350 CURCULIONIU^E. 



clisappeared and the colour is an almost uniform dull greyish- 

 brown, so that it much resembles darker specimens of M. dentifer^ 

 F. On the head and prothorax there still remain traces of tlie 

 typical fawn-colour, but the pale central stripe on the latter part 

 is reduced to a mere trace. 



Mr. E. P. Stebbing states that this form causes serious damage 

 to leaves on the tree Dalbtr(jia sissoo. 



United Provinces : Mundali, Jaunsar (E. P. Stehbing). 



Tifpe in the British Museuuj. 



M. discolor var. canescens, nov. 



This Ceylonese form is characterised by the great development 

 of greyish-\^•hite scaling, so that the elytra are entirely of this 

 colour, except for a faint narrow stripe of pale fawn running 

 from the shoulder to near the apex ; the liead and a broad stripe 

 on each side of the prothoi'ax are also fawn-colour. 



Cei'lon: Halu|)ahani (type); Batticaloa (C. F. Baher). 



Type in the British Museum. 



The larva of the typical form of M. discolor is stated by Mr. 

 Lefroy to feed on the roots of the sugar-cane, being a serious 

 pest in some districts ; while the beetle itself has been observed 

 to feed on the young leaves of the mango, on loquat, guava, teak, 

 Dalhergia sissoo, D.'pauicnlata, Zizi/pJins jitjuba, Eriobotrys japoniw , 

 jicacia intsia, cotton and lucerne. 



331. Myllocerus undatus, sp. nov. 



Colour black, with white or pale grey scaling ; the prothorax 

 with three darker subdenuded stripes, the outer ones being inter- 

 rupted ; the elytra with more or less distinct large dark bro\\ n 

 blotches, which generally form three irregular oblique bands. 



Very closely allied to M. 11 -pustulatus, Fst., and only to be 

 distinguished with certainty from some variations of that species 

 by its narrow forehead, which is not broader than the length of 

 the eye. 



Length, o-6| mm. ; breadth, 2|-3 mm. 



Ceylon: Weligama {Dr. W. Horn); Kandy {G. E. Bryant, 

 E. E. Green), 



Type in the British Museum. 



3311. Myllocerus 11-pustulatus, Est. 



Myllocerus 11-pusiulatus, Faust,* Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1891, p. 266. 

 M. ll-pusf,ulatns var. pistor, Faust,* Deut. Ent. Zeit. 1897, p. 361. 

 Myllocerus tnannoratus, Faust,* Deut. Eut. Zeit. 1897, p. oCO 

 (n. syn.). 



