TA.KYMECUS. 103 



very fine and scarcely deeper behind, the punctures being indi 

 cated by mei'e points, the intervals plane and coriaceous, witli 

 irregular short recumbent yellowish setse ; an impression below 

 the posterior callus. Legs with dense grey scaling and a fringe 

 of rather long grey hairs on the coxse and beneatii the femora, the 

 tibiae not denticulate internally. 



Anal segment of § about t\\ice as broad as long, the apex 

 elevated and very broadly rounded, without impressed lines. 



LeiKjlh, 4|-5 mm.; width, Ig-S mm. 



Bexgal:" Calcutta {F. H.~ Gravehj — Ind. Mus.), Ceylon: 

 Batticaloa (C. F. S, Baker — type). 



Type 5 in the British Museum. 



69. Tanymecus modicus, sp. no v. 



Colour black, with fairly dense greyish-brown scales, some- 

 times having a slight coppery reflexion, and mottled with darker 

 patches. 



Head with coarse reticulate punctures, the vertex convex, the 

 forehead quite flat, with the rostral cai'ina only just encroaching 

 on it ; eyes large and prominent, almost circular. Rostrum a 

 little longer than broad, evidently dilated towards the apex, which 

 is shallowly emarginate in the middle, the upper surface with 

 coarse reticulate punctures, rather deeply impressed and with a 

 prominent shai-p carina. Antennce black, the scape stout, strongly 

 curved, compressed, gradually clavate, and considerably exceeding 

 the hind margin of the eye ; the funicle with joint 1 only slightly 

 longer than 2, joints 3, 5 and 7 about equal in length, the two 

 former subquadrate, 7 transverse, 4 and 6 longer and equal. 

 Prothorax about as long as broad, the sides straight and sub- 

 parallel for more than half their length and slightly narrowed at 

 the extreme base and more so at the apex m the 5 , rather more 

 rounded in the J , with coarse reticulate punctation which, is 

 partially visible through the scaling, a shallow rounded impression 

 on each side behind the middle, and a mere trace of a carina. 

 Elytra shaped as in T.curviscapiis, but the shoulders more oblique 

 and the apices without any process in the 5 ; the striae rather 

 broad and shallow and scarcely deeper at the apex, containing 

 large shallow punctures which can readily be seen through the 

 scaling in certain lights, the intervals not broader than the striae, 

 slightly convex and coriaceous, the setae short, recumbent and 

 inconspicuous, the posterior calli distinct. Legs with grey scaling, 

 forming a narrow denser band on the posterior femora, the tibiae 

 not denticulate. 



Anal segment of $ longer than half its basal width, the apex 

 broadly rounded and scarcely raised, without impressed lines. 



Length, 6| mm. ; width 2| mm. 



Bengal: Sarda (F. W. Chavipion — type). Madeas: Samalkot 

 ((?. 11. Butt). 



Type (S in the British Museum. 



