MTLLOCEIIUS. 



341 



€uiargiiiatioii not very deep and forming a right angle; the upper 

 surface shallovvly depressed and indistinctly tncarinate, with a well- 

 marked transverse carina near the apex. Antenmi' piceous, with 

 pale recumbent setne, without scaling ; the scape stout, not chivate, 

 more bent than curved ; the funicle with joint 2 longer than l,and 

 '^ equal to ( J ) or longer than 4 ( $ ). Frothorcuv subconical, rather 

 broader than long, the sides scarcely rounded and broadest at the 

 base in $, slightly rounded in the middle in cf , the posterior 

 angles acute, the base deeply bisinuate, the apical margin narrower, 

 rounded dorsally and oblique laterally; the upper surface with the 

 basal third deeply depressed, the coarse puuctation visible through 

 the scaling in the 5 , but not in the cS . Elytra as in M. sj^a-tutor, 

 but with the set* shorter, stiff, dense and almost erect. Legs 

 piceous, with recumbent pale setaj and without scalijig ; the femora 

 with a very small tooth, the front tibite bisinuate internally. 



Length, 2 ^-iil mm.; breadth, 11-1.4 mm. 



BeiNGal: Pusa (//. il/. f-<'froi/ — type); Chapra {.Vacl-cnzU — 

 Pusa Coll.). UxiTED Provinx'es: defoliating cherry, Chandbagh, 

 Dehra Dun (C. F. C. Beeson).. 



Type in the British Museum. 



321. Myllocerus nodicollis, sp. nov. 



Colour black with mingled blue and green scales. 



Head with the eyes lateral and moderately convex, the forehead 

 flattened and strioiate, its breadth much greater than the length 

 of the eye or the space between the scrobes. llostrumoi 9 broader 

 than long, narrowed from the base to beyond the middle, the genaj 

 strongly dilated, the apical emargination rather shallow but forming 

 an acute angle, the discal area shallowly impressed and tric-arinate, 

 the outer carinae slightly diverging behind, a distinct transverse 

 carina near the apex ; tlie d" rostrum differs, being about as long 

 as broad, and the longitudinal cariuce are much less distinct. An- 

 teniue ferruginous; the scape gently curved, gradually clavate, 

 with recumbent setae and elongate pale scales ; the funicle with 

 joint 2 much longer than 1, and 3 and 4 subequal, the rest longer 

 than broad. Prothorax transverse, the sides moderately rounded 

 and broadest at the middle in the $ , less rounded and broadest 

 behind the middle in the c? , the base shallowly bisinuate, tiie 

 apical margin a little narrower, feebly sinuate dorsally in the 

 middle and vertical at the sides; the upper surface somewhat 

 flattened in the posti-rior half and with a very shallow rounded 

 impression on each side, in the middle of the base a bare longitu- 

 dinal tubercle, which, is conspicitous in the $ but rudimentary in 

 the 6 , the coarse punctation mostly hidden by the scaling. 

 Lbfira narrow and parallel-sided in the cT , broader and dilated 

 behind the middle in the $ , the base deeply sinuate in the middle, 

 the shoulders roundly rectangular, the stride rather broad and 

 shallowly punctate, the intervals slightly convex, with moderately 

 dense scaling and very short recumbent settc. Lejs piceous to 



