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BALANINUS INTRICATUS, n. sp. 
Male. Dark red, legs (except knees and tarsi), rostrum 
(but not mandibles), and antennæ (except club) paler. 
Densely clothed with setose scales, varying from almost white 
to reddish brown; the pale scales form five lines on pro- 
thorax (with single ones scattered rather thickly about), 
clothe the scutellum, basal third of suture, the third inter- 
stice beyond the middle (between these the scales are also 
pale), and form a feeble oblique fascia just beyond the 
middle, but not extending to sides or suture; on each elytron 
three dark patches may be seen: one close to suture, one 
about middle commencing on third interstice, and one be- 
tween it and apex, but confined to the third interstice. Legs 
with pale, the under surface with still paler, scales. 
Rostrum with narrow punctate grooves on each side behind 
the antenne. Antenne inserted in exact middle Gf the 
mandibles are excluded) of rostrum; first joint of funicle 
almost as long as the second and third combined. Punc- 
tures of prothorax and elytra traceable with difficulty ; third 
interstice of the latter apparently feebly raised posteriorly ; 
shoulders rounded. Length, 34; rostrum, 13; width, 2 mm. 
Female. Differs in having the rostrum considerably longer 
(21 mm.), less curved, and with the punctures in simple 
series instead of in grooves; antenne inserted nearer the 
base; the clothing denser and rather paler (the elytral suture 
is almost entirely clothed with pale scales and the short post- 
median fascia is very distinct), but with the dark markings 
on the elytra more sharply defined. 
Hab.—Sydney (Macleay Museum). 
The scattered pale prothoracie scales are placed trans- 
versely on the male, but obliquely on the female. 
BALANINUS JEQUALIS, n. sp. 
Female. Reddish-brown; mandibles darker, rostrum and 
antennae paler. Moderately densely and almost uniformly 
clothed with pale ochreous (or dark stramineous) scales, 
slightly darker on elytra and paler on legs than elsewhere. 
Rostrum moderately densely punctate at sides of basal 
fifth, elsewhere sparsely punctate. Antenne inserted just 
behind the middle of rostrum; two basal joints of funicle 
equal in length, their combined length equal to that of the 
remaining joints.  Prothoraw (except front margin) densely 
punctate.  Llytra punctate-striate, the punctures deep, the 
striæ narrow, but sharply defined; interstices transversely 
wrinkled, shoulders produced. Length, 5; rostrum, 3l; 
width, 3 mm. 
Hab.— Cairns (type in Macleay Museum). 
In the specimen described the middle of the prothorax is 
almost nude, but this appears to be due to abrasion. 
