TAISTMECUS. O/ 



posterior margin of the eye, the fimicle with joint 'J loii^'er than 

 1 in the 2 , but onl}' sHghtly so in the J • Pmtliorax about as 

 long as broad, its sides sh'ghtly rounded, evidently narrower at 

 the apex than at the base, with shallow confluent punctation and 

 a smooth central line. Eliitra gradually acuminate from tlie 

 shoulders in the 6 , more rounded in the 5 , with the shoulders 

 moi'e sloping than usual, the apex with a short mucro ; punctato- 

 striate, the punctation much fainter towards the apex, stria 9 

 not impressed, the posterior callus scarcely noticeable; the scaling 

 not sufficiently dense dorsally to hide the sheen of the elytra, the 

 setiB very short and depressed. Legs black, with fairly dense 

 scaling, all the tibias slightly denticulate iu both sexes. 



Anal segtiient of $ witii the two basal striae, and strongly 

 compressed into a short cainna at the apex. 



Length, 6 8|-11|, $ 10^-12| mm.; breadth, 6 3i-4|, ? 

 4-5i mm. 



Burma: Bhamo, Teinzo and Shwegu (L. Feci — types). Assam: 

 Dilkusha (LigJis); Silonibari, N. Lakhimpur (//. Stevens). 

 Bengal: Purneah (C. Paiva — Ind. Mus.) ; Sara Ghat (E. Bru- 

 netti — Ind, Mus,). Centkal Pboyixces : Nagpur (E. M. Lefroy 

 — Pusa Coll). 



Types (S 5 in the Genoa Museum, 



47. Tanymecus piger, sp. nov. (fig, 24, r). 



Colour black, with sparse grey scaling having a slight coppery 

 reflexion, the prothorax with three darker denuded stripes, the 

 elytra with the sealing denser laterally. 



Eijes prominent and nearly circular. liosfnim angularly excised 

 at the apex and with a sharp central carina ; the mandibles 

 prominent, the left one rounded and without any dorsal im- 

 pression, Antennce with tlie scape slightly exceeding the posterior 

 margin of the eye, the funicle with joiut 2 scarcely longer than 1. 

 Prothorax as long as broad, its sides slightly rounded, scarcely 

 broader at the middle than at the base, the apex much narrower, 

 with close confluent ];unctation and a very short smooth central 

 line. Uh/tra broad, acuminate behind, the shoulders very sloping, 

 the apices divergent, each with a blunt mucro covered with short 

 setae, finely punctato-striate, the juxta-sutural striee much 

 broader and deeper at the apex, stria 9 not impressed ; the setae 

 very short and depressed. Legs black, with sparse grey scaling, 

 all the tibiae denticulate internally. 



5 unknown. 



Length, 13| mm. ; breadth, 5| mm. 



BenGtAL : Chapva (JLachenzte — type); Pusa. 



Type S iu the British Museum. 



48. Tanymecus deceptor, sp. nov. (fig. 24, Ic). 

 Colour black, with rather thin uniform grey scaling. 



