MTLLOCERUS. 34S 



but with very dense short subdepressed setae; the scutelluin 

 covered with scales. Legs reddish brown, with dense greenish 

 scaling, the femora with a sharp tootli. 



Length, 5-5| mm. : breadth, ^^-^g mm. 



Madras: Nilgiri Hills (//. L. Andreives). 



Type in the British Museum. 



324. Myllocerus improvidus, sp. nov. 



Colour black, with thin grej scaling (specimens abraded?). 



Head with the eyes sublateral and slightly prominent, the fore- 

 head broader than the space between the serobes. Rostrum about 

 as long as broad, its sides subparallel at the base and very slightly 

 dilated at the apex, the apical eniargination deep and acute ; the 

 upper surface impressed and with a faint central carina, the lateral 

 carinse distinct. Antennce piceous, the scape with depressed setae ; 

 the fuuiele with joint 2 much longer than ], 3 and -i equal. Pro- 

 tliorcuv transverse, the sides rounded, broadest at the middle, 

 constricted before and behind, the posterior angles rather acute, 

 the base shallowly bisinuate, the apical margin of equal width and 

 almost vertical laterally ; the upper surface with confluent puuc- 

 tation which is scarcely visible through the scahng. Elytra as in 

 M. impallescens. Legs blackish, with thin pale scaling; the tibiae 

 sinuate internally at the base and the two anterior pairs with a 

 slight prominence near the middle, the femora with a single sharp 

 tooth. 



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



Madras : Anamalai Hills (77. L. Andreives). 



Type in the British Museum. 



325. Myllocerus curvicornis, 7*^. 



Curctdio curmcornis, Fabricius,* Eiit. Syst. i, pt. 2, 1792, p. 488. 

 Myllocerus transmarinus, 'Boh.em.an* (nee Herbst), Schunh. Gen. 

 Cure, ii, 1834, p. 429 ; Heller, Deut. Ent. Zeit. 1901, p. 338. 



Colour black or piceous, with grey and brown scaling ; the 

 prothorax dorsally either dark brown vsdth a narrow central pale 

 brown line, or paler brown with a dark brown stripe on each side; 

 the elytra dark or pale brown above, more or less closely mottled 

 with small grey spots, sometimes partly confluent ; sides of head, 

 prothorax and elytra, and the nnder-parts grey or whitish, the 

 margin of the elytra usually with some brown spots. 



Head with sparse obscure punctation hidden by the scaling, the 

 eyes lateral, tlie forehead broader than the space between the 

 serobes. Rostrum rather longer than the head, slightly dilated at 

 the apex, shallowly impressed above and with a distinct bare 

 central carina, Avhich ascends the forehead, the lateral carinse also 

 distinct. Antemw piceous, with depressed grey setae ; the fuuiele 

 with joint 2 evidently longer than 1, 3 slightly longer than 4. 

 Prothorax transverse, the sides slightly rounded, broadest about 



