TANTMECUS. 



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a 5 . It is extremely close to T. indims, Fst., from which it differs 

 only in the followiug points :— The prothorax has a broad shallow 

 constriction near the ajiex and its central carina is complete and 

 rather more pronounced ; the elytra are rather broader, being 

 parallel-sided from the shoulders to beyond the middle ; the anal 

 segment has no median impression. 



Whether these differences are really specific or merely indi- 

 vidiial cannot be decided without more material and an examination 

 of the (5 genitalia. 



Length, G mm. ; breadth, 2| mm. 



BuiiMA : Bhamo {Fea). 



Tyi^e $ in the Genoa Museum. 



€6. Tanymecus tetricus, Fst. 



TaiiymecAis tetricus, Faust,* Deut. Ent. Zeit. 1897, p. 349. 



This is another very close ally of T. indicus, Fst., from which it 

 differs only in the following points : — The eyes are slightly more 

 prominent and less elongate, being evidently shorter that the 

 rostrum ; the forehead is more flattened ; the scrobe is narrower, 

 more angulate and not clothed with scaling ; the scales are broader 

 and coarser, and the setae are therefore more evident, especially 

 on the under surface ; the anal segment of the $ has no median 

 impression ; the (S organ is sharply pointed at the apex, whereas 

 it is broadly rounded in indicus. 



Length, 5|-64 mm. ; breadth, 2-2| mm. 



Bukma: TharrawaddyandTaung-ngu(G. Q. Corheii); Eangoon 

 (L. Fea). Assam : Mangaldai dist. (S. W. A'emp— Ind. Mus.). 

 Bengal: Sahibganj {J. W ood- Mason— 1-a^. Mus.); Madhupur 

 (C. A. Faiva—lnL Mus.); Barwa, Chota Nagpur (Cardon) ; 

 Balighai, near Puri, Orissa (F. H. Gravely). Ckntkal Provinces : 

 Nagpur {E. d'Abreu). Bombay : Igatpuri, ^V. G-hats (Ind. Mus.) ; 

 Belgaum (H. E. Andre%ves—ty]-ie) ; N. Kanara {T. 11. D. Bell). 

 Madras : Coimbatore (Pusa Coll.) ; Bellary {De Morgan). 



Types S 2 in the British Museum. 



The examples from Chota Nagpur are broader and more robust 

 than those from the other localities, but there is no difference in 

 the S genitalia. 



67. Tanymecus parvus, Deshr. 



Tanymecus parvus, Desbrochers des Loges,* C. 11. Ent. Belg. xxxv, 

 1891, p. ccclv. 



Colour black, ^^-ith variegated grey and brown scaling, some- 

 times with a coppery reflexion ; a faint paler central line on the 

 head and prothorax, the latter also with a broader lateral stripe 

 of grey or pale brown ; a few pale metallic scales at the apex 

 of the rostrum. 



Eyes short oval, rather prominent. Rostrum scarcely as long as 



