'92 CUKCULlOXIDv'E. 



Eyes oval, convex, but much less prominent than usual. 

 Rostrum very shallowlj eraarginate at apex, the ceutral carina 

 much reduced ; mandibles moderately prominent, the left one 

 with a curved dorsal impression. Antennce with the scape 

 reaching or exceeding the posterior margin of the eye, the two 

 basal joints of the funicle subequal. Prothorax as in T. circum- 

 datus, but Mith tine confluent punctation and witli a more or less 

 distinct abbreviated central carina. Elytra gradually acuminate 

 behind, similar in the two sexes, agreeing in other respects with 

 those of T. circiimdatus, except that there is only one very faint 

 impression in the basal half of the ninth stria ; scaling moderately 

 dense, but often thinner close to the lateral white stripe, the 

 setae short and depressed. Legs black, with dense pale scaling, 

 the tibiae finely deuticulate internally in the d only. 



Anal segment of $ as in T. circumdatus. 



Length, 12-15| mm. ; breadth, -ik-dk mm. 



Cambodia, Burma. Bengal. Pun.tab : Garshanker. Bom- 

 bay : Polybetta (Pusa Coll.). Arabia. Egypt. Abyssinia. 

 Senegal. 



Type in the Stockholm Museum ; also that of 2\ conjinis. 



53. Tanymecus propinqims, Est. (fig. 24, /). 



Asemus propinqims, Faust, Deut. Ent. Zeit. ]897, p. 350. 



Colour piceous, with thin greyish or sandy sealing above, the 

 prothorax and elytra with a lateral stripe of dense pinkish or 

 grey scahng, the underparts rather paler and densely squamose. 



Eyes moderately prominent, broadly ovate. Eostrmn with a 

 small triangular emargination at the apex and M'ith a distinct 

 central carina ; mandibles not verv prominent, the left one with 

 a transverse dorsal impression. Antennce with the scape reaching 

 the posterior margin of the eye ; the two basal joints of the 

 funicle equal. Protliorax about as long as broad, its sides sub- 

 parallel from the base to beyond the middle, then distinctly 

 narrowed to tlie apex, with very shallow confluent punctation 

 and no central carina. Elytra acuminate behind and with a short 

 apical mucro in both sexes, with shallow distinctly punctate striae, 

 which are not deeper at the apex, stria 9 with a faint subbasal 

 impression, the posterior callus absent; scaling very thin dor- 

 sally, the settu dense and depressed. Legs piceous, with dense 

 sandy scaling, all the tibiae denticulate internally in the S only. 



Anal segment of $ with two basal striae, and slightly com- 

 pressed into a blunt point at the apex. 



Length, 13|-16 mm. ; breadth, 5^-6 mm. 



Burma: Paungde (type) and Tharrawaddy (G^. Q. Corhett); 

 Kangoon ; Minbu {T. B. Eletcher—'Pasa Coll.). 



Types, S in tiie Dresden Museum, $ in Coll. H. E. 

 Andrewes. 



