Species of Indian Ciirculionid;i-. 185 



without any central carina, but with the lateral carinas 

 elevated far above the upper margin of the eyes and forming 

 an angular prominence above the insertion of the antennas. 

 Antennas stout, the scape reaching the middle of the pro- 

 thorax, with conspicuous curved setas and brown and green 

 scaling, the funicle with the basal joints elongate, 2 longer 

 than 1, 3 slightly longer than 4, 2 to 6 with whitish scaling. 

 Prothurax subcylindrical, the sides almost straight, the apex 

 scarcely narrower than the base, the basal margin deeply 

 bisinuate, the apical margin roundly prominent ; when the 

 scaling is intact the upper surface is closely covered with 

 small punctures, each containing a short scale-like seta, and 

 there is a shallow transverse impression behind the middle. 

 Elytra comparatively broad, with the shoulders rather promi- 

 nent, the sides slightly sinuate behind the shoulders and 

 rounded posteriorly, being broadest behind the middle, the 

 apices broadly truncate, the longitudinal curvature very 

 convex, the striae deep and distinctly punctate, the intervals 

 convex and closely set with short, suberecr, broad, scale-like 

 setae. Legs red-brown, with green and grey scaling, all the 

 femora with a small tooth, the tibiae simple. 



Long. 5^-6^, hit. 2§— 3 mm. 



Assam : Sylhet, Cachar ; Burma : Tharrawaddy (E. P. 

 Stebbiny). 



In specimens which appear to be females of this species 

 the rostral plate is rather narrower and its sides are distinctly 

 sinuate and not strongly carinate. The presence of this 

 rostral plate will distinguish this Myllocerus from every other 

 described species. 



Myllocerus catechu, sp. n. 



Niger, squamulis viridibus metallicis dense vestitus, prothorace ad 

 latera utrinque fusco-vittato ; oculis lateralibus convexis, quam 

 froute multo angustioribus ; rostro breviore quam ad basin latiore, 

 apice leviter rectangulariter exciso, carina media in frontem 

 continuata ; antennis ferrugineis, funiculi articulo primo quam 

 secundo evidenter longiore et crassiore ; prothorace subquadrato, 

 lateribus parum rotundatis, basi subtruncato nee apice latiore ; 

 elytris setis minimis depressis indutis ; femoribus unidentatis. 



Colour black, with uniform pale metallic-green scaling, 

 the prothorax with a lateral fuscous stripe on each side. 



Head almost plane, the eyes lateral and rather prominent, 

 the forehead much broader than the space between the scrobes. 

 Rostrum a little longer than the head, shorter than its basal 

 width, the sides narrowed from the base to beyond the middle 



Ann. ((; Mag. X. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. xii. 13 



