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54. Tanymecus innocims, Fst. 



Asetnus imiocuus, Faust,* Deut. Eut. Zeit. 1897, p. 350. 



I have seen one <5 and two $ 5 of the specimens described 

 hy Faust, 0£ the latter, one example (in the British Museum) 

 appears to be quite inseparable from T. prophiquus, Fst., while 

 the other two specimens are only to be distinguished from it bv 

 the foHowing characters : — (1) the prothorax is slightly longer 

 than broad, (2) the tibiae of the c5' are not denticulate internally, 

 (3) the anal segment of the $ has an elongate fovea at the apex, 

 and (4) the smaller size. I have been unable to dissect out the 

 S genitalia ; if they prove to be identical with those of T. pro- 

 pinqmis, I should regard these insects as aberrant specimens of 

 that species. 



Length, 12-12^ mm. ; breadth, 4|-4| mm. 



Burma: Paungde (G'. Q. Corhctt— type) ; Minhu (T. Bainhriqge 

 FletcJier—Pus^ Coll.). 



Typea S $ in the Dresden Museum. 



55. Tanymecus versicolor, sp. nov. (fig. 24, u). 



Colour extremely variable ; either uniform pale fawn, with or 

 without a coppery reflexion ; or pale fawn, with a broad jmler 

 lateral stripe of grey, green or j^aler fawn ; or grey with a green 

 lateral stripe; or uniform ])ale green. The type specimens are 

 fawn with a green lateral stripe. 



Fig. 31. — Taiujmecua vertylcolor, Mshl. 



Eyes almost circular, very prominent. Rostrum scarcelv a.s^ 

 long as broad, slightly narrowed in front, the apex very shallowlv 

 emarginate, with a central impressed line above, without anV 

 carina ; the left mandible with a deep transverse impressed line 

 and with a sharp apical tooth. Antennce with the scape not 

 reaching the posterior margin of the eye, the funicle with the 



