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Elliptic, covered above with light yellowish-brown approxi- 
mate scales; rostrum not longer than the elytra; antenne 
ferruginous ; first joint of the funicle as long as the two next 
together, these two equal; prothorax subconical, slightly 
rounded at the sides ; scutellum punctiform ; elytra, with the 
pygidium, wedge-shaped, with narrow black strie ; body 
beneath with paler scales; femora strongly toothed; second 
abdominal segment much shorter than either the third or 
fourth, its union with the first by a nearly obliterated suture. 
This species has an unusual outline, owing to the gradual 
narrowing of the elytra towards the pygidium; the short 
second sexment of the abdomen is a very remarkable character; 
it may be sexual. 
Balaninus productus. 
B. ellipticus, sparse albo-squamosus; scutello niveo ; rostro longis- 
simo, bene arcuato ; Buses fusco-ferrugineis ; femoribus dente 
acuto armatis. Long 23 lin. 
Hab. Siam. 
Elliptic, black, with white hair-like scattered scales ; scutel- 
lum snowy white; rostrum much longer than the body and 
strongly curved ; antenne brownish ferruginous, first joint of 
the funicle much shorter than the two next together ; pro- 
thorax subconic, rather broad at the apex, closely punctured, 
the sides rounded; elytra cordate, striate, the interstices 
slightly convex; legs and body beneath with scales nearly 
similar to those above, but the side of the mesosternum and 
of the two basal segments of the abdomen closely covered with 
white ordinary rounded scales; femora with a sharp tooth 
beneath. 
In my specimen the antenne are inserted at less than a 
third from the base of the rostrum, a character probably less 
remarkable in the male. Of these Balanini the last four 
species are not likely to be confounded with any others, though 
B. luctuosus has several congeners with a somewhat similar 
coloration ; but, as far as I have noticed, the second joint of 
the funicle longer than the first should be distinctive. 
Ctonus obesus. 
©. nitide niger, parce squamosus; elytris amplissimis, interstitiis 
alternis elevatioribus, maculis fulvo-squamosis notatis, striis rude 
punctatis. Long. 24 lin. 
Hab. Madras. 
Glossy black, with a few scattered fulvous scales, more 
numerous on the head and prothorax; antenne brown, club 
