MYLLOCERUS. 325 



moderately long, fine aud erect : scutellum bare. Legs ferru- 

 ginous, with thin scaling, the femora with a rather long sharp 

 tooth, further from the apex than usual. 



Length, 3| mm. ; breadth, Ig mm. 



BuiiAiA : Karen Hills, 3000-3500 ft. {Fea). 



Type in the Genoa Museum. 



299. Myllocerus madurensis, sp. nov. 



Colour piceous, with grey scaling ; the prothorax with three ill- 

 detlned darker lines, sometimes merging over the whole disk ; the 

 elytra mottled on the disk with irregular and variable brown 

 markings. 



Head with the eyes subdorsal and almost flat, the foi'ehead 

 narrower than the width of the eye and not broader than the 

 space between the scrobes. Rostrum broader than long, about as 

 long as the head, the sides straight and slightly narrowing from 

 base to apex, the emargination rather shallow and forming a 

 right angle; the upper surface impressed, with a^faint central and 

 distinct lateral carinse, the space between them scarcely broader 

 than the lateral areas as seen from above. Antennai red-brown, 

 with pale scaling ; the f unicle with joint 1 slightly longer than 2, 

 and 3 e((ual to 4. Prothorax a little broader than long, the sides 

 very slightly rounded, broadest slightly behind the middle, the 

 base bisinuate, the apical margin a little narrower and oblique 

 laterally ; the upper surface with faint scattered punctation 

 showing through the scaling and with a small i-ounded impression 

 on each side behind the middle. Elytra comparatively short and 

 broad, rather broadly rounded behind, the base with a small 

 central sinuation, the shoulders roundly rectangular, the sides 

 evidently dilated behind the middle (apparently in both sexes), 

 the strife finely punctate, the setas scale-like and curved. Leys 

 rufescent, with pale scaling, the femora with a small tooth. 



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



Madras : Madura (C Barton WrigJit, C. Somers Smith) ; 

 Koilpati (Pusa Coll.). 



Type in the British Museum. 



300. Myllocerus minutus, Fst. 



Coriyetus minutus, Faust,* 8tett. Ent. Zeit. 1891, p. 268. 



Colour black, with uniform dense greenish- white scaling. 



Head with the eyes flattened, subdorsal, the forehead not 

 broader than the space between the scrobes. Hostrum much 

 broader than long, narrowed anteriorly, the sides almost straight; 

 the upper surface broadly impressed, with a faint central and 

 raised lateral carina, which are parallel. Antennce testaceous red, 

 with the scape almost straight, except at the base ; the f unicle 

 with joint 1 longer than 2, joints 3-7 as long as broad. Prothorax 



