MYLLOCERUS. 351 



Mi/Uocenis maculosus, Desbrochers des Loges,* lud. Mus. Notes, 

 iv, 1899, p. Ill (ii. svn.) ; Stebbino-, Indian Forest Insects, 1914, 

 p. 402. ' ' 



Colour (type form) black, with pale grey scaling, the head 

 sometimes tiDged with fulvous ; each elytron with the following 

 rounded black spots : one on the shoulder, one each on intervals 

 4 and 9 just before the middle, one on 8 just behind the middle, 

 one still further back on interval 3, and one at the apex of 5 ; 

 these spots very variable in size and one or more frequently absent. 



So far as structural characters are concerned the description of 

 M. dentifer, F., applies entirely to this species, except that the 

 rostrum is in this case parallel-sided, or even a little dilated at 

 the apex ; the antennae are more slender, the second joint of the 

 funicle being evidently louger than the first ; aud the elytra are 

 proportionately more elongate. 



Length, 3|-6 mm. ; breadth, Ij-Sj mm. 



Bengal: Chota Nagpur (Cardon); 3Ionghyr (.7. T. Jenlchis — 

 Ind. Mus.). Bombay : Ghozeh and Bagewadi, Belgaum (//. E. 

 Andrewes); N. Kanara (T. E. D. Bell) ■ Bassein Fort (Pusa Coll.); 

 on maize, Surat (Pusa Coll.) ; on millet. Poena. 



Tijpe in the Dresden Museum. 



JVC. ll-pustulatus var. pistor, Fst. 



Characterised by the complete absence of the black spots, the 

 colour being uniform pale grey. 



This variation occurs in company with the type form, but I 

 have also seen a single specimen from the Nilgiri Hills {H. L. 

 Andrewes). 



Ti/jje in the Dresden Museum. 



M. ll-pustulatus var. maculosus, Desbr. 



The typical specimens are of a pale green colour, v.dth irregular 

 and very variable dark brown patches on the elytra. The green 

 ground-colour appears to be specially characteristic of the more 

 northern examples, those from Bengal and the south being grey. 



In spite of the marked difference in colouring, I have faded to 

 find any reliable structural characters by which this form can be 

 separated from 31. ll-imstidatus, Fst. Moreover, in the very long 

 series of the latter which I have seen in the collections of 

 M. Bovie and the Brussels Museum from Chota ]N'agpur, there 

 are a iew specimens which show a slight intermediate tendency 

 in the direction of M. maculosus. 



PuKJAB : Hatizabad ; Lyallpur ; Chiniot and Lahore (//. M. 

 Lefroy — Pusa Coll.); Sutlej Valley, Kulu aud Bashahr States, 

 2300-3500 ft. {E. P. Stebbing). Unitkd Peovinces : Allaliabad 

 {A. D. Imms) ; Cawnpore (Pusa Col!.). Bengal : Katihar, Purneah 

 dist. {C. A. Paiva — Ind. Mus.); Pusa {ff. M. Lefrotj); Chapra 

 (J/«c/t(?uz("e— Pusa Coll.); Dacca and Mazaffarpur (Pusa Coll.); 



