92 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Curculionide. 
the insertion of the antenne may be in the middle or nearer 
the base of the rostrum. It would be misleading to state 
minutely these and perhaps other characters from a limited 
number of specimens. A character may be variable in one 
species and rigidly persistent in another. 
Balaninus galbula. 
B. ellipticus, squamulis angustis aureo-fulvis maculisque flavis supra 
tectus ; antennis ferrugineis, articulis funiculi a primo gradatim 
brevioribus; elytris cordatis. Long. 3 lin, 
Hab. Dorey. 
Elliptic, above with narrow golden-fulvous scales, spotted 
and striped with pale yellowish; rostrum as long as the body ; 
antenne ferruginous ; joints of the funicle gradually shorter 
from the first; prothorax conical, slightly rounded at the sides, 
two pale yellowish stripes gradually diverging posteriorly, 
and faint traces of an intermediate one, with one spot on each 
side at the base; scutellum transverse; elytra cordate, with 
very narrow glossy black striz, a scutellar spot, five smallcr 
ones on each, and suture posteriorly pale yellowish; body 
beneath with yellowish-grey scales; second, third, and fourth 
abdominal segments gradually shorter; femora thinly scaled, 
each strongly toothed beneath ; tibize and tarsi ferruginous. 
Narrower than the last, and, dnter alia, differently coloured. 
Balaninus cinereus. 
B, ovatus, squamulis cinereis fere omnino tectus ; antennis fusco- 
ferrugineis ; elytris magis elongatis, cordatis; femoribus infra 
dente parvo instructis. Long. 23-3 lin. 
Hab. Tondano, Macassar. 
Ovate, closely covered with pale ashy narrow scales ; 
rostrum nearly as long as the body; antenne brown; first 
joint of the funicle a little shorter than the next two together, 
the remainder gradually shorter; prothorax contracted an- 
teriorly, well rounded at the sides, and slightly bisinuate at 
the base; scutellum punctiform; elytra somewhat elongate- 
cordate, flattish at the base, with narrow glossy black strie ; 
second abdominal segment shorter than the next two together; 
femora with a small tooth beneath. 
In form like B. nucum, but at once distinguished by its 
colour. 
Balaninus cuneipennis. 
B. subellipticus, supra silaceo-squamosus, ferrugineus ; elytris cum 
pygidio cuneiformibus ; femoribus infra dente majusculo instrue- 
tis. Long. 3 lin. 
Hab. TYondano. 
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