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in the middle, and by the special sculpture distinguishing the pygidium of the ¢ from 
that of the ¢. Though Paromalus gardineri appears to be new, it is doubtful whether 
it is truly endemic to the Seychelles, since (unlike the other two Seychelles species) 
it was not found in the forests, but on a cultivated islet. It is dedicated to Professor 
J. Stanley Gardiner. 
Loc. Seychelles. Mahé: Long Island, VII. 1908, 10 specimens, 5 of which were 
recorded to have been found in a decaying stem of a coconut-palm. 
29. Paromalus calciger, sp. nov. (Plate 14, figs. 24, 25). 
g. Angustus, oblongus, subconvexus, rufo-piceus, nitidus; capite sat dense punctato, 
strid marginali haud ante oculos continuata’; prothorace dense punctato, utrinque pone 
oculos parum impresso, antice angustato lateribus sat rotundatis, strié marginali pone 
caput integra; elytris dense fortiter punctatis, striis nullis ; propygidio pygidioque sat 
dense subtiliter punctatis; prosterno inter strias angusto, basi parum latiore, striis 
subparallelis, inter coxas parum sinuatis ; mesosterno ante striam transversam punctato, 
strid marginali antice late interrupti, strié transvers4 integra, biangulata, parte media 
lat&é parumque arcuatd, partibus lateralibus oblique retrorsum currentibus; metasterno 
segmentoque primo abdominis dense sat fortiter punctatis, punctis ad latera fortioribus ; 
tibiis anticis apice subito conspicueque incurvatis, extus 4-dentatis. Long. corp. (incl. 
cap.) 2 mm. 
Form narrow, neither strongly depressed nor strongly convex. Head rather densely 
and strongly punctured, a very high power showing finer punctures among the larger 
ones: the stria is present on either side only as far as a point just above the front margin 
of the eye: the clypeus (in one specimen at least) is obsoletely impressed on either 
side. Prothorax with disc somewhat convex, narrowed in front with sides slightly 
rounded, densely punctured, with a slight impression in front on either side behind 
the eye, with the marginal stria fine but continuous along the front margin. Hlytra 
densely and strongly punctate, the punctures near the suture becoming fine towards the 
base; there is a slight obsolete impression (in some aspects hardly visible) at the base 
just outside the middle. Propyyidiwm and pygidium finely and fairly densely punctured. 
Prosternum with the space between the striz narrow, slightly broader at the base ; strize 
subparallel, slightly sinuate between the cox, converging slightly (but not meeting) at 
the extreme apex: anterior lobe finely punctate. Mesosternum (Pl. 14, fig. 25) with 
marginal stria present at the sides, widely interrupted along the front margin; it just 
turns the corner of the front margin, but does not reach the median emargination : 
transverse stria complete and distinct, biangulate, the middle part wide (about as wide 
as the two lateral parts together) and slightly arcuate (with convex side of the curve 
directed backwards), the lateral parts running obliquely outwards and backwards and also 
slightly curved: meso-metasternal suture just visible from certain aspects with a very 
high power: in front of the transverse stria the mesosternum is punctate, but behind, 
between it and the suture, almost impunctate. Metasternwm and 1st abdominal segment 
densely and rather strongly punctured, punctures stronger at the sides. 
The anterior tibia are bent strongly inwards at the apex, forming a conspicuous 
