BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 267 



Myllocerus torridus, sp.nov. 



Piceus, squamis cinereis confertim aequaliter vestitus ; ociilis 

 parvis; antenuis sat gracilibus, funiculi articulo basali quam 

 2"^ paullo breviori ; rostro quadra to quam caput baud 

 angu.stiori ; piothorace fortiter transverse antice sat fortiter 

 angustato, lateribus subconcavis, basi fortiter bisinuata ; 

 elytris punctnlato-striatis, interstitiis sat planis ; femoribus 

 omnibus dentibus singulis armatis. [Long. 21, lat. 1 line. 



In Mr. Pascoe's tabulation of the Australian species of 

 Myllocerus (E.M.M. VI. 1869) this species falls beside M. nasutus, 

 Pasc, from which it differs inter alia by its much smaller size and 

 the 2nd joint of its antennal funicle longer than the basal joint. 

 Also probably resembles M. inodestits, Pasc, described subse- 

 quently to the tabulation, but not in terms precise enough to 

 allow of its being placed in the tabulation. M. modestus seems, 

 however, to differ from this species in its rostrum being " in medio 

 excavatum" and in the interstices of its elytral striae being 

 " elevata" ; in the present species the interstices are flat near the 

 base, but become a little convex near the apex. 



Northern Territory of S. Australia ; Port Darwin. 



Myllocerus Bovilli, sp.nov. 



Piceus, squamis viridi-griseis fuscisque maculatim intermixtis 



vestitus, pedibus obscure rufo-testaceis ; oculis sat magnis ; 



antennis sat gracilibus, funiculi articulis basilibus 2 inter se 



tequalibus ; rostro minus lato supra longitudinaliter concavo ; 



prothorace quam longiori (et postice quam antice) plus quam 



duplo latiori, antice fortiter emarginato, lateribus vix arcuatis, 



basi fortiter bisinuata ; elytris punctulato-striatis, interstitiis 



sat planis ; femoribus anticis fere muticis ; corpore subtus 



dense griseo-squamoso. [Long. 2-3, lat. yV^To J^i^^es. 



In a fresh specimen the greenish-grey scales may be taken as 



furnishing the groundcolour of the upper surface. The fuscous 



scales form the following markings — a very broad median vitta 



on the prothorax and a great number of elongate irregularly 



