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longer in the $ , with fine punctate striae, which are rather deeper 

 at the apex, and with a faint callus at the apex ot" intervals -i and 

 5 ; tlie 2 onlv has the margin of the elytra lobate and fringed 

 with long hairs close to the apex. Legs dark ferruginous, with 

 thin grey or greenish scaling, the posterior tibiae of the J with 

 a few small tubercles internally. 



Anal segment of S with a shallow rounded apical impression, 

 that of 1^ with two basal carinsD and the apex compressed into a 

 point ; the third ventral segment of the 5 is deeply impressed 

 transversely and is withdrawn beneath the apex of the second. 



Length, S 13-13^, $ 14§ mm.; breadth, d" 41-5, 2 5^ mm. 



BuRM.v: PaungdT? {G. Q. Corhett—tjpe) ; Pegu {T. B. Fletcher 

 — Pusa Coll.). BinLBAY (Baden). Madeas ; Ouchterlonv Valley, 

 3500 ft., Nilgiri Hills (//. L. Andrewes). 



Type 5 in the Dresden Museum. 



38, Tanymecus pertusiventris, Fst. (fig. 24, o). 



Asemus pertusiveiitris, Faust,* Ami. Mus. Civ. Geuova, xxxiv, 1894,^ 

 p. 181 (1895). 



ColoLU' piceous, with uniform brownish-grey scaling above, the 

 underparts paler and with denser scaling. 



Egcs rather prominent, broad oval. Rostrum shallowly emar- 

 ginate at the apex and with a fine central carina ; the mandibles 

 not prominent. Antennce with the scape reaching the posterior 

 margin of the eye, the two basal joints of the funicle equal. 

 Prothorax slightly longer than broad, almost cylindrical, a little 

 narrower at the apex, where there is a shallow transverse dorsal 

 impression, with close confluent punctation and sometimes with a 

 faint trace of a central carina. Elytra strongly acuminate behind 

 and with a sharp apical mucro in both sexes, with shallow- dis- 

 tinctly punctate strife, which are scarcely deeper at the apex, 

 stria 9 with a deep fovea towards the base, intervals 4-6 with a 

 slight callus at the apex ; scaling thin, so that the sheen of the 

 elytra can be seen through it, the setae vex-y short and depressed. 

 Legs piceous, with fairly dense pale scaling, the hind tibiae 

 denticulate in the S only. 



Anal segment of $ with the usual two basal lines and com- 

 pressed into a point at the apex; the third ventral segment is also 

 transversely impressed in this sex and has a large and verv deep 

 fovea on each side ; further, the margin of the elytra is slightly 

 dilated near apex. 



Length, 8|-11 mm. ; breadth, 3]-4 mm. 



Bengal: Pusa (Lefroy). Assam: Brahmaputra H. (Doherty) ; 

 Lushai Hills ; Sylhet. Bcema : Prome (Corbett, Fea — type) : 

 Tbarrawaddy (G^. C''. C'or6e«). Siam. Cambodia (3Ioiihot)/ 



Type 2 ill the Grenoa Museum. 



