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the middle of the rostrum ; tlie fnnicle with the outer joints very 

 short, 1 much larger than 2, joints 3 nnd 4 equal, 5-7 a little 

 shorter and subequah 7 as broad as long ; the club elliptical and 

 compaimtively large, being about as long as the five preceding 

 joints, joint 1 longer than 2, and 2 than 3. Prothorax and 

 scutellum as in B. excisipes. Elytra also as in B. excisipes, 

 but slightly narrower (length : bi'eadth as 5 : 4). Legs com- 

 paratively short, the hind femora not exceeding the apex 

 of the elytra, the femoral teeth sharp and spine-like ; the 

 basal sinuation of the tibife as deep as in B. sesqioiUneatus, 

 the hind pair clothed above with small setiform scales like 

 the rest of the legs and not notched in the c? . Venter with 

 segment 1 shorter than 2 behind the coxse ; segment 5 of S 

 with a small bunch of hairs on each side, the pygidium rather 

 broadly exposed and covered with j^ellowish- white hairs. 



Length, 3-4 mm.; breadth, 1-6-2 mm. 



Saraayak: 1 c? 1 $ , Quop, iv. 1914 {G. E. Bryant). 



8. Balaninus semisuturellus, sp. n. 



S . Colour dull black, the pronotum on each side with a broad 

 stripe from the base to the middle composed of dark pink 

 sepai'ated transverse scales, and a few pale setiform scales on the 

 disk and at the sides ; the elytra with a diffuse stripe of pale 

 narrow scales from the base to the middle, a broad dense sutural 

 stripe on the apical half formed of broader pale pink scales, 

 interval 7 with a diffuse stripe of similar whitish scales, and the 

 remaining intervals with a few white setiform scales scattered 

 among the dark ones ; the prosternum with sparse narrow white 

 scales, a small dense ante coxal patch of broader pink scales and 

 a few pink scales on the sides ; the meso- and metasternum with 

 sparse white scales and a broad lateral stripe of dense pink scales ; 

 the venter with fairly dense whitish scales. 



Head with the rostrum arising from about the middle of the 

 eye. Rostrum comparatively short and stout, much shorter than 

 the body (4 : 7), rather coarsely and confluently punctate on the 

 basal section, with a very narrow smooth central line and a broad 

 punctate lateral furrow, nearly reaching the antenna and bounded 

 below by a distinct carina, the scrobe passing beneath the base 

 of the rostrum and not beyond the antenna. Antemice inserted 

 just behind the middle of the rostrum, the scape not quite 

 reaching the eye ; the funicle with joint 1 longer than 2, 3 and 4 

 subequal, 5-7 shorter, subequal and about as broad as long ; the 

 club as long as the four preceding joints, joint 1 much longer 

 than 2, which is but little longer than 3. Prothorax nearly as 

 long as broad J broadest at the base, the sides gently rounded, 

 the apical constriction very feeble, the apical margin ti'uncate 

 dorsally and without postocular lobes ; the upper surface deeply 

 a,nd reticulately punctate. Scutellum, almost circular, bare. 

 Elytra compai-atively elongate (5:4), the margins deeply sinuate, 



