OF BALANINUS OCCURRING INHORKEO. 391 



which gradually turn to white at the base of the thorax, the inner 

 anterior angle of the patch being produced as a narrow longi- 

 tudinal stripe almost to the apex and with a few fawn scales just 

 below its apical termination ; the elyti'a with a complete fawn 

 stripe on interval 1, and the following white markings: an 

 oblong j)atch at the base of intervals 2 and 3, just behind the 

 posterior line of this patch a, small spot on intervals 3 and 5, 

 another at the base of 7, and just behind the middle a, band on 

 intervals 2-4, which is broadest internally and narrows out- 

 wardly ; the front portion of the prosternam, the sides of the 

 metasternum, and the sides of segments 2-4 of the abdomen Avith 

 fairly dense creamy white scales, those on the mesepimeron and 

 metepisternum still denser. 



Head with the fi'ont broader than the base of the rostrum, 

 with a smooth centi-al ridge and some fawn scaling on each side ; 

 the rostrum arising far below the middle of the eye, its lower 

 surface being on a level with the lower margin of the eye. 

 Rostrivm shorter than the body (5 : 7), very smooth and shiny, 

 almost impunctate even at the base, and without any lateral 

 furrow or cai'ina ; the scrobe entirely lateral in position. 

 Antennce iiiserted far behind the middle of the rostrum, with the 

 scape reaching the eye ; the funicle with joint 1 only slightly 

 longer than 2, joints 4-7 subequal ; the club nearly as long as the 

 four preceding joints and with joint 1 slightly longer than 2. 

 Prothorax slightly broader than long (5 : 4), the sides parallel 

 from the base to the middle, then rapidly narrowing, but scarcely 

 constricted at the apex ; the apical margin truncate doi'sally and 

 without postocular lobes ; the upper surface with i-eticulate 

 punctures and a low central carina. /Scutelluin slightly trans- 

 verse, with a few pale fawn scales. Elytra with the aj^ices 

 separately rounded, the sutural impression rather shallow 

 and quite symmetrical, and the apical half of the suture 

 with raised interlocking bristles. Legs moderate, the hind 

 femora slightly exceeding the apex of the elytra ; the femoral 

 teeth stout and sharp; the tibiae with the basal sinuation shallow, 

 the hind pair with the dorsal edge distinctly sinuate. 



Length, 2*75 mm.; breadth, 1'5 mm. 



Sarawak: 1 $ , on flowering tree, Kuching, 17.vii. 1900 {M. 

 Shelford). 



Type in the Oxford University Museum. 



27. Balaninus pusio, sp. n. (PI. II. fig. 14.) 



§. Colour leather shiny black, thinly clothed above with 

 narrow recumbent dark brown scales and with markings formed 

 of broad white scales; the rostrum reddish brown ; the pronotum 

 with a transverse basal white patch on each side, almost touching 

 the mesepimeron externally and extending as far as stria 3 

 internally ; the elytra with a circnm-scutellar white patch at 

 the base of intervals 1 and 2, and a rather smaller patch slightly 



