MyLLOCERUS. 



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narrowly elougjate and parallel-sided ia the d" , broader and some- 

 what dilated posteriorly in the 2 , deeply punctato-striate, the 

 intervals convex, not broader than the striae in the c? , broader in 

 the 5 , the sette very short and siibdepressed. Legs black, the 



Fig. 94. — Mijlloccrus rustious, Fst. 



femora with one small tooth, the tarsi elongate, the first joint as 

 long as the remaining three. 



Length, S 3|-4i, $ 4| mm. ; breadth, ^ 1|-1|, $ 2i mm. 



Punjab : Chainba (C. Somers Smith). Kashmir (T. R D 

 Bell). 



Type in the Dresden Museum. 



2(JU. Myllocerus pilifer, Fst. 



Myllocerus pilifer, Faust,* Deut. Ent. Zeit. 1897, p. 367. 



Colour black, with uniform pale grey scaling. 



Very closely allied to M. rustims, Fst., but distinguished by the 

 following characters : — 



Rostram scarcely dilated at the apex. Prothorcuv less transverse, 

 the sides slightly rounded in the c5' , more strongly so in the 2 ■, the 

 apical margin rather obliquely truncate at the sides, the upper 

 surface with short suberect setae directed forwards. Elytra parallel- 

 sided in the $ also, the apical declivity almost perpendicular in 

 both sexes, instead of sloping, the intervals with dense long erect 

 setae. Legs with the femoral tooth larger. 



Length, c? 4f , $ f»i mm. ; breadth, 6 If, $ 1^ mm. 



Puis^JAB : Chamba [C. Somers Smith). 



Type in the Di-esdeu Museum. 



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