88 



CUBCULIONID.I. 



Eyes not very promiiieut, broadly oval. Rostrum with a small 

 emarginution at apex, with a dorsal medial impression and a 

 faint central carina ; mandibles rather prominent, the left one 

 with a deep longitudinal impression. Antennce with the scape 

 exceeding the posterior margin of the eye, the two basal joints 

 of the funicle equal. Frothorax as long as broad, its sides rounded, 

 broadest before middle, the apex scarcely narrower than the base ; 

 the upper surface rather coarsely and confluently punctate and 



Fig. 29. — Tanymecus dcccptor. Msbl. 



without any central carina. Elytra roundly narrowed behind, 

 with a short apical nnicro bearing a small tutt of pale hairs, very 

 shallowly punctato-striate, so that the punctures are imperceptible 

 through the scaling and the striae are only faintly visible, stria 9 

 with a very shallow impression to\\ards the base, the posterior 

 callus absent ; scaling nearly thick enougli to conceal tlie gloss 

 of the elytra, the setae short and depressed. Legs black, with 

 thin pale scaling, all the tibiae finely dentictilate internally in 



the d. 



2 unknown. 



Length, l'2h mm.; breadth, 5 mm. 



Assam : Deju, N. Lakhimpur (i/. Stevens) ; Dibrugarh, Lakh- 

 impur {Ilrs. Evans— ty\^e). 



Type (S in the British Museum. 



49. Tanymecus lefroyi, sp. nov. 



Colour black, with fairly dense uniform dark brown scaling, 

 the elytra with a well defined lateral white stripe which does 

 not reach the margin ; underparts with brownish -grey scaling. 



Eyes prominent, nearly circular. liostrum shallowly emar- 

 ginate at the apex and wdth a short central carina ; mandibles 

 prominent, the left one with a curved dorsal impression. Antemice 

 with the scape exceeding the posterior margin of the eye, the two 



