346 CURCULI0XID3i. 



(type form) or more strougly rounded, deeply constricted and 

 transversely impressed near the base, more shallowly constricted 

 near the apex, with deep close punctation (visible througli the 

 scaling) and a shallow rounded lateral impression behind the 

 middle. Elytra comparatively broad, the shoulders roundly rec- 

 tangular, the striae broad and deeply punctate, with dense short 

 subdepressed and squamit'orm setfe. Leijs piceous, with dense 

 grey or brown scaling ; all the femora with two unequal teeth ; 

 the tibiae with an internal basal emargination followed by a slight 

 angular pi-qjection, these being less marked in the $ . 



Length, 'S^-o^ mm.; breadth, ^j^-'-i^ mm. 



Maukas : Anamalai Hills, 3500-4000 ft. (H. L. Andreives) ; 

 Ouchterlony Valley, Droog and Naduvatam, JN"ilgiri Hills, 8000- 

 6000 ft. {k. L. Andreives); Hulikal, Nilgiris, 6000 ft. {Capt. 

 A. K. W. Dovjninci) ; on potato leaves, Utakamand, 7000 ft. (Pusa 

 Coll.) ; Coonoor,' 6000 ft. {Gai^t. Sewdl—lmX. Mas.) ; Mahe. 

 Malabar {Maindron) ; Pondii-herry (Perrotet). Bombay: X. 

 Kanara (T. It D. Bell) ; Belgaum (H. E. Andrewes, K. B. 

 Kinnear). Central Provinces: Chikalda, 3660 ft., Jierars 

 {^Kin7ie(ir). 



Tiji^e in the Stockholm Museum. 



M. subfasciatus var. mutabilis, Fst. 



This varietal name may be applied to those examples in which 

 the white markings are specially well develo])ed and form conspi- 

 cuous transverse bands. 



Bombay: Cxhozeli and Belgaum ( H. E. Andreives) \ Baguwadi, 

 Belgaum (//^. V. Kemhall) ; N. Kanara {Bell). IMadras: Nilgiri 

 Hills (B. L. Andreives): Burma: Taung-ngu (Corbctt). 



Tijpe in the Dresden Museum. 



M. subfasciatus var. spurcatus, Wallcer. 



This variety is distinguished by its more strongly rounded pro- 

 thorax and the slightly greater dilatation of the rostrum ; the 

 paler scaling is never conspicuous as in mutabilis. 



All the Ceylon examples 1 have seen belong to this form ; but 

 it occurt; also on the mainland, where it merges so gradually into 

 the typical form that I cannot regard it as specifically distinct. 

 Faust's M. nubilosus is synonymous with this. 



Bombay: Sam pgaon and Belgaum (//. E. Andrewes). Madras: 

 Anamalai Hills (//. L. Andreives). Ceylon : Dikoya, Bogawan- 

 talawa and Balangoda (&'. Lewis); Anuraelhapura, Haputala and 

 Nalanda {.Dr. IT. Horn). 



Ti/pe in the British Museum. 



32S. Myllocerus andrewesi, sp. nov. 



Colour black, with bright fawn-coloured scaling and with the 



