MYLLOCEEUS. 309 



272. Myllocerus viridulus, sp. dov. 



Colour black, with uuiform metallic green scaling. 



Head without stria or carina, tlie ejes widely separated, the 

 forehead much broader than the space between the scrobes. 

 nostrum a little shorter than the head, its sides subparallel, the 

 apical emargination very shallow, the upper surface longitudinally 

 impressed but without distinct carinte. Antenna' piceous, the 

 scape with erect setJB ; the funicle with joint 1 longer than 2, 

 3 and 4 equal. Prothorax transverse, its sides very slightly 

 rounded, broadest at the middle, truncate at the base, the apex of 

 equal w idth and vertically truncate at the sides ; the upper surface 

 with large shallow punctures (concealed by the scaling) and a 

 shallow transverse impression near the apex. Ehjtra subtruncate 

 at the base, the shoulders roundly rectangular, the striis deep and 

 with shallow punctures, the intervals with short stiff erect yellowish 

 setse. Legs flavous, the femora with a small tooth. 



Length, 2\ mm. ; breadth, 1 mm. 



Assam : Manipur {Dohertij). 



Type in the British Museum. 



273. Myllocerus sericeus, Fst. 



Myllocerus sericeus, Faust,* Deut. Ent. Zeit. 1897, p. 362. 



Colour piceous black, with uniform pale green scaling. 



Head with the eyes lateral, the forehead t^ice as broad as the 

 space between the scrobes, without any central stria or carina. 

 Rostrum rather longer than the head, shorter than its width at the 

 base, the sides strongly narrowed from the base to the apex, the 

 apical emargination extremely small and shallow; the epistome 

 truncate behind and forming a quite plane bare plate in front of 

 the antennae, between which there is no longitudinal impression ; 

 the upper surface with a small shallow impression and without 

 carinas. Antenma flavescent and rather stout, the scape strongly 

 curved and with suberect setae, the funicle with joint 1 longer 

 than 2, '6 and 4 equal. Prothorax transverse, the sides slightly 

 rounded, broadest at the middle, the apical margin almost ver- 

 ticall}^ truncate at the sides and not narrower than the base, which 

 is subtruncate ; the upper surface with confluent shallow punc- 

 tation and short erect setae. Elytra subtruncate at the base, the 

 shoulders roundly rectangular, the sides subparallel, the striae 

 finely punctate, the intervals with short suberect pale setae. Legs 

 flavous, the femora with a small tooth. 



Length, 3|-4| mm.; breadth, 14-2 uim. 



Punjab : Dalhousie and Chamba (C. Somers Smith). 



Type in the Dresden Museum. 



274. Myllocerus planoculis, sp. nov. 



Colour black, with uniform brown scaling above, the sides of 

 the prothorax and the whole lower surface greyish. 



