Japanese Sj'ecie.s oj l*aiuiu;ilus. 37 



late, stria elevated over the eyes, fine and complete in front, 

 forehead rather flat ; the thorax, anterior angles depressed, 

 little acute, stria not interrupted, but very tine behind tlie 

 neck, not closely punctate, ])unctures somewhat occllate, 

 osixx'iaily before the bases of the elytra ; the elytra are punc- 

 tured like the thorax, subocellate at the sides, finer behind 

 the scutellum and on the dorsal area, striae obsolete ; the pro- 

 pygidium clearly, not densely punctulatc in both sexes ; the 

 pygidium similarly punctured, and in the male a few scratches 

 or obscure furrows arc visible at the apex ; the prosternum 

 v>'ithout striae, finely strigose under the microscope ; the meso- 

 sternum with a few punctures, transverse stria very slightly 

 bent in the middle portion, rather widely arched on each side, 

 median portion narrowest ; raeso- and metasternal suture 

 invisible, both })lates punctate, not closely, but at the sides 

 the punctures are subocellate ; anterior tibite 4-dentate. 



This species is like a small example of P. parallelepipedus. 

 The colour, and especially the shape of the mesosternal stria, 

 with the median portion much less wide than the appen- 

 dages, will distinguish it. 



Ilah. Japan. Two examples taken on Ominesau. 



Paromalus musculus, Mars. 



Hah. Japan. Taken at Nara, on the main island, and in 

 several places in Kiushiu. 



This species is peculiar in occurring under stones in the 

 shady forests, while most of the species of the genus are 

 subcortical. 



Paromalus montivagus, sp. n. 



Ovalis, couvexiusculus, niger, supra punctulatus ; pedibus riifo- 

 bruuneis ; elytris striis obsoletis ; pygidio subltevi vel grosse 

 verraiculato ; mesosterno marginato. 



L. 2i-2| mill. 



Oval, convex, black, punctulate above, with a strigose 

 surface-sculpture visible under the microscope ; the head 

 lightly impressed in front, somewhat prominent over the 

 eyes, stria complete, strong above the eyes, fine anteriorly ; 

 the thorax bisinuous behind the neck, anterior angles obtuse 

 and depressed, stria complete, and on the edge before the 

 scutellum is a row of ten or twelve large punctures ; the 

 elytra, punctuation larger and more dense than that of the 

 thorax except on the dorsal area behind the scutellum, the 

 strias are obsolete and in their place the punctures are rugose 



