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base, with a smooth central line and a very shallow punctate 

 lateral furrow, bounded below by a fine carina ; the scrobe passing 

 beneath the rostrum at the base and not exceeding the antenna. 

 Antennce inserted a little behind the middle of the rostrum, the 

 scape not reaching the eye ; tlie funicle with joint 1 very slightly 

 longer than 2, 3 a little longer than 4, and 4-7 subequal ; all the 

 joints with a few recumbent white setse ; the club about as long 

 as the two preceding joints and with joint 1 distinctly longer 

 than 2. Prothorax broader than long (11 : 9), broadest at the 

 base, the sides rather strongly rounded, the ajjical margin slightly 

 arcuate doi'sally and without any postocular lobes ; the upper 

 surface with reticulate punctures and a low median carina. 

 Scutellwm slightly raised and a little longer than broad. Elytra 

 agreeing with the description of those of B. subjjartitus, but more 

 pointed behind. Legs rather long and stout, the hind femora 

 exceeding the apex of the elytra ; the femoral teeth compaiu- 

 tively small ; the tibiae clothed only with setiform scales, the doisal 

 edge straight, and the basal sinuation very shallow. 



Length, 5'5 mm. ; breadth, 3 mm. 



Sarawak : 1 $ , Quop, 6. iii. 1914 (6-', E. Bryant). 



15. Balaninus tumidirostris, sp. n. (PI. IT. fig. 10.) 



(^ . Black, with blackish recumbent setse, and the following 

 markings formed of rather broad white scales : the prothorax 

 with a large basal patch on each side, linked together by a narrow 

 band along the base and continued outwards so as to join up with 

 the mesosternal patch ; the elytra with a common square median 

 patch extending on each side to stria 2, a broad transverse band 

 on each side about the middle extending from stria 6 to the 

 margin, a short stripe near the apex of interval 3, a small spot 

 near the apex of interval 2, a fringe of single white scales along 

 the apical margin and a, few narrow white scales sparsely scattered 

 on the black aieas ; the scutellum with dense white scales ; the 

 lower surface fairly densely clothed with white scales, but more 

 thinly so on the sides of tlie presternum and on the basal half of 

 the metepisternum. 



Head with the upper edge of the rostrum above the top of the 

 eye. Rostrum less than half the length of the body (5:11), 

 strongly curved downwards from the base, thick at the base and 

 gradually widening to the insertion of the antennse, then abruptly 

 narrowed and becoming cylindrical and shiny, with rows of fine 

 punctures ; the basal area opaque and rugose, with three distinct 

 carinee ; the scrobe passing immediately beneath the rostrum, so 

 that the scape in repose is quite invisible from above. Antennce 

 inserted well behind the middle of the rostrum ; the scape very 

 short (shorter than the two basal joints of the funicle together), 

 the club forming nearly half its length, and not quite reaching 

 the eye ; the funicle thinly clothed with recumbent light brown 

 setfe, joint 1 a little longer than 2, and 3 than 4, 5-7 shorter and 



