Ml'LLOCERUS. 303 



Bangalore (C. D. Grer/son); ou Hibiscus, Shoranur, Malabar 

 (Pusa Coll.); oil jute, Kuiubakonani (Pusa Coll.); Trivaiulrum 

 {Annandnle) ; Tanjore (G. R. Dutt) ; Maiiaparai (Pusa CoU.j; 

 Trichar, 300 ft., Parambikulam, 1700-3200 ft,, and Chaiakudi 

 Ernakulam, Cochin State {F. U. Gravely — Iiid. Miis.); Pondi- 

 cherry, Geuji and ^iahe (Mai7uhon) ; Madura (C. Somers-Smith, 

 li. Barton 'Wrujht) ; Bellary {de Monjan) ; S. Mysore (//. L. 

 Andreives) ; Droog, Kallar, Bhavani Valley aud Ouchterlony 

 Valley, 1000-0000 ft., Mlgiri Hills (^ucZrewe*) ; Auamalai Hills, 

 3500-4000 ft. (Andreives). Ceylon : Colombo, Galle, Balaugoda 

 and Dikoya (G. Lewis); Kaiidy {G. E. Brijant) ; Negombo (i5/-. 

 W. Horn). 



Tijpe in the Copenhagen University Museum ; type of M. an- 

 (justifrons in the JJresden Museum. 



Faust niisideiitified M. delicatulHS, Boh., as being the Curcidio 

 viridaaus of i'abricius, aud consequent!}^ redescribed the latter 

 species under the name of M. angustifrons. 



When I examined the type of M. frinr/iUa, Fst. (from Malacca) 

 some years ago, I formed the opinion that it was probabl_y a 

 synonym of lU. viridanus ; but I cannot now state this with cer- 

 tainty. Dr. Heller has referred to M. frhujilla various specimens 

 taken bv Dr. Walther Horn in Ceylon which I have not seen 

 (Deut. Ent. Zeit. 1901, p. 338). Faust states that M. viridanus 

 {angustifrons) has only one femoral tootb, whereas M. fringillahas 

 two, the rosti'um also being longer and the elytra being produced 

 downwards at the apex. He was certainly mistaken as to the 

 femoral teeth in M. viridanus, and the other distinctions given are 

 of dubious value. 



262. Myllocerus psetus, sp. nov. 



Black or piceous, with close uniform pale green scaling above 

 and below, sometimes varying to grey on the disk of the elytra. 



Structurally this species is closely allied to J/, viridaaus, from 

 which it differs in the following characters : — 



Head with the eyes distinctly larger and much flatter, the fore- 

 head not impressed, much narrower, being (at its narrowest) only 

 about half the width of the eye. Hostrum only slightly longer 

 than the head and evidently broader than long, tlie space between 

 the scrobes proportionately broader than the forehead, the costa 

 running from the outer corner of the eye continuous with the 

 lower margin of the scrobe. Prothorax distinctly more convex 

 on the disk and with the punctures more distant. Ehjtra witli 

 the shoulders more obliqueh^ rounded, aud not projecting at all 

 in the 2 , the scales less closely set and the setae longer and more 

 elevated. Legs without a trace of a second tooth ou the femora. 



Length, 3.1-4^ mm.; breadth, 1|-2| mm. 



Madras : Teppukadu, 2500 ft., Nilgiri Hills (//, L. Andreives). 

 Central Provinces : Nagpur {E. d'Ahreu). 



Type in the British Museum. 



