MTLLOCBRUS. 321 



(J. Cameron — lud. Mas.); Tanjor. Bombay: Bagewadi, Bel<^aiim 

 {H. V. Kemhall). Centkal Provinces : Nagpur (Lefroi/). 

 Bengal: Calcutta (i^. i/. Gravely — Ind. Mus.); Pusa. 



Ti/pe in the Copenhagen. University Miiseuin ; type of M. 

 tesserida in the Dresden Museum. 



Among some examples in the Brussels Museum labelled " Ind. 

 Bor. (Bacon)" there is one in which the central dark stripe on 

 the prothorax is broadly interrupted by green scaling, and another 

 in which this stripe is entirely a,bsent. J\I. tesserida, Fst., was 

 described from two specimens of which I have seen one ni 

 Mr. Andrewes' collection. It agrees entirely with M. dorsatns 

 except in colour, the ground-colour being red-bi-own and the 

 green scaling replaced by pinkish grey ; the example is perhaps 

 immature. 



The perfect insect has been found attacking the leaves of the 

 Sword Bean (Canavalia). 



291. Myllocenis tenuicornis, Fst. 



Myllocerus tenuicoriiis, Faust,* Stett. Eat. Zeit. 1891, p. 267. 



Very closely allied to M. dorsatus, P., and differing only iu the 

 following characters : — The scape rather more slender and more 

 abruptly clavate, the second joint of the funicle a little longer in 

 proportion to the first, the third longer than the fourth ; the 

 antei'ior constriction of the prothorax very slight, the posterior 

 one much more pronounced, so that the basal margin is a little 

 narrower than the apical. 



Madras : Nilgiris (Sir G. Ilampson) ; Madura (R. Barton 

 Wrif/ht). Central Provinces : Nagpur (E. d'Ahreu, Hauser — 

 type). Bengal : Eanchi, Chota Nagpur {Irvine — Ind. Mus.). 



Type in the Dresden Museum. 



292. Myllocerus conspersns, sp. nov. 



Another close ally of M. dorsatus, P., agreeing with it in 

 colour, except that the three dark lines on the prothorax are 

 much less distinct. 



The structural characters are also the same as those given for 

 21. dorsatus, except as follows : — Head with the eyes less convex. 

 nostrum with the apical emarginatiou shallow, the angulation being 

 not less than a righr angle. Antenna} much thicker, the scape more 

 gradually thickened, joint 3 of the funicle longer than 4. Elytra 

 with the setae much shorter and suberect. 



Length, 3-3| mm. ; breadth, lj-l| mm. 



Madras : Nilgiri Hills {H. L. Andrewes). 



Type in the British Museum. 



