100 CURCULIOXID.'E. 



the posterior callus present but not pronounced ; scaling fairly 

 dense, the scales narro\\", the setae very short and scarcely dis- 

 cernible among the scales. Leys black, with fairly dense scaling, 

 the tibiae not denticulate internally. 



Anal segment of 5 uearl}^ twice as broad as long, \\\{\\ a median 

 longitudinal impression and rounded at the apex. 



Length, 4^-7^ mm.; breadth, 1|-2| mm. 



AssAiM : Mazbat, Mangaldai dist. {S. W. Kemp — Ind. Mus.). 

 BE]s^aAL : Calcutta {F. H. Gravely — Ind. Mus.) ; Sahibganj ( ^Yo()d- 

 Mason)-, Purneah, Asansol and Madhupur (C A. Paiva — Ind. 

 Mus.) ; Goalbathan (li. Hodgart) ; Dinapur, Bihar {Gaunter) ; 

 Sarda {F. W. Champion) ; Xaravanganj, Dacca (Pusa Coll.) ; 

 Bankipnr {T. B. Fletcher— Vns^' CoW.) ; Pusa, Bihar {H. M. 

 Lefroy)\ Chapra (Zg/roy). United Peovixces : Zamaniah, Ghazi- 

 pur {J. Coclchurn — Ind. Mus.) ; Allahabad (aS'. W. Kemp) ; Par- 

 tabgarh. Punjab : Tahsil Chikwal, Jliilam dist. 



Types J $ in the Dresden Museum. 



This insect has proved a serious agricultural pest in certain 

 districts. The damage hitherto recorded has been done by the 

 adult weevils, which live on the ground, hiding among the loose 

 clods in the fields and nibbling off the young germinating plants 

 during the first four or five days of their growth in the spring. 

 The crops that are more particularly attacked are wheat, peas and 

 gram, and less frequently barley. In some cases crops have had 

 to be planted three times over on account of the attacks of these 

 weevils. It is stated that they are attracted by the smell of 

 haitha and hel fruits, which are sometimes used by cultivators 

 for trapping them (Ind. Mus. Notes, iii, 1893, p. 12 ; iv, 1899, 

 pp. 123 and 188). 



64. Tanymecus seclusus, Fst. 



TamjmecKs sechmis, Faust,* Aun. Mus. Civ. Genova, xxxiv, 1894, 

 p. 178 (1895). 



Very similar to T. indicus, Pst., and differing only in the 

 following characters : — The rostrum is much shorter and broader, 

 being broader than long; the forehead is broader and more 

 convex, the narrowest space between the eyes being as broad as 

 the base of the rostrum, whereas in T. indicus the latter part is 

 slightly broader ; the scape of the antennae is leather more slender 

 and more abruptly clavate ; the prothorax is broadest before the 

 middle and more strongly narrowed behind, so that the apex is 

 not narrower than the base. 



Length, 4|-5| mm. : breadth, l|-2i mm. 



Burma: Bhamo(-Fert); Kawkarit, Tenasserim (i^m) ; Paunirde 

 {G. Q. Corhett). 



Types d 2 in the Genoa Museum. 



65. Tanymecus versutus, Fst. 



Tatii/mecus verstitus,Ffinst* Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xxxiv, 1894, 

 p." 177 (1895). 

 I have seen only the type specimen of this species, which is 



