94 OURCULIONID.^i;. 



two basal joints equal. Prothonix as lonji; as or a little longer 

 than broad, its sides gently rounded, broadest before the middle, 

 the apex scarcely narrower than the base, with fine and extremely 

 shallow punctation above, without an}^ central carina, but with 

 a shallow transverse impression just behind the apex. Elytra 

 ■narrowly elongate, acuminate behind, the apices sharpl}^ mucro- 

 nate in both sexes, very finely punctato-striate, the strioe rather 

 deeper behind, stria 9 not impressed, the posterior callus slightly 

 developed ; the scaling fairly dense ; the setae not very short, 

 siibdepressed, but easily visible from the side. Legs long and 

 slender, light ferruginous, with pale scaling, all the tibiae finely 

 denticulate in both sexes, the intermediate tibiae of the 2 only 

 with a long sickle-shaped hook at the apex, the hind tarsi with 

 joint 2 longer than 3. 



Anal segment of § obtusely pointed and with a shallow im- 

 pression just before the apex. 



Length, 7^-9^ mm. ; breadth, 2^-3 mm. 



Types (S $ in the British Museum. 



The long apical spur on the intermediate tibiae of the 2 is, 

 so far as I am aware, a unique character in the genus. 



Assam: Jorhat (Pusa Coll.) ; Gauhati (Pusa Coll.) ; Nongpoh, 

 Khasi Hills (Z>. A' o^orqy'i— Pusa Coll.). Bengal: Pusa {H. M. 

 Lefroy); Mokamah Ghat; Sara Ghat {11. Hodgart — Ind. Mus.) ; 

 Dacca (type). Sikkim : Muugphu {E. T. Atkinson). United 

 Fkovinces : Allahabad. 



56. Tanymecus longulus, Fhs. 



Tanymecus longulus, Fahrjeus,* Schonh. Geu. Cure, vi, pt. 1, IS-tO, 

 p. LM4. 



Colour black, with dense sandy grey scaling above, the under- 

 parts, as well as a broad lateral stripe on the elytra reaching 

 the external margin, paler or sometimes with a distinct greenish 

 tinge. 



Eiges short oval, moderately prominent. Rostrum very shallowly 

 sinuate at the apex and with a 'ane central carina ; the mandibles 

 rather prominent, the left one with a curved impressed dorsal 

 line. Antennce with the scape reaching about the middle of the 

 eye, the two basal joints of the fuuicle equal. Protliorax as long- 

 as broad, its sides subparallel from the base to beyond the middle, 

 then narrowed to the apex, finely coriaceous and with a faint 

 trace of a central carina. Elytra narrowly elongate, acuminate 

 behind in tlie S , more parallel-sided in the $ , the shoulders 

 very narroA^- and sloping, apices witli a short sharp mucro ; the 

 striae fine and rather deeper at the apex, the punctation not 

 visible through the scaling; stria 9 not impressed, the posterior 

 callus a])sent; scaling very dense, the setae short and depressed. 

 Leqs densely squamose, all the tibiae obscurely denticulate 

 in both sexes, the second joint of the hind tarsi longer tlian the 

 third. 



