226 PERCY SLADEN TRUST EXPEDITION 
28. Paromalus gardineri, sp. noy. (Plate 14, fig. 23). 
$2. Sat latus, ovalis, niger, nitidus, antennis pedibusque rufo-piceis; capite dense 
subtiliter punctato, strié marginali integré; prothorace dense subtiliter punctato, striad 
marginali anteriore integra; elytris fortiter dense punctatis, basi extus parum impresso 
fortiusque punctato, strié dorsali externa und sat obsolet’, ad medium abbreviata, sub- 
humerali tenui, vix visibili, suturali null&; propygidio dense sat fortiter punctato ; 
pygidio subtilissime punctulato, ad basin fortius punctato; prosterno inter strias angusto, 
basi parum latiore, striis subparallelis, inter coxas leviter sinuatis; mesosterno strid 
marginali antice late interrupta, strid transversd arcuata impressd, ad latera abbreviata ; 
meso- et metasterno et segmento primo abdominis sparse subtilissime sat obsolete 
punctulatis. Long. corp. ca. 2 mm. 
Form oval, not oblong, rather broad, slightly convex ; head and prothoraw densely 
and very finely punctured, the former with marginal stria complete, the latter with the 
stria along the front margin fine but complete. Hlytra densely and strongly punctured, 
punctures finer towards the inner basal angle; the base outside the middle with a 
very slight transverse impression (more marked in some specimens than in others) and 
with conspicuously strong punctures, which continue also to some extent along the basal 
part of the dorsal stria; with one dorsal stria, outside the middle, rather broad at the 
base, somewhat obsolete and difficult to see from certain aspects, terminating at about the 
middle of the length of the elytron; there is an extremely fine subhumeral stria, only 
visible with ditficulty ; the suture is slightly elevated behind. Propygidiwm and 
pygidium devoid of peculiar sculpture in either sex, and the same in both sexes, the 
former fairly densely and strongly punctate, the latter with fairly strong punctures 
just along the base and with the rest of the surface to the apex extremely finely 
punctulate. Prosternum with the anterior lobe very finely punctulate, the portion 
between the striz narrow, very slightly broader at the base, the striz subparallel, 
very slightly sinuate between the coxe.  Mesosternum with the marginal stria widely 
interrupted in front, just turning the angle but not reaching nearly to the emargination 
in the middle of the front margin; transverse stria impressed, in the form of an arch 
with the convex side directed forwards, not reaching to the sides. Meso- and 
metasternum and 1st abdominal segment very finely, not closely, and rather obsoletely 
punctulate, the punctuation becoming a little stronger at the posterior and outer parts 
of the Ist abdominal segment. Anterior tibie with four teeth externally (PI. 14, 
fig. 23). I have found no means of distinguishing the sexes without dissection of the 
genitalia. 
Specimens were submitted to Mr George Lewis, who failed to identify this species 
with any in his collection, and considers that it is almost certainly new. He sent me for 
comparison a specimen of Paromalus biarculus Marseul from Ceylon. This closely 
resembles Paromalus gardineri in some respects, especially in the form of the 
mesosternal transverse stria and of the under surface as a whole; but is abundantly 
distinguished by its greater breadth, more oblong form, much finer punctuation of the 
upper surface, by having the anterior marginal stria of the prothorax widely interrupted 
