Revision of the TanyrrliyncliitiEe. 



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between them about as broad as 

 that between the autennis ; the 

 latter inserted close to apex, long 

 and slender, the scape exceeding 

 the anterior margin of the pro- 

 tliorax ; scrobescontinued broadly 

 right up to the eyes; femora 

 unarmed. 



43. (44.) Tarsal claws connate ; funicle with 



joint 1 much longer than 2 ; 

 second tarsal joint narrowly 



elono-ate 22. Ephimerostylus, Fst. 



(Africa.) 



44. (4.'}.) Tarsal claws free ; funicle with 



joint 2 much longer than 1 ; 

 "second tarsal joint broadly tri- 

 angular 23. Nastomma, gen. no v. 



(S. Africa.) 



1. Sympiezorrhynchus, Schll. 



S'/mpiezorrhjnchus, Schh. Gen. Cure. vii. 1, p. 170 (1843). — Type 

 >S. camelus, Boh. 



Synopsis of Species. 



1. (4.) Prothorax with a broad dorsal 



elevation. 



2. (3.) Eyes depressed, subdorsal, the space 



between them narrower than the 



diameter of the eye and bearing a 



deep frontal furrow ; rostrum with 



a narrow, almost parallel-sided, 



dorsal elevation from antennae to 



base, the space between the scrobes 



scarcely broader than the base of 



the scape ; basal margin of pro- 

 thorax strongly rounded ; elytra 



globose 1 . <S'. camehis, Boh , 



.3. (2.) Eyes convex, lateral, the space be- 

 tween them much broader than 



the diameter of the eye and with 



only a shallow frontal impression ; 



dorsal elevation of rostrum nar- 



nowest behind tlie antennaj and 



strongly dilated towards the base, 



the snace between tlie scrobes 



much Droader than the base of the 



scape ; basal margin of prothorax 



subtruncato ; elytra ovate 



4. (1.) Prothorax not elevated dorsally, 



simply convex. 

 G. (C.) Eyes lateral, the space between them 



hardly narrower than the base of 



the rostrum 



0. (5.) Eyes subdorsal, the space between 



them much narrower than the base 



of the rostrum i. S. innfectatus, Boh. 



2. S. pulvinatti^, sp. n. 



3. .S. si(/)utfus, Boh. 



