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Douglas & Scott indicate that in their volume on the British Hemiptera 
Ischnorhynchus geminotus (Fieb.) is described under the name of I. resedcB 
(Panz,), and give a description of the latter. Ent. M. Mag. ii. p. 217. Both 
species are British. 
F. Low obtained Plinthisus nemoralis (Fab.) from galls of Chermes bursa- 
rius on the petioles of Populus ptjramidalis. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. in Wien, 
xvi. p. 946. 
New genera : — 
Pactye, g. n., Stfil, Hem. Afr. ii. 162. Allied to Clerada) head gradually 
narrowed behind eyes, forming a cylindrical neck ; prothorax constricted in 
middle, anterior lobe narrow, lateral margins obtuse. Sp. P. c^coma, sp. n., 
StSl, Berl. ent. Zeits. 1866, p. 160, from Sarawak. 
Panchcea, g. n., Stal, 1. c. p. 156. Allied to Clerada j ocelli not more dis- 
tant than eyes; rostrum short, thick ; first 2 joints very short, annuliform ; 
3rd longest. Sp. P. depressa, sp. n., StSl, 1. c. p. 166, Sierra Leone. 
Nai'ho, g. n., Stal, 1. c. p. 153. Body elongate ; joint 1 of antennae longer 
than head ; head immersed to eyes ; prothorax elongated, distinctly con- 
stricted, margins subcarinate ; legs long and slender, joint 1 of posterior tarsi 
3 times as long as 2 + 3. Sp. N. longipes, sp. n., StSl, Berl. eni Zeits. 1866, 
p. 161, from Sarawak. 
Euander, g. n., StSl, 1. c. p. 154. AUied to Rhyparochromus ; prothorax as 
wide as head and eyes, its lateral margins obtuse, incised at apex; joint 1 
of posterior tarsi twice as long as 2 + 3. Sp. Rhypar. lacertosus (Er.) and 
pictipennis (Dali.). See B. e. Z. 1866, p. 161. 
Polycrates^ g- n., StSl, 1. c. p. 161. Allied to Rhyparochromus) prothorax 
strongly constricted behind middle, basal margin straight, lateral margins of 
anterior lobe keeled ; anterior femora multispinose. Sp. Pachymerus con- 
sutus (Germ.) = R. curmpes (St£l). 
Phoroneus, g. n., StSl, I, c. p. 162. Allied to Rhyparochromus ; head im- 
mersed to eyes; joint 1 of antennae reaching apex of head ; prothorax slightly 
impressed behind middle, basal margin straight, lateral margins keeled ; 
posterior tarsi with joint 1 longer than 2 + 3. Sp. Rhyp. crassifemur (St&l). 
Pceantius, g. n., StSl, 1. c. p. 163. Allied to Reosus) joint 1 of antennae 
not reaching apex of head ; posterior femora passing apex of abdomen. Sp. 
Rhyp. nigropictus (St&l). 
Amlrogeus, g. n., St&l, 1. c. p. 173. Allied to Lethmis ; longitudinal veins 
of membrane not united by a transverse vein ; joint 1 of antennae reaching 
apex of head. Sp. Lethcms ? marginatus (Sign.). 
New species : — 
Lygcms. St&l (Berl. ent. Zeits. 1866) describes the following 6 new spe- 
cies of this genus : — L. mactans and L. decoratus, p. 162, and L. cardinalisy 
p. 163, from North Australia; L. luctuosus, p. 162, from Brazil; L. pedestrisj 
ibid., from Sicily and Tunis; and L. circumseptusj ibid., from Columbia. 
Lygceus tceniatus^ Stl&, Hem. Afr. ii. p. 133, Cape of Good Hope ; L. mimuSj 
St&l, 1. c. p. 136, Nubia, Senegal. 
Astacops afzelii, St&l, 1. c. p. 125, Sierra Leone. 
Astncops nigripes, Stal, Berl. ent. Zeits. 1866, p. 163, from Manilla ; A, 
villicus and A. nuqax, St&l. 1. c, p. 164, from New Guinea. 
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