TANYMECUS. !)J 



Anal segment of $ with two basal stria?, and compressed into 

 a point at the apex. 



Length, 6 11-16^, $ 11-15 mm.; breadth, S -is-Og, $ 

 4|-5| mill. 



BuitiiA: Pegu Yomas, Thayetmyo dist. {C. J. Rogers — Ind. 

 Mas.). Assam: Dilkusha(/n^h's); H&L^nv (Desenne — PusaColl.); 

 Gauhati {S. W. Kemp — Ind. Mas.) ; Seajuli and Silonibari, 

 IS". Lakhimpur {H. Stevens); Ivhasi Hills. Bengal: Piirneah 

 (f. Faiva — Ind. Mus.); Dacca and Maldah (^lud. Mas.); Murshi- 

 dabad {E. T. Atkinson); iSahibganj (Atkinson, J. Wood- Mason). 

 ]\epal. Punjab : Lahore (//. M. Lefroy — Pusa Coll.). 



Type, in the Copenhagen University Museum ; Gryllenhal's and 

 Chevrolat's types in the Stockhohn Museum. 



Owing apparently to a mistake on the part of Westermanu,. 

 Schouherr concluded that his T. cdbomargiaatns was identical 

 with T. circamdatm, Wied., and this has been followed by sub- 

 sequent authors. An examination of Wiedemann's type, which 

 agrees well with his description, shows this to be an error. The 

 species is variable both in size and colour, but the following 

 variety alone seems to be worthy of recognition. 



T. circumdatiis var. rusticus, Gyl. 



This form is on the average a good deal smaller and the elytra 

 lack the alternate darker and paler stripes, the scaling being 

 denser on the intervals 1-3 and thinner on 4-6. 



United Provinces: Dehra Dun (G^. i^o^ers) Bengal: Chota 

 Nagpur (C'ardon). 



Type in the Stockholm Museum. 



T. leucocephcdus, Chev., and T. suhanreus, Desb , are both 

 synonyms of this variation. 



The name 2\ falsvs was given by Chevrolat to this species 

 because he thought that T. rusticus, Gyl., was the same as Hypomeces 

 rusticus, r. His typical specimen has more or less green scaling 

 on the upper surface, and this form appears to be prevalent in 

 the Punjab. 



52. Tanymecus albomarginatns, Gyl. 



Tanyinecus (dboinarginatiis, Gj'llenlial,* ScliiJnli. Gen. Cure, ii, 1834, 

 p. 81 ; Maklin, Act. Soc. Fenn. vii, 1863, p. 131. 



Tanymecus confinis, GyHeiihal,* op. cit. p. 83 (n. syn.). 



Tanymecus circumdatiis, 8clionherr (nee Wied.), Gen. Cure, vi, pt. 1, 

 1840, p. 234; Labram & Imhotf, Gen. Cure. Icon, ii, 1845, 

 no. 45. 



Colour grey or fawn, elytra with a broad \\hitish lateral stripe 

 which does not reach the extreme margin, prothorax with a 

 broad denuded lateral stripe. 



