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green, etc. From pollux, to which it is very close it differs 

 in having the head wider and prothorax wider at apex. The 

 elytral setae are farly dense towards and on the suture, and 

 posteriorly, where they are in more than a single row on each 

 interstice; but they are not distinctly elevated above the 

 surrounding scales. The pale colour of the derm is probably 

 not constant. 



Myllocerus fugitivus, n. sp. 



Reddish-brown, appendages somewhat paler. Densely 

 clothed with greyish-white, or greyish-green, or coppery- 

 green, or green scales. Elytral setae fairly distinct but rest- 

 ing on scales. 



Head gently convex. Eyes fairly prominent. Rostrum 

 distinctly longer than wide, wider near apex than elsewhere, 

 median and sublateral carinae normally concealed. Antennae 

 rather long; first joint of funicle decidedly longer than second. 

 Prothorax slightly longer than the apical width, apex straight, 

 sides scarcely rounded but distinctly increasing in width to 

 base; punctures normally concealed. Elytra slightly wider 

 than prothorax; with regular rows of moderate punctures, 

 normally scarcely appearing to interrupt fine striae. Femora 

 finely dentate. Length, 5-5| mm. 



Hab. — Northern Territory: Tennant Creek (J. F. 

 Field). Type, I. 2544. 



Probably on living specimens the scales are all more or 

 less green, but on several of the specimens in the Museum 

 there is not the least trace of green. 



Myllocerus subrostralis, n. sp. 



Reddish-brown, appendages paler. Densely clothed with 

 pale-green scales. Upper-surface with numerous distinct, 

 subdepressed pale setae. 



Head gently convex, with a small inter-ocular fovea. 

 Eyes rather large, not prominent. Rostrum longer than 

 wide, somewhat inflated about apex, median and sublateral 

 carinae traceable through clothing. Antennae rather long; 

 first joint of funicle distinctly longer than second. Prothorax 

 and elytra as described in preceding species, except that the 

 sides of the prothorax are gently rounded, and that the elytra 

 are somewhat wider. Femora finely but acutely dentate. 

 Lengtk, 6|-7 mm. 



Hab. — North-western Australia (Blackburn's collection). 

 Type, I. 2545. 



In general appearance close to aurifex, but differs in the 

 rostrum, dense elytral setae, and scape not grooved on under- 

 surface. In build it is close to cinerascens, but the clothing 



