hah. Japan. Apparently scarce ; five examples only were 

 taken at Sapporo, ]\liyanoshita, Nikko, and Xishimura. 



Paromalus omineus, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovalis, parum convcxus, lateribus vix parallcHs, brun- 

 neus, nitidus ; fronte stria Integra ; metastcrno utriaque sub- 

 ocellato-punctato ; pedibus davig. 



L. 1| mill. 



Oblong-oval, rather convex, brown, shining, antennas and 

 legs fiavous ; the head clearly and somewhat sparsely punctu- 



