102 CURCULIONIi)^. 



broad, very shallowly sinuate at the apex, plaue above and with a; 

 fine central carina. Antennc^ ferruginous, with the scape slender, 

 abruptly clavate, very strongly curved and far exceeding the pos- 

 terior margin of the eye, the t'unicle with joint 1 longer than 2. 

 ProtlioraM scarcely longer than broad, its sides rounded, broadest 

 before the middle, the apex not narrower than the base ; with 

 large, coarse, sometimes confluent punctures, which are more or 

 less visible through the scaling, and rarely with a slight central 

 carina. Elytra comparatively broad, parallel-sided to beyond the 

 middle, the apices separately rounded, finely punctato-striate, tlie 

 stride not deeper behind, the posterior callus obsolescent ; the 

 scaling dense, the setae minute and depressed. Lerjs with dense 

 grey scaling, the tibia? not denticulate internally. 



Anal segment of 5 about twice as broad as long, the apex 

 broadly rounded and scarcely raised, without impressed lines. 



Length, -^-^2 mm. ; breadth, 1^ mm. 



BengaFj: Chota Nagpur {Cardon — type); Calcutta (F. H. 

 Gravely — Ind. Mus.) ; Barakpur (Pusa Coll.). Madras: Coim- 

 batore ; Pondicherry (Maindron). 



Type in the Dresden Museum. 



The long scape and the coarsely punctured thorax Avill at once 

 distinguish this species from T. indicus and its allies. 



68. Tanymecus curviscapns, sp. nov. 



Colour black, with dense greyish-brown scaling, the sides of 

 the prothorax yellowish brown, the scutellum entirely whitish,, 

 the elytra often irregularly variegated with a few whitish 

 scales. 



Eyes large, oval, moderately prominent, as long as the rostrum 

 (excluding the mandibles). Bostrum scarcely as long as broad, 

 very shallowly excised at the apex, the dorsal surface plane and 

 with a distinct fine central carina, which encroaches on the fore- 

 head. Autennie dark piceous, the scape moderately stout, very 

 strongly curved, slightly compressed, gradually clavate, sparsely 

 punctate, and markedly exceeding the hind margin of the eye ; 

 the funicle with joint 1 evidently longer than 2, the remainder 

 short and subequal, not or only just as long as broad, 6 and 7 

 broader than the rest. Protliorax about as long as broad, the- 

 sides rounded, broadest before the middle, a sliallow constriction 

 near the apex, wliich is a little narrower than the base ; vtith 

 large shallow se])arated punctures and minute scattered punctures 

 on the interspaces, without any central carina, the sculpturing 

 entirely hidden by the scaling. Elytra comparatively broad, 

 parallel-sided to beyond the middle, the shoulders prominent and 

 almost rectangular, the apical area bluntly produced in the S , 

 the apices being separately rounded ; more acuminate in the $ , 

 terminating in short sharp apical processes, which may be 

 parallel or incurved ; with shallow strise containing large separ- 

 ated punctures, but when the scaling is intact the striae appear 



