392 DR; G. A. K. MARSHALL ON THE SPECIES 



behind the middle on the sanae two intervals but not actually 

 reaching the suture ; the prosternum with dense white scales in , 

 front of the coxa?, but none at the sides ; the rest of the lower 

 surface with separated white scales, except on the niesepimeron 

 and along the sides of the metasternum and abdomen, where tlie 

 scales are dense. 



Head with tlie forehead slightly broader than the base of the 

 rostrum, the lower surface of which is on a level with the lower 

 mai'gin of the eye. Rostrum as long as the body, onl}^ slightly 

 curved downwards in the apical third, very shiny and impvinctate, 

 even at the base where it is slightly compressed, and without any 

 lateral furrow or carina ; the scrobe entirely lateral and not 

 exceeding the aiitenna. Antennce inserted far behind the middle 

 of the rostrum, with the scape reaching the eye; the funicle 

 with joint 1 equal to 2 + 3 + 4, joint 2 half as long again as 3, 

 joints 3-5 gradually diminishing in length, 6 and 7 each about 

 equal to 4 ; the club a little longer than the three preceding 

 joints, and with joint 1 slightly longer than 2. Prothora.v rather 

 broader than long (16 : 13), broadest at the base, with the sides 

 moderately rounded, the apical constriction shallow, the apical 

 margin slightly arcuate dorsally and without postocular lobes ; 

 the dorsal surface rather coarsely reticulate throughout. Scutelhvm 

 transverse, and with only a few na,rrow brown scales. Elytra 

 with the lateral margins straight, the apices jointly rounded, the 

 basal sutural depression deep and asymmetrical, l.Ying mainly on 

 the right elytron, and the apical fourth of the suture with raised 

 interlocked whitish bristles. Legs moderately long, thinly 

 clothed with white setiform scales ; the hind femora slightly 

 exceeding the elytra, the tooth on the femora narrow ; the tibia? 

 straight, with the basal sinuation shallow. 



Length, 2 mm. ; breadth, 1-2 mm. 



Sarawak: 1 $, Mt. Matang, 1000 ft., 11. ii. 1914 {G. E. 

 Bryant). 



28. Balaninus delicatulus, sp. n. (PI. II. fig. 13.) 



(S 2 . Colour I'ather shiny black, thinly clothed above with 

 small dark brown scales and with patches of broad white 

 scales ; the rostrum blackish near the base and reddish brown 

 externally ; the pronotum with a transverse basal white patch on 

 each side linking up with the mesosternal patch externally and 

 reaching stria 3 internally ; the scutellum with dense white 

 scaling ; the elytra with a broad white stripe on interval 1 

 reaching from the base nearly to the middle, and behind the 

 middle a transverse white band extending outwardly to interval 4 

 or 5 and not quite reaching the suture ; the lower surf ace clothed 

 with separated small white scales and with dense patches of 

 broader scales on the following areas : the antecoxal area of the 

 prosternum, the whole of the niesepimeron, the posterioi' half of 

 the metepisternum, and a stripe along the extreme lateral edge 

 of the abdomen. 



