No. 3.] Description of three species of Indian Coleoptera,etc. m 



iii. — Description of three new species of Indian 



COLEOPTERA OF THE FAMILY CURCULIONID/E. 



By Mons. J. Desbrochers des Loges. 

 Plate No. VIII. 



1. Myllocerus maculosus, * n. sp. 



MylloCERUS maculosuS. Long. 8-9 mill. — Oblongus, viridi- 

 glauco-casruleo pallide squamosus, vix distincie setulosus, antennis 

 tibiis tarsisque piceis. Caput subplanum, fronte sulcata^ oculis 

 majoribus, oblongis, paulo prominulis. Rostrum breviter subqua- 

 ratUTHf sulcatum profunde triangulariter apice emarginatum^ 

 apice albo-setosum. Antennas longiores, scapo modice curvato 

 funiculi articulis 2-primis longitudine sub cequalibus, illo vix 

 breviore, 3-7 oblongis^ sublinearibus, clava fusijormi. Prothorax 

 b/eviSf basi valde constrictus, angulis posticis divaricatis, acutis 

 lateribus ad tertiam anticam partim impressis, basi bisinuatus 

 lobo medio reflexe, parce punctatus et albosetulosus. Elytra 

 thorace basi valde latiora, humeris rotundatim elevatiSy in $ paulo 

 in % mas^is postice ampliata^ minus dense punctato-striata, in- 

 terstitiis planis, nigro inordinatim parce macula ta. Pedes sat 

 elongatitfemoribus acute dentatiSy tarsorum articulis 2-primis valde 

 elongatiSy 3° dilatato-lobato. Subtus punctis nigris setigeris 

 sparsus. 



2. Myllocerus setulifer, * n. sp. 



Myllocerus setulifer. Long. 4-4 miW.— Oblongus, modice 

 elongatus, niger, viridi-luteo squamosus, antennis pedibusque testa- 

 ceis albo tenuissime setulosus. Caput convexum, oculis latioribus 

 sub-oblongiSy non prominentibus. Rostrum brevissimum, impressum 

 longitudinaliter sulcatum, apice denudatum triangulariter emargi- 

 natum. Antennae graciles, modice elongate, scapo valde arcuata^ 

 thoracis marginem anticam super ante, funiculi articulis 2-primis 

 valde elongatis illo longiore, sequentibus brevioribus ultimis latitudine 



1 Destructive to Egyptian cotton at the Government Experimental Farm, Cawnpore. 

 The specimens were furnished by the Director, Land Records, North-West Provinces and 

 Oudh, in September 1895. (See page 67 of Vol. IV., No 2 of Indian Museum Notes.) 



- Specimens of this minute weevil were received in the Indian Museum in April 1896 

 from J. S. Gamble, Esq., Director of the Imperial Forest School, Dehra Dun, as found 

 devouring rose-flowers in the Forest School Gardeif. — E. B. 



