MYLLüCERUS SCAPULARIS. 207 



NOTE XXX. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SUMATRAN SPECIES OF 

 THE OENUS MYLLOCERUS. 



W. ROELOPS. 



Myllocerus scapularis , sp. n. 



Niger; prothoracis lineis tribus, elytrorum linea suturali 

 maculisque irregularibus squaraulis viridibus ornatus. 8capo 

 valido compresso , dilatato bicurvato. Femoribus dente par- 

 vulo armatis. — Long. 5 mm. 



Black , the legs of an obscure brown-red colour ; fur- 

 nished with green scales and greyish hairs. Rostrum bare 

 of scales at the apex which is bordered with greyish hairs , 

 concave like the foreliead and carrying an impressed me- 

 dian line. Scape of the antennae exceeding the anterior 

 border of the prothorax , robust , enlarged and flattened , 

 curved outward and downward '^) , striped longitudinally 

 and provided with short and stiff hairs. The funicle 

 covered with green scales and as well as the club provided 

 with greyish hairs. Eyes distant from each other supe- 

 riorly. 



Protborax somewhat transverse , deeply bisinuated at the 

 base , with the anterior narrowed portion straight-sided , 

 coarsely punctuated , with an impression at the base of the 



1) The stronger curve is in the middle of the scape ^ which when seen side- 

 ways, shows the concavity superiorly. Towards the apex it is slightly bent in 

 the inverse direction. 



Notes irom the Leyden Museum, Vol. II. 



