MTLLOCEEUS. JMS 



base to the middle and scarc^^ly dilated at the apex ; the upper 

 .surface broadly impressed and with a faint central carina, wliich 

 ascends the forehead, the apical emargination deep and forming an 

 acute angle. Antennce piceous, with recumbent white setse ; the 

 scape moderately stout and gradually widened to the apex ; the 

 fuuicle with joint 2 longer than 1, and 3 evidently longer than 4, 

 Protlwrax markedly transverse, the sides scarcely rounded in tlie 

 middle, with a very shallow constriction near the apex and a very 

 deep one near the base, the basal margin shallowly bisiuuate and 

 with the external angles subacute, the apical margin not narrower 

 than the basal and .slightly oblique at the sides; the upper surface 

 with a broad and deep transverse impression at the base, the an- 

 terior portion slightly flattened in the middle, the large punctures 

 scarcely visible through the scaling. Elijtra separately rounded 

 at the base, tjie shoulders roundly subrectaagular, the sides sub- 

 parallel in the J , a little dilated behind the middle in the 5 , the 

 close punctation of the striae readily visible through the scaling, 

 the intervals impunctate and slightly convex, the setse very short 

 and recumbent. Leys piceous, with the tibiae and tarsi usually 

 paler ; the femora with a single sharp tooth, the tibiae sinuate 

 internally at the base. 



Length, 4-5^ mm.; breadth, l|-2 mm. 



Madras : ^'ilgiri Hills {H. Z. ~And reives). 



Tiipe 5 iu the British Museum. 



This species is like a small M. curvicoruis, F., but in addition to 

 the characters given in the key, it differs in its more convex eyes, 

 more slender and more curved scape, and the much deeper basal 

 CDustriction of the prothorax. 



327. Myllocerus subfasciatus, Gtier. 



Mi/Uocerus .sKbfa.fciatus, Guerin,* Voy. Deless. ii, 1843, p. 54 ; 



Boheuian, Schcinh. Gen. Cure, vii, p't. 1, 1843, p. 10. 

 Myllocerus spurcatfts, Wallcer,* Ami. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) iii, 1859, 



p. ■2&3. 

 Myllocerus nuhilosus, Faust,* Deut. Eiit. Zeit. 1897, p. 358. 

 Myllocerus vmtahilis, Faust,* I.e. p. 359. 



Colour black, with rather harsh brown scaling ; the prothorax 

 usually paler at the sides and with a ])aler central line; the elvtra 

 more or less irrorated with grey or whitish scaling, usually forming 

 faint transverse bands, but sometimes these pale bands are much 

 more conspicuous. 



Head with a central fovea (usually concealed by the scaling), the 

 eyes lateral, narrower than the forehead, which is slightly broader 

 than the space between the scrobes. Itostrum a little longer than 

 the head, slightly dilated at the apex, rather deeply impressed 

 above and with a narrow^ smooth central line which ascends the 

 foi-ehead. Antennce stout, the scape with dense suberect setae; 

 the fuuicle with joint 2 longer than 1, 3 and 4 equal, 2 to 6 with 

 conspicuous white setaj. Prothorax transverse, the sides slightly 



