610 Mr. O. E. Janson's Notices nf 



at tlie apex. Pygidium slightly impressed on each side, i)romin- 

 eut at the apex. Abdomen somewhat compressed, the apical 

 lateral tubercles small. Legs moderately long, anterior tibaa with 

 one tooth near the apex. 



A remai'kable new genus of the subfamily Cremastocheih'des, 

 allied to PUinnrgus, but resembling the Goliuthides in the extra- 

 ordinary armature of the head. 



Goliathopsis cervus, n. sp. PL XI, f. 4 ^ , 5 $ . 



Above tawny-brown ; head, median line of the thorax, scutel- 

 and some small spots on the elytra paler; underside and legs 

 tawny-grey, with a pearly lustre ; margin of the clypens, 

 underside of the horns, penultimate and apical segments of the 

 abdomen, apex of the pygidium, upper side of the femora and 

 tibias, the tarsi and antennae shining black; the entire surface of 

 the body and the legs covered with fine hirsute punctures; 

 mesosternal process depressed and only slightly j)roduced betAveen 

 the coxaj. Length 11 mm. 



The female is of a darker pitchy colour, with the clypeus and 

 the centre of the abdomen shining black. 

 Siam. 



The male of this interesting insect has the appearance of a 

 small Dicrandcephaliis, the female appears to scarcely differ from 

 a specimen which stands in the national collection as ^^ Pilinurgus 

 despectus, Westw. (type)," but as the present species differs .so 

 conspicuously (especially in the head and maxillaj) from Mr. 

 WestAvood's figures, which Avere evidently not taken from that 

 s])ecimen, I have not hesitated to regard them as distinct. The 

 male and female now described and figured are from the col- 

 lection of the late AndreAV [Murray. 



I'AUATiiiCHiu.^, n, gen. 



Body elongate, moderately convex, sparsely pubescent lieneath 

 Head broad ; clypeus small. concaA^e, the apex rounded and 

 strongly reflexed ; antennjc very large, the lamelkc one third 

 longer than the head. Thorax transverse, slightly narroAved 

 behind, the posterior angles rounded. Scutellum almost semi- 

 circular. Elytra strongly rounded behind. Pygidium large, 



