946 MR. G. A. K. MARSHALL ON [DeC. 11, 



breadth ; club elongate, the two basal joints obliquely ti'uncate 

 and a little longei" than broad, the second joint slightly narrowed 

 Imsally. Prothorax transverse, broadest at base, much narrowed 

 and faintly constricted at apex, sides strongly rounded ; upper 

 surface finely and reticulately punctured, and without any centi'al 

 carina ; scaling creamy white or yellow, rather sparse, but forming 

 a dense narrow edging to the base of brighter yellow. Elytra 

 ovate, broadest at shoulders, which are roundly prominent, sides 

 slightly curved and rapidly narrowed to apex ; upper surface 

 convex, with fine punctured strise, the intervals plane, coriaceous ; 

 scaling not very dense, cream-coloured, with a broad transverse 

 band just behind middle of denser yellow scales and with similar 

 denser scaling along the suture from the base to the transverse 

 band ; under parts squamose as above, the mesosternal epimeva 

 and metasternal episterna with denser brighter scaling. Legs 

 ferruginous, with rather sparse pale scaling ; all femora armed 

 with a distinct simple tooth ; tibite not uncinate. 



Mashoxaland : Salisbury (6^^. xi. K. M.). 



Types, $ in British Museum, <S in Oxford Museum. 



Foinid on a species of wild fig. 



I have much pleasure in dedicating this species to the dis- 

 tinguished Swedish entomologist. Prof. Chr. Aui-ivillius, to whom 

 I am indebted for his kind and valued assistance on several 

 occasions. 



Balaninus barkeri, sp. nov. (Plate LXVII. fig. 7.) 



Long. 4^-5|, lat. 2-2| mm. Rostrum cj' 3, $ 4|-5 mm. 



Colour black, with thin grey scaling and the following markings 

 of bright orange : on thorax a central stripe and a basal lateral 

 spot ; on elytra a short sutural stripe and an interrupted trans- 

 verse discal band ; a transverse lateral band on meso- and 

 metastern um . 



Head globose, with dense grey scaling above and below in S , 

 in 2 the interocular space is orange ; eyes very large in S , rather 

 smaller in $ • Bostrum black, bare, porrect to beyond middle ; 

 in S • sharply curved apically, moderately stout, strigoso-punctate 

 in basal half, apical half minutely punctured ; in $ , very slender, 

 gently curved apically, shiny and impunctate throughout. An- 

 tennce long and slender, fuscous, with the scape and basal joint 

 of funicle ferruginous, inserted well beyond middle in S and with 

 the scape equal in length to the first five joints of the funicle, 

 inserted close to base in $ and with the scape very short, equal 

 to the first joint of funicle only ; terminal joints of funicle 

 elongate and slender, club more elongate than in B. aurivillii Mshl., 

 the two basal joints similar in size and shape, broad and obliquely 

 truncate at apex and strongly narrowed basally. Prothorax 

 transverse, sides strongly rounded, broadest behind middle, much 

 narrowed anteriorly and slightl)^ so behind ; uppei' surface slightly 

 convex, evenly coriaceous, with a broad central stripe of bright 

 orange and a spot of the same colour at each basal angle in both 



