312 CURCULIONID.E. 



cariDce obsolete or indefinite. Antennce piceous, the fuuicle with 

 joint 1 a httle longer and thicker tlian 2, the remainder subequaL 

 Frotliorax sb'ghtly broader than long, the sides rounded, broadest 

 at the middle, very shallowij constricted and transversely im- 

 pressed near the base and apex, the basal margin subtriincate, 

 not broader than the apex. Elytra subtruncate at the base, the 

 shoulders rectangular, the apices jointly rounded, the striae deep 

 and finely punctate, the intervals with short subdepressed setae. 

 Legs ferruginous, the femora witli a fine tooth. 



Length, 2^ ram. ; breadth, g mm. 



Assam : Naga Hills {Dolicrty). 



Type in the British Museum, 



277. Myllocerus ignavus, sp. nov. 



Colour black, with brown scaling, more or less interspersed with 

 grey scales. 



Head very finely striolate, the eyes lateral, the foreiiead broader 

 than the space between the scrobes. Rostnon about as long as the 

 head, parallel-sided, the apical emargination shallow and obtusely 

 angulate, shallowly impressed above and with a very fine central 

 carina. Antenna' dark ferruginous, the funicle with joint 1 a 

 little longer than 2, and 3 slightly longer than 4. Prothorax a 

 little broader than long, the sides slightly rounded, broadest at the 

 middle, faintly constricted before and behind the middle, the base 

 truncate, not broader than the apex, the apical margin oblique at 

 the sides. Elytra comparatively broad and longitudinally convex, 

 the shoulders roundly rectangular, the striio rather deep and 

 shallowly punctate, the intervals with short erect dark setag. 

 Legs dark ferrugijious, the femora with a small tooth. 



Length, 2:^-3 mm.; breadth, 1-1| mm. 



Madras : Nilgiri Hills (//. L. Anclreives — type) ; Anamalai 

 Hills, 3500-4000 ft. {H. L. Andrewes). 



Type in the British Museum. 



278. Myllocerus setulifer, Deshr. 



Myllocerus setulifer, Desbrocliers des Looes,* Ind. Mus. Notes, iv, 

 1899, p. 111. 



Colour black, with uniform metallic yellowish-green scaling. 



Head with the eyes lateral, the forehead broader than the space 

 between the scrobes. Rostrum rather shorter than the head, the 

 sides narrowed from the base to the middle and slightly dilated at 

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

 epistome broadly rounded : the upper surface scarcely impressed, 

 with a short central stria and without carinas ; the scrobe scarcely 

 continued behind the insertion of the anteunte. Antennce flavous, 

 the scape very slender and rather abruptly clavate, the funicle 

 with joint 1 longer than 2, 3 and 4 equal. Prothorax much 



