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lose; corium somewhat coarsely sparsely punctate; rostrum about 
reaching the intermediate coxz ; body elongate. 
Long, 14 mm.; breadth between pronotal angles, 7 mm. 
Luang Prabang, Van Nham. . 
Prionica tonkinensis, sp. n. 
Body above dark chocolate brown, thickly coarsely punctate, and 
with some small scattered obscure ochraceous spots ; antennz black, 
first joint not reaching apex of head and reddish ochraceous at its 
base, second joint about as long as third and fourth joints together ; 
pronotum with the lateral angles moderately robust and anteriorly 
and somewhat upwardly produced, the whole of the lateral margins 
(including spines) coarsely serrate; scutellum slightly passing base 
of membrane, which is bronzy-brown; other structural characters as 
in generic diagnosis. 
Long, 10-11 mm.; breadth between pronotal angles, 10-11 mm. 
Tonkin ; Chapa. 
Allied to P. nigrescens, Dist. 
Menida laosana, sp. 0. 
Body above dark ochraceous; head, pronotum and corium some- 
what thickly, darkly punctate ; antennz ochraceous, apical joint dis- 
tinctly darker in coloration; eyes black ; pronotum with a sublateral 
margin of small black punctures, and two transverse waved lines of 
very dark punctures on anterior area; scutellum paler in hue, more 
greenish ochraceous, a pale smooth spot in each basal angle and a 
few minute pale spots on each lateral margin, the apex distinctly 
paler in hue and sparingly blackly punctate; corium darkly punctate, 
membrane more pale bronzy in hue, the veins prominently darker in 
hue; wings imperfectly seen, bronzy green, with the veins distinctly 
darker in hue; body beneath imperfectly seen in carded type, pale 
ochraceous, the venation and stigmatal spots darker, and a broad 
submarginal blackish spot on each side of metasternum. 
Long, 8 mm, 
Laos; Luang Prabang. 
Menida raja, sp. n. 
Body above dark shining indigo-blue ; head dark ochraceous, finely 
darkly punctate, a large transverse basal ochraceous spot to scutellum, 
which is slightly centrally angulate on its posterior margin ; mem- 
brane pale brownish ochraceous with the venation darker in hue; 
body beneath imperfectly seen in carded type; antenne ochraceous, 
extreme apices of the first, second and third joints darker in hue, 
remaining joints mutilated; pronotum thickly finely punctate; 
scutellum thickly, finely, somewhat indistinctly punctate. 
Long, 7 mm. 
Laos; Xieng Khowang. 
Menida vitalisana, sp. n. 
Head and anterior area of pronotum shining metallic green, pos- 
terior area of pronotum and its narrow anterior and lateral margins 
