1906.] NEW AFRICAN CURCULIONID/E. 947 



sexes : the 5 also has a vertical lateral orange band close to apex 

 and a central spot on the prosternum. Elytra ovate, broadest at 

 shonldei-s, which are roundly prominent, sides scai-cely rounded 

 and rapidly narrowed to apex ; upper surface with fine shallowly 

 punctured striae ; the intervals plane and coarsely coriaceous, 

 covered with fine gi-ey scaling and having a short basal orange 

 stripe along the suture, which also extends shortly along each side 

 of the base ; each elytron with a median transverse orange band 

 extending from near the margin up to the third interval, but 

 sometimes abbreviated or interrupted ; under surface with a 

 broad transverse lateral orange band on both the meso- and 

 metasternum, and a lateral orange spot on the second abdominal 

 segment. Legs black, with rather thin grey scaling ; all femora 

 armed with a sharp simple tooth ; in S the anterior femora have 

 a fringe of long white hairs along the basal half of the undei- 

 surface ; tibife not uncinate, the aiitei-ior pair in S strongly 

 curved at apex and with a sharp median tooth. 



Natal : Malvern (C. N'. Bm-ker). 



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



I have much pleasure in dedicating this pretty and distinct 

 species to my friend Mr. C. N. Barker, who has done so much to 

 increase our knowledge of the insects of the Natal Coast. He 

 informs me that he has found it feeding on a small thorny tree, 

 known as the "Impafa " {Zizyplius mucronaUi). 



Balaninus dtversicornis, sp. nov. (Plate LXVII. fig. 9.) 



Long. 3, lat, 1|- mm. Rostrum S If, $ 3| mm. 



Colour castaneous ; scaling on thorax dark brown (sometimes 

 with a slightly coppeiy reflection), with a central white stripe 

 which is broader basally ; scaling on elytra castaneous, with a 

 clouding of white scales, which are denser laterally and round the 

 scutellum. 



Head globose, closely punctured and with sparse pale scaling ; 

 eyes comparatively small and distant, scarcely larger in d' • 

 Rostrum very slender, dark testaceous ; in c? , porrect in basal 

 half, which is strigoso-punctate and sparsely squamose, apical half 

 curved, bare and minutely punctured ; in § , porrect for two- 

 thirds of its length, then distinctly curved, bare and impunctate 

 except at extreme base. Antennce testaceous, inserted beyond 

 middle in ^ and well behind middle in $ ; joints 3-7 of funicle 

 equal, very small, transverse and submoniliform ; club extremely 

 elongate, as long as the whole funicle ; joint 1 elongate, longei- 

 than first joint of funicle, narrow and only slightly broadened 

 apically ; joint 2 of equal length, but distinctly narrower at base 

 and strongly clavate apically, being closely appressed to the two 

 very short terminal joints. Prothorax as long as broad, sub- 

 conical, broadest at base and narrowed to apex, sides slightly 

 rounded and with a faint constriction near apex ; upjjer surface 

 convex, evenly coriaceous throughout ; scaling dense, dar-k chestnut - 

 brown, with a pale central stripe gradually widening from apex 



