OF BALANINUS OCCURRING IN BORNEO. 393 



Head wifcli the rostrum arising fi-om the middle ( c? ) or below 

 the middle ( $ ) of the eye ; the forehead narrower than {6) ov 

 about as broad as the base of the rostrum ( $ ). Rostrum shorter 

 than the body in both sexes (J, 8:13; $, 10:13), rather 

 strongly curved downwards in the apical third ; c? , strongly 

 striato-punctate in the basal half, with a smooth central line and 

 a distinct furrow above the scrobe, which latter passes beneath 

 the rostrum at the base ; $ , very finely punctate in the basal 

 area, without any lateral furrow, and with the scrobe entirely 

 lateral in position. Anteunce inserted at ( c? ) or far behind ( $ ) 

 the middle of the rostrum ; the funicle with joint 1 distinctly 

 longer than 2, joints 3, 4, 6 and 7 subequal in length, 5 shorter ; 

 the club nearly as long as the four preceding joints, its first joint 

 slightly longer than the second. Frothorax almost as long as 

 broad, the sides nearly parallel from the base to the middle, 

 thence roundly narrowed and shallowly constricted near the apex, 

 the apical margin truncate dorsally and without postocular lobes; 

 the upper surface distinctly more convex tlian usual, reticulately 

 jjunctate and with a low median carina. Scutellimi nearly circular. 

 Elytra with the lateral margins not sinuate, the apices jointly 

 rounded, the suture not impressed and with a row of slightly 

 raised bristles on its a.pical third. Legs moderately long, thinly 

 clothed with white setiform scales ; the hind femora shortly 

 exceeding the apex of the elytra, the tooth narrow ; the tibise 

 straight and with the basal sinuation distinct. Venter of S with 

 a few erect setas near the apex of segment 5. 



Length, 2"5-2-8 mm. ; breadth, 1*25 mm. 



Sarawak : 1 c? , Mt. Matang, 1000 ft. 13. ii. 1914 {(L E. Bryant 

 —type); 1 S 1 $ , Kuching, l6. vii. 1900 (/i". ^'M/w-t/). 



29. Baganinus eltgeni.e, sp. n. 



6 $ . Grround-colour piceous black, the elytra and tibiaa dai'k 

 red-brown ; the pronotum with the usual narrow brown scales, 

 mostly replaced by slightly broader pale scales on the basal third 

 and isolated pale scales scattered over the rest of the surface ; the 

 elytra fairly densely clothed with broader fawn-coloured scales, 

 variegated with darker patches formed of narrower brown scales ; 

 the sternum with separated whitish scales, but with dense fawn 

 or oi'ange-coloured scales at the sides of the meso- and nieta- 

 sternum, and a small patch of similar scales in the middle and on 

 each side of the prosternum ; the venter with fairly dense whitish 

 scales. 



Head with the rostrum arising from about the middle of the 

 eye in both sexes. Rostrum about three-fourths the length of 

 the' body in both sexes, but much more strongly curved in the 6 , 

 fairly strongly punctate in the basal section, with a smooth 

 central line and a lateral furrow reaching the antenna, the scrobe 

 passing beneath the base of the rostrum and not exceeding the 

 antenna. Antemice inserted well behind the middle of the 



