344 CURCULIONIl).^. 



the middle, very shallowh' constricted near the base and the apex, 

 the basal margin moderately bisinuate, not broader than the apex, 

 the external angles acute, the deep close punctation hidden by the 

 scaling. Elytra rather broad, separately rounded at the base, 

 deeply punctato-striate, the punctures easily visible through the 

 scaling, the setae very short and recumbent. Legs piceous, with 

 grey scaling, all the femora with a single tooth, the tibiae simple. 

 Length, S-Tg mm.; breadth, 2-3^ mm. 



Fig. 104. — Miillocerus curvicornu, F. 



Madkas : Pondicherry {Perrotet, Maindroa) ; Tranquebar 

 {G. R. Butt — Pusa Coll.). Ceylon: Kandy and Colombo 

 (Bryant, G. Lewis) -^ Batticaloa, Odduchuddan and Trincomali 

 {C. F. Balcer); K\ix\\gSi\\e {G. Lnvis); Haragama {E. E. Green); 

 Habarana, Kekirawa, Kalanda, ]Vegombo, Puttalam and Neligama 

 {Dr. Jy. Horn). 



Type in the Co|)enhagen University Museum. 



Mr. E. E. Green gives the following notes on this species : — 

 '• Destructive to foli:ige of yoiuig cacao plants ; feeding on young 

 leaves of tea plant; injuring rose leaves." 



326. Myllocerus roscidus, sp. nov. 



Colour black, Avith moderately dense grey scaling, through which 

 the sheen of tlie integument can be seen ; the prothorax with a 

 dark lateral stripe on eacli side, and the elytra usually mottled on 

 the disk with dark markings, but occasionally of a uniform grey 

 colour. 



Head with the eyes lateral and strongly convex, the forehead 

 much broader than the eye. Bostrum scarcely as long as the 

 head, mucli broader than long, very slightly narrowed from the 



