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Isijndus lativentris, sp. n. 

 ? . Dark purplish-black ; body beneath thickly, finely, ochraceously 

 pilose ; corium closely mottled with dark ochraceous, membrane dark 

 bronzy-brown ; antennae with the first and second joints black, third 

 and fourth joints dark ochraceous, first longest, as long as anterior 

 femora and twice as long as second, both these joints distinctly 

 somewhat longly pilose ; anterior lobe of pronotum rugulose, centrally 

 longitudinally impressed, the lateral angles tuberculosely prominent, 

 posterior lobe about twice the length of anterior lobe, thickly coarsely 

 punctate, the lateral angles produced, broadly angulate, their margins 

 granulosely serrate ; membrane not extending beyond abdominal 

 apex ; rostrum robust, first joint a little longer than the second ; 

 abdominal margins dilated, but narrowing anteriorly and posteriorly. 



Long, 27 mm. 



Habitat. — Tonkin ; Chapa. 



ParapantJious, gen. nov. 

 Head oblong, unarmed, distinctly broadest at the region of the 

 eyes, ante-ocular much shorter than post-ocular area ; antennae with 

 the first and second joints moderately robust, first joint shorter than 

 the head, second joint longest ; rostrum robust, first joint short, 

 second much the longest, third short, about reaching base of head ; 

 pronotum not distinctly broader than the hemelytra, anterior lobe 

 moderately narrowed, and armed with a curved, robust, anteriorly 

 curved spine on each lateral angle, posterior lobe dilated and posteriorly 

 produced over the scutellum, but centrally inwardly excavate, and 

 thus exhibiting the apical scutellar spine ; legs of moderate length, 

 not distinctly nodulose, femora robust, the anterior and posterior 

 most strongly thickened ; anterior tibiae distinctly longer than anterior 

 femora. 



Most nearly allied to the genus Panthous. 



Parapanthoiis sinnicollis, sp. n. 



Black, shining; head, pronotum, exposed area of scutellum, 

 sternum, legs and spots to connexivum brownish-ochraceous ; antennae 

 black, third and fourth joints togetlier about equal in length to second 

 joint ; anterior tibiaa ochraceous, their apices black, finely but promi- 

 nently and longly hirsute ; an obscure ochraceous spot near apex of 

 corium ; other structural characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Long, 20 mm. 



Habitat. — N. Indo-China ; Muong Va. 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Memorial to the late Dr. P. Du Cane Godman, F.R.S., etc. — 

 The late Dr. Du Cane Godman was known personally to many 

 readers of the ' Entomologist ' as well as by his works and achieve- 

 ments to scientific workers at home and abroad in other branches of 

 zoology, and botany. They will be interested to know, therefore, that 

 a committee, with Lord Eothschild, F.R.S., as chairman, has been 



