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rostrum in both sexes, the scape not quite reaching the eye ; 

 the funicle with joint 1 not or very slightly longer than 2, joint 3 

 a little longer than 4, 4-7 almost equal in length and about 

 1|^ times as long as broad ; the club about as long as the four 

 preceding joints, joint 1 rather longer than 2, which is equal 

 to 3. Prothorax rather broader than long, broadest at the base, 

 the sides fairly strongly rounded, the apical constriction distinct, 

 the apical margin truncate dorsally and with feeble postocular 

 lobes ; the upper surface Avith close reticulate punctation. 

 Sculelliim quadrate, covered with dense fawn scaling. Elytra 

 with the lateral margins straight, the apices forming a joint 

 shallow sinuation, the suture not impressed and without any 

 raised setae near the apex. Legs rather short, the hind femora 

 only slightly exceeding the end of the elytra, the femoral teeth 

 stout and sharp, the tibife evenly clothed with setiform scales. 

 Venter with segment 1 longer than 2 behind the coxte, segment 5 

 of (S sinuate at the apex and with a short tuft of whitish hairs 

 on each side. 



Length, 3'2-3*6 mm. ; breadth, 1"6-1'8 mm. 



Sarawak: 1 S , Mt. Matang, ii. 1914, and 2 $ 5 , on j^'w^ycjiw, 

 Quop, 26. iii. 1914 ((?. E. Bryant). 



30. Balaninus loxgiclavis, sp. n. (PI. II. fig. 4.) 



S $ . Colour brownish black, rather thinly clothed with small 

 narrow brown scales, sparsely intermingled with Avhite ones, and 

 the following mai-kings formed of dense broad white scales : a 

 small basal lateral patch on each side of the pronotum, the whole 

 of the scutellum, a broad stripe on the basal third of interval 1 

 on the elytra, and a, narrow line on the apical half of the suture ; 

 the lower surface also with brown and white scales, but broader 

 than those above and the white ones greatly predominating, 

 especially on the abdomen, and with the following patches of 

 dense larger white scales : a small antecoxal one on the prostei'uum, 

 a large vertical one on the side of the mesosternum, a smaller one 

 at the external apical angle of the metasternum, and a small 

 one at the side of the second ventral segment. 



Head with the rostrum arising from above the middle of the 

 eye, but its upper surface below the level of the top of the eye. 

 Rostrtbin a little shorter than the body (9 : 10 or 7:8) in both 

 sexes ; 6 , moderately punctate in the basal area, with a smooth 

 central line and a well-marked lateral furrow ; $ , with the 

 punctures and furrow much less distinct ; the scrobe not extend- 

 ing beyond the antennae and passing beneath the base of the 

 rostrum in the S , but not in the $ . Antennce inserted far 

 behind the middle of the rostrum in both sexes, with the scape 

 almost touching the eye ; the funicle with joint 1 equal to 2 -{- 3, 

 3 slightly longer than 4, 4-6 short and subequal, 7 as long as 

 5+6 and more pubescent than the others ; the club as long- 

 as the six preceding joints, with its two basal joints equal and 



