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beneath ; but apart from its more convex and pointed elytra, 

 that sex difiers from tlie species of Phacej^horus in the much 

 nai'rower intercoxal process of the first ventral segment, the 

 absence of the trochanter bristles, and the impressed epistome. 



59. Tanymecus princeps, Fst. (fig-. 24, I). 



Esamus princeps, Faust,* Stett. Ent. Zeit. 189], p. 263. 



Colour black, with uniform bright metallic green scaling above 

 and below. 



Eyes oval, moderately prominent. Rostrum slialloA^ly sinuate 

 at the apex and without any central carina ; the mandibles not 

 very prominent. Antenna} with the scape slightly exceeding the 

 posterior margin of the eye, joint 1 of the funicle longer than 2. 

 Prothorax longer than broad, its sides rounded, broadest before 

 middle, the apex scarcely narrower than the base, finely coriaceous 

 and without any central carina. Elytra elongate, gradually 

 narrowed behind from the shoulders, each witli a short divergent 

 mucro at apex, witii shallow distinctly punctate striae which are 

 not deeper apically, stria 9 not impressed, the posterior callus 

 present ; the scaling dense, the setae very short and depressed, 

 hardly distinguishable. Legs slender, with dense green scaling, 

 the tibiae not denticulate in either sex, the tarsi elongate, the 

 second joint being distinctly longer than the third. 



Anal segment of $ rounded at the apex and without any basal 

 impressions. 



Length, 6|-7 mm. ; breadth, 2| mm. 



Beis^gal : Palamow (Pusa Coll.). Central Provinces : Ho- 

 shangabad (T. B. Fletcher— Vusa Coll.); Nagpur, 1000 It. (^. A. 

 (VAhreu, Hciuser — type). Bombay ; ^urat, on cotton leaxes ; 

 Belgaum {H. E. Andrewes) ; Sampgaon, Belgaum {R. P. Barroiv); 

 N. Ivanara (T. R. D. Bell). 



Type S in the Dresden Museum. 



Mr. H. E. Andrewes writes that he found this insect to be 

 fairly common round Belgaum during the rains ; it was generally 

 observed on the beans or other plants bordering the rice-fields. 



60. Tanymecus iracundus, Fst. (fig. 24, s). 



Esamvs iracundus, Faust,* Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1891, p. 264 



Tliis species is extremely close to T. princeps, Fst,, and it is 

 doubtful whether it can be regarded as more than a slight local 

 variation. The distinctive characters assigned to it by Faust are 

 as follows : — " Shoi'ter, beneath more densely and above more 

 sparsely clothed with opctque green scales; forehead and rostrum 

 broader, the latter very short; antennae red-brown; ])rotliorax 

 half as long again as its width ; elytra shorter, the punctures in 

 the striae equal throughout." 



Besides the type I have seen only a single 6 , named by Faust 

 himself, in the British Museum, and the structural distinctions 



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