610 Mr, U. E. Janson's Notices of 



at the apex. Pygidinm slightly impressed on each side, promin- 

 ent at the apex. Abdomen somewhat compressed, the apical 

 lateral tubercles small. Legs moderately long, anterior tiba' with 

 one tooth near the apex. 



A remarkable new genus of the subfamily Cremastocheilides, 

 allied to Pilinnrgus, \mt resembling the (roliathides in the extra- 

 ordinary armatin-e of the head. 



GolmthopsI.s Cfn-Hs, n. sp. PI. XI, f. i $ , 5 ? . 



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

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

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

 nnderfide of the horns, penultimate and apical segments of the 

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

 tibite, the tarsi and anteunaj shining black; the entire surface of 

 the body and the legs covered Avith fine hirsute punctures; 

 mesosternal process depressed and only slightly j)roduced between 

 the coxa?. Length 1 1 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 Dio'anticephalus, the female appears to scarcely differ from 

 a specimen which stands in the national colfection as " Pihnv7'gus 

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

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

 AVestwood's figures, which were evidently not taken from thai 

 sj)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 Andrew Murray. 



I'AUATKiCHius, n. gen. 



Body elongate, moderately convex, sparsely pubescent beneath 

 Head broad ; clypeus small, concave, the apex rounded and 

 strongly reflexed ; antenna; very large, the lamella? one third 

 longer than the head. Thorax transverse, slightly narrowed 

 behind, the posterior angles rounded. Scutellum almost semi- 

 circular. Elytra strongly rounded behind. Pygidium large, 



