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c/' with the pygidium engraved at the base with somewhat 

 perpendicular furrows or deep scratches, the apex in smooth. 



Hab. Garin Gheba 900-1100 m. and Garin Asciuii Ghecù 1400- 

 1500 m. 



44. Paromalus vermiculatus , n. sp. 



Ooalis, depressus, niger nitidus , undique pumtulatus; fronte 

 stria integra; pronoto stria pone oculos interrupta; pygidio a' ver- 

 miculato; prosterno striato; mesosterno stria transversa arcuatim 

 impressa. Long. 2 Yg niill. 



Oblong oval, black shining ; forehead even, finely punctulate, 

 stria entire; thorax sinuous on either side, stria ceasing behind 

 the eyes; elytra with one stria broad, short and vague; propy- 

 gidium distinctly but sparsely punctulate; pygidium 9 nearly 

 smooth, (/ smooth only at the base, the rest with vermiculate 

 sculpture; presternum striate, striae joining posteriorly, sinuous 

 at the coxae, feebly diverging anteriorly; mesosternum and 

 metasternum have a deep lateral stria which is common to 

 both; mesosternum rather widely emarginate, with a trans- 

 verse arched stria which ceases before the sides. Anterior tibiae 

 falciform and 5 dentate. 



This species is larger , but very similar to P. biarculus^ Mars, 

 from Geylon. 



Hab. Garin Gheba, 900-1100 m. 



45. Paromalus brevipes, n. sp. 



Breviter ovaliSj, piceuSj,punctatus; fronte stria antice nulla; pro- 

 noto stria integra; elytriSj, striis obsoletis posticis distincte punctatis; 

 antennis pedibusque rufis. Long. 2-2 ^j^ mill. 



Shortly oval, little convex, brownish not quite black, antennae 

 and legs reddish, punctures a little sparse but very distinct; 

 frontal stria appears over the eye only; thorax evenly punctured 

 throughout, stria complete; elytra without striae, very distinctly 

 punctured except in the region of the scutellum, in the region 

 of the scutellum the points are evanescent; propygidium finely 



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