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these grounds be disposed to .regard the former as the representative 

 of a distinct genus. 



I find, however, by a comparison of Baron Zigno's figures with 

 skulls of Halitherium schinzl and Prorasiomus sirenoides, that the 

 skull of Halitherium veronense differs altogether from the former 

 and agrees vrith the latter. This is shown in its long and narrow 

 contour, narrow and elliptical narial aperture, slight deflection of 

 the rostrum, and the form of the inferior border of the orbit ; all 

 of which are in marked contrast to those of Halitherium schinzi. 

 Further, although the molars of Prorastomus sirenoides are much 

 worn and are only imperfectly shown, yet one of them clearly 

 exhibits the large anterior talon characteristic of the so-called 

 Halitherium veronense, such talon being represented in H. schinzi 

 by a much smaller one. The extremities of the jaws of the Venetian 

 species being unknown, I can of course say nothing as to the incisors, 

 which are present in P. sirenoides. From the other evidence 

 H. veronense may, however, be pretty confidently transferred to 

 the genus Prorastomus, or, as it should be, Prorastoma, under the 

 name of P. veronense. 



2. Descriptious of Coleoptera collected by Mr. John White- 

 head on Kina Balu^ Borneo. — Families HispidtB,Eroty- 

 lidce,Endomychid(B, Lycida, Latapyridce, k,c. By the 

 Rev. H. S. GoRHAM, F.Z.S. 



[Received December 23, 1891.1 

 (Plate IV.) 



The Coleoptera of which it is the purpose of this paper to give 

 an account were collected by Mr. J. Wliitehead during his residence 

 from 1886 to the middle of 1887 in the neighbourhood of Kina 

 Balu, and for the most part in the early months of those years. 



This mountain is a plutonic mass rising abruptly on one side to an 

 altitude of about 13,000 feet, clothed at its base and to about 4000 

 feet with forest and low trees. ■ Owing to its summit being bare, a 

 denuded granitic surface, few insects were obtained by Mr. White- 

 head above that height. 



The best collecting grounds were found to be the river-beds, and 

 at the altitudes mentioned the usual tropical conditions obtain. 

 Representing as Kina Balu does the primitive upheaved portions of 

 this part of the world, which have been in all probability above the 

 sea during geologic ages, it was to be expected that both its fauna 

 and flora would prove of the most interesting type, and judging from 

 the few species of insects now under review this certainly appears 

 to be the case. 



Several species were unfortunately only represented by single speci- 

 mens, and some of these I am unable at present to determine. The 

 collection is now in Mr. Alexander Fry's possession, who has kindly 

 placed a portion of it at my disposal for description. 



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