316 cuTicrLiONiD.i;. 



deep and forming an acute angle ; the upper surface sballowly 

 impressed, with faint lateral carinse and a very fine central carina 

 which ascends tlie forehead. Antennce dark ferruginous ; the 

 funicle with the two basal joints equal and 3 evidently longer 

 than 4, the terminal joints longer than broad; the club elongate, 

 the first joint conical, as long as broad and not shorter than 

 the second. Frotliorax about as long as broad, the sides slightly 

 i"f)unded, shallowly constricted and transversely impressed towards 

 the base and apex, the base subtruncate, the apical margin of 

 equal width and oblique laterally, the upper surface closely punc- 

 tate. Elytra subtruncate at the base, parallel- sided in the 6, 

 broader behind in the $ , almost plane longitudinally, the shoulders 

 roundly rectangular, deeply punctato-striate, the intervals with 

 short, suberect, pale curved setae. Le(js dark ferruginous, the 

 femora wdth a sharp tooth. 



Length, 'S\-A\ mm.: breadth, lg-l| mm. 



Ceylok : Kandj^ 1 550-1700 ft. {G. E. Bryant, G. Lewis — type) ; 

 Balangoda, 1770 ft., and Kitulgalle, 1700 ft. {G. Lewis). 



Type in the British Museum. 



2S5, Myllocerus hispidus, sp. nov. 



Colour black, with slightly metallic green or grey-green scaling, 

 which is rather thin above and denser laterally and beneath. 



Closely allied to M. zeylanicus, Mshl., the description of which 

 applies, except in the following particulars: — 



nostrum with the apical emargination rounded or obtusely 

 angulate. Antenna' darker, thicker, the funicle with the terminal 

 joints as long as broad ; the club broader, the first joint strongly 

 transverse and sliorter than the second. Elytra with the setse 

 much longer, erect and black. 



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



Madras : Coonoor, 5000-6000 ft. {Maindron) ; jS'aduvatam, 

 ()O00-65u0 ft., Xilgiri Hills {U. L. Andreives). 



Type in the British Museum. 



2S6. Myllocerus angulatipes, sp. nov. 



Colour piceous, the upper surface with brown scaling, variegated 

 with darker patches on the elytra; head with a broad lateral green 

 stripe below the eye, which is continued along the thorax and 

 elytra : on the latter the stripe is much broader, sometimes 

 extending to stria 6 near the base and to stria 5 behind the 

 middle, but always very irregular and variable; scutellum with 

 dense pale green scaling. The pale lateral markings are some- 

 times greyish or coppery. 



Head with fine striohition which is easily visible through the 

 thin scaling, the eyes lateral and convex, the breadth of the 

 forehead evidently greater than the length of the eye. Rostrum 



