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stria feebly crenulate; the anterior tibiee are 4—5-dentate and 
widened out apically. 
Hab. Khasia Hills, July 1894. 
Parutropus altilis, sp. n. 
Breviter ovalis, convexus, piceo-niger, unitidus, pedibus rufo- 
brunneis; fronte stria integra utrinque angulata, haud im- 
pressa; elytris 1-3 parum validis integris, 4 basi arcuata, 5 apicali, 
suturali antice evanescente ; prosterno angustissimo, bistriato ; 
mesosterno acuminato, marginato ; tibiis dilatatis. 
L. 33 mill. 
Shortly oval, convex, almost black, shining, antenne and 
legs reddish brown; the head slightly convex above, obscurely 
punctulate, stria complete and angulate laterally before the 
eyes; the thorax clearly but not thickly punctulate befcre the 
scutellum, on other parts the points are very fine, marginal 
stria complete; the elytra, striae, inner and outer humeral 
complete, the first slightly carinate, dorsal striz 1-3 complete, 
rather strong and at the base bent towards the suture, 4 is com- 
plete and hamate at the base, 5 apical and dimidiate, sutural is 
longer, fine, and evanescent anteriorly ; the propygidium and 
the pygidium have a shallow, sparse, and somewhat obscure 
punctulation ; the prosternum is bistriate and its keel very 
narrow, and the anterior lobe is arched, not sinuous, with a 
well-marked raised marginal edge; the mesosternum is acumi- 
nate and the marginal stria fine and complete. 
Hab. Usambara, E. Africa. 
Paratropus boleti, sp. n. 
Breviter ovalis, convexus, niger, nitidus, antennis pedibusque rufis ; 
fronte, stria integra utrinque angulata, antice recta ; elytris striis 
1—4 dorsalibus et suturali integris, 4 basi cum suturali arcuatim 
juncta, 5 basi abbreviata ; prosterno tenuissime bistriato ; tibiis 
anticis multispinosis. 
L. 24 mill. 
Shortly oval, convex, black and shining, antenne and legs 
red; the head finely, evenly, and rather sparingly punctu- 
late, stria complete, carinate, angulate before the eyes and 
transversely straight in front behind the clypeus ; the thorax 
more distinctly punctulate than the head, points clearest: 
before the scutellum (where there is a shallow impression) 
and along the base, it is narrowest at the anterior angles, 
marginal stria complete and strongest laterally ; the elytra, 
strie, inner and outer humeral complete, oblique basal fine 
