814 CUECULIONID.E. 



2bl. Myllocerus pretiosus, Fst. 



3Ii/?locerus 2)retiostis, Faust,* Deut. Ent. Zeit. 1897, p. 3C'3. 



Colour black, with metallic green scaling, the head witli a large 

 black patch on the vertex ; the prothorax with three black stripes, 

 tlie centre one twice as broad as the lateral ones ; the elytra with 

 the suture entirely black and the intervals 2 to 5 variegated with 

 black spots. 



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

 between the scrobes. Rostrum, rather longer than the head, a 

 little shorter than its own width at the base, the sides strongly 

 uiirrowed from the base to the middle and dilated again at the 

 a|)ex, tlie apical eniargination rather shallow, the base of the epi- 

 stome forming a riglit angle; the upper surface scarcely impressed, 

 with a faint central stria and without carinse. Antennce ferru- 

 ginous, moderately stout, the funicle with joint 1 longer than 2, 

 and 3 longer than 4. Prothorax as long as, or slightly longer 

 tlian broad, the sides slightly rounded, broadest at the middle, 

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

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

 the sides ; the upper surface with the coarse punctation partly 

 hidden by the scaling. Elytra subtruncate at the base, the 

 shoulders roundly rectangular, the sides subparallel, the striae 

 narrow and finely punctate, the intervals with sparse erect set;v. 

 Legs piceous to tlavous, the femora with green scaling and with a 

 single sharp tooth. 



Length, 3J-3| mm. ; breadth, l;^-2 mm. 



Bombay: Belgaum (//. E. Andrewes) \ Khanapnr and Bidi, 

 Belgaum {H. V. Kemhall) ; jST. Ivanara (Bell). Maduas : Mahe 

 {Maindroji) ; on egg-plant, Shorauur, Malabar (Pusa Coll.). 



Tg2^e in the Dresden Museum. 



This species superficially resembles M. dorsatus, F. 



282. Myllocerus simplex, Fst. 



Myllocerus simplex, Faust,* Deut. Ent. Zeit. 1897, p. 364. 



Colour black, Avith brown scaling above, the sides and under- 

 parts greyish or pale greenish. 



Closely allied in structure to the very differently coloured 

 M. pretiosus, Fst., but much smaller and rather more elougatw ; 

 the rostrum is not longer than the head ; the third joint of the 

 funicle is not longer than the fourth ; the posterior constriction 

 of the prothorax is more marked than the anterior one ; the setae 

 ou the elytra are much shorter, more dense and more depressed. 



Length, 2^ mm. ; breadth, | mm. 



Bombay : Belgaum {H. E. Andreives). Madras : Thanelanka, 

 (xodavari dist., on i-ed gram. 



Type in the Dresden Museum. 



