MYLLOCEKUS. 313 



broader tliau long, the sides slightly rounded, broadest at the 

 middle, shallowly constricted near the base and apex, the basal 

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

 oblique at the sides ; the upper surface with close confluent punc- 

 tation hidden b}^ the scaling, Elytra subtruncate at the base, the 

 shoulders roundly rectangular, finely punctato-striate, tlie intervals 

 with short suberect black setfe. Liujs flavous, the i'emoi'a with 

 green scaling and with a minute tooth. 



Lenr/th, 2|-3 mm.; breadth, Ij-l^^ mm. 



United Provinces: Uehra Dun. 



Ti/jye in the Indian Museum. 



279. Myllocerus consocius, sp. nov. 



Colour black, with uniform brown scaling. 



Very closely allied to M. settilifer, Desbr,, and differing only as 

 follows : — 



The head much broader; the rostrum much more strongly 

 narrowed from the base to beyond the middle, the apex scarcely 

 dilated, the scrobes evidently continued behind the antenniB ; the 

 Scape thicker and less sharply bent ; the whole upper surface with 

 much longer, more erect and stiff setae. 



Length, 3|— f mm. ; breadth, H-lf mm. 



Madkas : Nilgiri Hills {Sir G. Hamj^^)Son & H. L. Andreivcs). 



Type in the British Museum. 



280. Myllocerus boviei, sp. nov. 



Colour black, with markings of metallic green scaling; the head 

 green, with a quadrate black patch on the vertex ; the prothorax 

 with three black stripes, the centre one being broader than the 

 others ; the elytra with a transverse basal green patch extending 

 from the first stria to the shoulder; another about the middle, 

 from stria 1 to the margin, but very variable on the disk, its 

 posterior edge almost transverse, but the anterior one sloping for- 

 wards to beneath the shoulder ; a third green patch behind the 

 middle, from stria 3 to the margin, its anterior edge sloping- 

 forwards, the posterior concave and extending along the margin to 

 the apex, then ascending the declivity for a short distance along 

 the suture and the first interval. 



The structural characters agree with those of M. settdifer, Desbr., 

 except that the prothorax is not broader than long, the elyti-a are 

 decidedly broader in proportion to their length and their dorsal 

 curvature is much more convex. The legs and antennaj are also 

 flavous. 



Length, 2-3 mm.; breadtli, 1-11^ mm. 



Bengal: Chota Nagpur {CarJon — type); Paresnath, 4000- 

 4400 ft. {J. T. Jenkins— In^. Mus.). 



Typ)e in the British Museum. 



