304 CUECULIOKID.f:. 



263. Myllocerus evasus, sp. nov. 



j^Dother very close ally of M. viridanus, which it resembles in its 

 general form, pale green scaling, and short recumbent setae. The 

 distinctions are as follows : — 



Head with the eyes more nearly circular and rather more 

 convex, the forehead without any impression and much narrower 

 than either the eye or the space between the scrobes. Rostrum 

 with the central area evidently narrowing from apex to base, the 

 raised edges of the apical emargination forming a much wider 

 angle, and the costa in front of the eye evanescent. Antenn<x 

 testaceous brown. Elytra with the shoulders not projecting 

 laterally in the $ . Legs testaceous, the femora without any 

 trace of a second tooth. 



Leiuith, 34-4 mm.; breadth, 1^-2 mm. 



Madras: Palur, South Arcot, on ground-nut f^Nellikuppam, 

 S. Arcot, on indigo (Pusa Coll.). 



Type in tlie British Museum. 



264. Myllocerus delicatulus, Boh. 



Myllocerus delieatuhis, Bolieraan,* Scbcinb. Geu. Cure, vii, pt. 1, 



1843, p. 6. 

 Phylluhius mimicus, Walker,* Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) iii, p. 263 



(1859). 

 Myllocerus viridanus, Faust* (nee Fabr.), Deut. Ent. Zeit. 1897, 



p. 357, note 1. 



Colour piceous, with uniform light yellowish-green scaling. 



Bead subconical, with the eyes as in M. viridanus, F., but 

 further apart, the space between them almost as broad as the eye, 

 tlib forehead not impressed. Rostrum and antenna us in viridanus, 

 but the latter flavescent. Protliorax transverse, subcylindrical or 

 with the sides parallel at the base and slightly narrowed in the 

 apical half, the basal sinuation shallower. Elytra with the bases 

 less strongly rounded, the punctatiou of the strite scarcely 

 perceptible through the scaling. Leys flavescent, the femora with 

 a single small tooth. 



The remaining characters as in M. viridanus. 



Length, 2|-3^ mm. ; breadth, l^-lf mm. 



Ceylon : Negombo, Anuradhapura {Dr. Horn). Madras : 

 Pondicherrv (Perrotet) ; Genji (Mcmidron) ; Madura (C. Somers 

 Smith) ; Kallar, 1000 ft., and Bhavani Valley, 2000 ft., Nilgiris 

 (H. L. Andreives); Anamalais, 3500-4000 ft. {H. L. And reives); 

 Chalakudi, Cochin State {F. H. Gravely — Ind. Mus.). 



Type in tlie Stockholm Museum. 



The examples from the Nilgiris differ from the typical form, 

 from the Coromandel Coast, in having the antennre more slender, 

 and the two basal joints of the funicle rather longer, the second 

 being a trifle longer than the first. On the other liand, the 

 Anamalai specimens have the antennae and legs rather stouter 



