MYLLOCERUS. 315 



283. Myllocerus desquamatus, sp. nov. 



Colour shinins: piceous black, the apex of the rostrum, the 

 sutural arid, lateral margins of the elytra, the uiuler-parts of the 

 prothorax, and the legs paler, the antennae testaceous ; entirely 

 without scaling, except for a few feathery scales on the coxae, the 

 mesosternum, and the side-pieces of the metasternutn. 



Head very finely aciculate, \\\t\\ a few scattered punctures, the 

 forehead much broader than the interscrobal area and with an 

 elongate central fovea, the eyes moderately convex, liostrum a 

 little longer than the head, distinctly narrowed from the base to 

 beyond the middle, then strongly dilated, the apical emargination 

 shallow and forming a wide obtuse angle; the upper surface almost 

 plane, finely aciculate, with a slight central carina, the lateral 

 carinae rather indefinite, the scrobes somewhat convergent. 

 Antennce elongate, the scape rather slender and abriiptl}^ clavate, 

 with sparse erect setie ; the funicle with joints 1 and 2 equal, 

 3 not longer than 4, and the last three joints about as long as 

 broad. Prothorax as long as broad, the sides roundly dilated in 

 the middle only, the basal margin somewhat rounded and equal in 

 width to the apical, which is slightly oblique at the sides ; the 

 upper surface very strongly convex, longitudinally as well as trans- 

 versely, the basal one-fourth being depressed much below the 

 level of the disk, which is shiny and bears a few large scattered 

 punctures, the basal area being finely aciculate and dulL Elytra 

 jointly subtruncate at the base, dilated behind the middle ( $ ), the 

 shoulders prominent and subrectangular, the striae with shallow 

 punctures ; the intervals rather convex, shiny and impunctate, 

 sparsely clothed with short fine recumbent hairs and with very 

 long pale erect setae. Legs shiny, impunctate and with sparse 

 pale setje, the femora rather more abruptly clavate than usual and 

 all with a single small tooth, the tibia) simple internally. 



Lenfjth^ 4 mm.; breadth, 1| mm. 



Bombay : Bandra {X. B. Kinnear). 



Ti/pe 2 ii the British Museum. 



Superficially this very distinct insect resembles M. puhescens, 

 Fst., which is the only other Indian species of the genus that is 

 devoid of scaling; but the latter has a very differently shaped 

 prothorax (see p. 33S). 



284. Myllocerus zeylanicus, sp. nov. 



Colour dark ferruginous, with gi'ey or pale grey-green scaling 

 which is very sparse above and much denser on tlie sides and 

 under surface. 



Head minutely striolate (beneath the scaling), the eyes lateral 

 and large, the foreiiead about as broad as the space between the 

 scrobes. liostrum a little longer than the head and about as long 

 as broad, the sides narrowed from the base to the middle and 

 slightly dilated at the apex, the apical emargination moderately 



