. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora:-Curculionidæ,. Curculionidae. 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 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 v
. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora:-Curculionidæ,. Curculionidae. 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 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. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of the
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