310 



cuEcrLioxiD.i:. 



Head striolate, the eyes subdorsal aucl flattened, the forehead 

 broader than the space between the scrobes, but scarcely broader 

 than the width of the eye. Rostrum about as long as the head, 

 the sides almost straight and slightly narrowed from the basp to 

 the apex, the apical emargination very shallow, the base of the 

 epistome being obtusely angulate ; the upper surface with a longi- 

 tudinal impression carinate at its edges and with a fine central 

 carina. Antennce dark ferruginous, the funiele with joint 1 longer 

 than 2, and 3 a little longer tlian 4. ProtJiorax a little broader 

 than long, the sides slightly rounded, broadest at the )niddle, the 



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Fig. 95. — Mylloccrus planoculif, Mslil. 



base truncate, the apex rather narrower and obliquely truncate ; 

 the upper surface with close confluent punctation partly visible 

 through the scaling. Ehjtm a little widened behind the middle, 

 the longitudinal curvature flat, the shoulders rouudl}^ rectangular, 

 the strife narrow and distinctly punctate, tlie intervals without 

 appreciable setae. Legs dark ferruginous, the femora with a small 

 sharp tooth, 



Lenr/th, 3jj mm.; breadth, 1| mm. 



Madras: ISilgiri Hills (//. L. Andrewes). 



Type in the British Museum. 



275. Myllocerus catechu, Msld. 



Myllocer7is catechu, Marshall, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) xii, 1913, 

 p. 185 ; Stebbing, Indian Forest Insects, 1914, p. 40.3. 



Colour black, with uniform pale metallic green scaling, the 

 prothoi^ax with a lateral fuscous stripe ou each side. 



Head almost plane, the eyes lateral and rather promiueut, the 

 forehead much broader than the space between the scrobes. 

 Rostrum a little longer than the head, shorter than its width at 

 the base, the sides narrowed from the base to beyond the middle 



