118 Mr. C. 0. Waterliouse on neio 



fortiter punctate, margine antico leviter arcuato, supra caput vix 

 6uperaute, aiigulis anticis omnino rotundatis, lateribus leviter 

 arcuatis, reflexo-marginatis, angulis posticis obtuse rotundatis, 

 basi margiuata ; elytris thorace vix latioribus, at 2^ longioribus, 

 convexis, ad apicem arcuatim attenuatis, sat crebre fortiter punc- 

 tatis ; auteunis pedibusque piceis, tarsis testaceis. Long. 1^ lin., 

 lat. ^ lin. 



This species has the elytra rather unusually narrowed at 

 the apex ; the punctuation is very distinct, thick but not 

 crowded ; in the middle of the forehead there is a small, almost 

 imperceptible fovea ; tlie elytra are covered with a slightly 

 metallic bloom. 



Cis s€xcari7iatus, sp. n. 



C. oblongus, ater, vix nitidus, fortiter confertim rugoso-punctatus ; 

 capite piceo ; antennis testaceis, clava picea ; thorace longitudine 

 5 latiore, lateribus fere parallelis (vix arcuatis), angulis obtusis, 

 basi bisinuata ; scutello laevi ; elytris basi thorace baud latioribus 

 at duplo longioribus, lateribus fere rectis ad apicem obtuse rotun- 

 datis, sutura parura elevata, singulo clytro ad apicem carinis tribus 

 instructo ; corpore subtus baud crebre fortiter punctate ; pedibus 

 piceis. Long. 1^ mill., lat. |- mill. 



Heteromera. 



Cistelidae. 



Cistela hrunnea, sp. n. 



C. oblongo-ovalis, parum convexa, sat nitida, brunnea, breviter 

 eureo-pubescens ; capite triangulari, crebre distincte punctato ; 

 antennis thorace duplo longioribus ; thorace obscuriore, longitu- 

 dine fere duplo latiore, antice arcuatim parura augustato, confertim 

 fortiter punctato, anguhs anticis omnino rotundatis, posticis rectis, 

 basi recto-truncata, medio solum vix lobata ; elytris thorace vix 

 latioribus at 3| longioribus, ad apicem arcuatim attenuatis, irre- 

 gulariter crebre punctatis. Long. 4 lin., lat. li- lin. 



Rhynchophora. 

 Anthribidae. 



Balan(1des, gen. nov. 



Head as long as broad ; rostrum a trifle narrower, very short. 

 Antennae placed close to the eye, a little longer than the head 

 and thorax together, very slender ; the first and second joints 

 scarcely stouter than the following ; third to seventh a trifle 

 longer than the second, subequal, the eighth rather shorter 



