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than in the type ; the scaUng is rather more metalhc and the 

 head and legs have a coppery tint, 



205. Myllocerus anamalainus, sp, nov. 



Colour hlack or piceous, with uniform pale green scaling. 



Allied to M. viridanus, F., hut with the following distinc- 

 tions: — 



Head with the forehead rather more deepl}' impressed, not or very 

 little broader than the apex of the scape, and evidently narrower 

 than the space between the scrobes. Antennce stouter, joint 2 of 

 the fnnicle very slightly longer than 1. Protliorax with the sides 

 rounded, broadest rather behind the middle, the basal sinuations 

 shallower, the punctation (when the sealing is removed) nuich 

 coarser and confluent. Elytranmch. more elongate, the shoulders 

 less sloping and i-oundly rectangular. Le(js with an internal 

 ano-ular prominence near the middle of the four anterior tibise ; 

 all the femora bidentate. 



Length, 4:]-G mm. ; breadth, lf-2| nnn. 



Madras: Anamalai Hills, 3500-4000 ft. (//. L. Andravcs). 



Type in the British Museum. 



266. Myllocerus subglaber, Fst. 



Myllocems subylaher, Faust,* Deut. Ent. Zeit. 1897, p. 369. 



Colour black, with a few sparse wliitish scales (specimens 

 probably abraded). 



Head subconical, the eyes dorsal, the forehead a little narrower 

 than the width of the eye and about as broad as the space 

 between the scrobes, with a shallow central stria. Uostnnn 

 longer than the head, a little broader than long, slightly narrowed 

 from the base to the middle, the apex scarcely dilated, the apical 

 emargination comparatively shallow and rounded, longitudinally 

 impressed and narrowly tricarinate above, the central dorsal area 

 rather narrower than the lateral ones. Antemun chestnut-brown, 

 rather thick; the funicle with the two basal joints subequal, 

 3 a little longer than 4. I'rothorax broader than long, the sides 

 rather strongly rounded, broadest at the middle, the base and 

 apex of e(|ual width, the basal margin truncate, the dorsal anterior 

 margin produced and distinctly sinuate in the middle, the upper 

 surface closely and coarsely punctate throughout. Elytra sub- 

 elliptical, the shoulders only slightly broader tlian the greatest 

 width of the prothorax, the base subtruucate, the apices jointly 

 rounded, the striae closely and distinctly punctate, the intervals 

 without perceptible set^e. Legs black or piceous, the femora with 

 a single small tooth. 



L^ength, 3|-3^ mm.; breadth, If-lj mm. 



Madras: Madura (C, Somers Smith). Burma: Taung-ngu 

 (G. Q. Corhett). 



