332 ME. FKANCIS P. PASCOE ON 



a Balaninus, yet it does not appear to differ in any technical 

 character. Lacordaire says of the section to which Balaninus 

 belongs that, although it comprises more than thirty genera, 

 they " present so great a variety in their organization that they 

 represent not less than thirteen different types " (G-en. vi. 

 p. 537). 



TiMOLA STJTURALIS. 



T. ovata, nigra, supra squamis oblongis silaceis lineatim ornata ; rostro 

 antennisque ferrugineis ; corpore infra pedibusque sejunctim albo-squamo- 

 sis. Long. 2| lin. 



Sah. Grrahamstown. 



Ovate, black, with oblong silaceons scales forming well- 

 marked lines ; rostrum ferruginous, smooth, much longer than 

 the prothorax ; antennae ferruginous ; first joint of the funicle 

 nearly as long as the two next together ; club broadly oval ; 

 prothorax rugose, obsoletely punctured, a stripe on each side ; 

 scutellum triangular, covered with yellow scales ; elytra slightly 

 rounded at the sides, the suture and a stripe on the margin of 

 the disk silaceous, striate -punctate, punctures oblong, indefinite ; 

 pygidium black ; beneath and legs with white hairs and scales. 



Desmidophorus Satanas. (Plate XLI. fig. 8,) 



D. suboblongo-ovatus, niger, hirsutissimus et fasciculatus ; capite rude 

 confertim punctate ; rostro nitido, dimidio basali reticulato- apicali grosse 

 sejunctim punctato ; elytris fasciculis plurimis instructis. Long. 7 lin. 



Sab. Madagascar. 



E-ather narrowly ovate comparatively ; black, closely covered 

 with long hairs, many of them fasciculate ; head roughly punc- 

 tured ; rostrum glossy black, the basal half reticulate, the apical 

 half with coarse punctures more apart ; antennge pitchy, smooth ; 

 funicle elongate, its second joint longest ; prothorax scarcely 

 broader than long, rounded in the middle, contracted at the base, 

 the apex with two fascicles directed forwards ; elytra at the 

 base twice as broad as the prothorax, seriate-punctate, hairy 

 with white hairs sparsely intermixed, the longer black hairs 

 forming many fasciculi (about 18) ; legs stout, the anterior 

 femora with a small tooth beneath; tibise short, thick; body 

 beneath with few hairs. 



The figure and description of OlWiQx'' s, fascicularis (Entomol. v. 

 p. 166, No. 83, pi. i. fig. 9), which was said to be from Cayenne, do 

 not agree with the species known in collections as D. penicillatus, 



