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and sparsely punctulate; pygidium smooth and shining; pro- 

 sternum bistriate, striae meeting behind, somewhat parallel at 

 the sides, not joining anteriorly; mesosternum rather widely 

 emarginate , transverse stria clear but not strong , biangu- 

 late. Tibiae and femora reddish, the latter stouter and the 

 tibiae shorter than in P. indicus and the other species of this 

 collection. 



(/" with vermicular sulci at the apex of the pygidium. 



Hab. Garin Asciuii Ghecù 1400-1500 m. Garin Ghecù 1300- 

 1400 m. 



46. Paromalus submetallicus , n. sp. 



Ovatus, nitidus sub-cupreometallicus ; mesosterno et metasterno 

 in medio hilineatis arcuatim impressis. Long. 2 ^/^-3 mill. 



Oval, shining with a brassy tinge, sparsely punctulate, frontal 

 stria complete; thorax finely punctulate on the disc, more coar- 

 sely punctured laterally, stria complete finely impressed behind 

 the head, a well-defined triangular impression before the scu- 

 tellum, anterior angles somewhat acute; elytra, dorsal striae 

 obsolete with two suturai sulci behind the scutellar region ; 

 propygidium with extremely fine and sparsely scattered punctu- 

 res; pygidium almost wholly sculptured in the c/, at the base 

 with large punctures and at and near the apex are irregular 

 and rather broad polished ridges. Beneath the prosternai keel is 

 bistriate; mesosternum emarginate anteriorly without a marginal 

 stria, the transverse stria is feeble and biangulate and behind it 

 are two raised lines thus () which resemble the lines in printing 

 that enclose a parenthesis, the lines occupy the central area of 

 both the meso- and metasterna which are not separated from 

 each other by any visible suture. A similar character has been 

 noticed in Paromalus notabilis. Lew. from Mexico (Biol. Cent. 

 Am. Histeridae p. 215) so that it is possible that there is a 

 section of this genus possessing it. Only one sex is known at 

 present. 



Hab. Garin Asciuii Gheba. Two examples. 



