TANYMECUS. 



105 



striae, the intervals (when the scahnej is removed) scarcely broader 

 than the strise and slis^htly convex, stria 9 impressed, the posterior 

 callns absent. Legs rather slender, black, with sparse grey scaling 

 and erect pale setae. 



Anal segment of 2 without the basal raised lines and rounded 

 at the apex. 



Fig. 33. — Tanymeeus agresds, Fst. 



Length, 5g-(i| mm. ; breadth, 2-21 mm. 



Burma: Tha~rrawaddy (G. Q. Corhett). W. Bengal: Chota 

 Nagpiir (Cardon) United Provinces: Sura Bagh, Dehra Dun. 



Tg^JC in the Dresden Museum. 



The last ventral segment of the S is deeply bisinuate at the 

 apex, a character which I have not observed in any other species 

 in the genus. 



72. Tanymecus lectus, sp. nov. 



Colour black, with fairly dense pale scales having a hght greenish 

 or coppery reflexion, the prothorax with three faint darker sub- 

 denuded stripes, the sealing on the elytra becoming indefinitely 

 paler towards the sides. 



Head rather rugosely punctate, the vertex with a distinct con- 

 vexity in the middle, the forehead plane and with a fine central 

 carina continued from the rostrum ; eyes ovate, very prominent, 

 their greatest depth behind the middle. Eostrum broader than 

 long, the apex deeply emarginate, with a broad median depression 

 in front, and a distinct fine central carina which disappears in the 

 depression ; mandibles not projecting beyond the genoe. Antenna' 

 red-brown, slender; the scape only slightly curved, clavate, reaching 

 the hind margin of the eye ; the t'unicle with joint 2 a little longer 

 than 1. Prothorax subcylindrical, as long as broad ( r? ) or slightly 

 broader than long ( $ ), the sides very slightly rounded, the apex 

 as broad as the base, which is truncate, transversely rugose, with 

 minute granules between the scales, but without any central 



