336 CURCULIONID.^. 



moderately curved, gradually clavate, and with recumbeut setae; 

 the funicle with joints 1 and 2 subequal, 3 scarcely longer tlian 4. 

 Prothorax much broader than long and markedly convex, the 

 sides moderately rounded, broadest at the middle, with a distinct 

 basal constriction, the basal angles acute, the apical margin vertical 

 at the sides and about as broad as the base, which is distinctly 

 bisiuuate ; the upper sui'face rather rugosely punctate, the piuic- 

 tures merely indicated through the scaling, a shallow rounded 

 impression on each side near the base. Elytra subtruncate at 

 the base, the shoulders roundly rectangular, the sides slightly 

 dilated behind the middle in both sexes ; the striae distinctly punc- 

 tate, being for the most part free from scaling, stria 6 unusually 

 long, being continued well past the humeral angle and almost 

 reaching the base ; the setse short, dense, flattened and erect. 

 Legs red-brown, with dense grey scales and setae, all the femora 

 with a single small tooth. 



Length, 31-4 mm. ; breadth, l|-2 mm. 



Punjab : Charsada, Pesliawur dist. (Pusa Coll.). 



Type 6 in the British Museum. 



314. Myllocerus sabulosus, sp. uov. 



Colour black, with uniform sandy brown or dark bro\^n 

 scaling. 



Head with the eyes sublateral and only slightly convex, the 

 forehead evidently broader than tlie space between the scrobes 

 and usually with a small central fovea, liostrum broader than 

 long, about as long as the head, the sides very slightly narrowed 

 from the base to the middle, and a little dilated at the apex, the 

 emargination rather shallow but acute ; the upper surface faintly 

 impressed and tricarinate,the central carina very fine and ascending 

 the forehead. Antennce piceous, with dense grey scaling ; the 

 funicle with the two basal joints equal, and 3 not longer than 4. 

 Protliorax transverse, the sides slightly rounded, faintly con- 

 stricted near the base, the posterior angles acute, the apical 

 margin vertical laterally and \\\ih a very small median sinuation 

 dorsally, the base scarcely broader, sliallowly bisinuate and with 

 the central lobe itself slightly sinuate, the punctation not visible 

 through the scaling. Elytra as in M. suavis, but ^\ith a deep 

 common sinuation in the middle of the base, and set with short, 

 curved, stiff subrecumbent setae. Legs red-brown, with dense 

 greyish scaling, the femora with a single tooth. 



Length, 4|-5i mm. ; breadth, 2-2| mm. 



Bengal: Chota Nagpur (Cardan); on ber, Pusa (H. M. 

 Lef'roy — type); Purneah (C. A. Paiva — Ind. Mus.); Eanchi 

 (Irvine — Ind. Mus.). United Pkovinces : Karwapani, Dehra 

 Dun. Madras : on Casuarina (E. P. Stehhing). 



Type in the British Museum. 



Very like M. dentifer, P., in general appearance, but easily 



