. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora:-Curculionidæ,. Curculionidae. TANYMECrS. 99 the others. as long as broad, the sides gently rounded, broadest about tlie middle, the apex evidently narrower than the base, the upper surface rather rugosely punctate throughout, the subgranulate interspaces showing through the scales. Elytra ( $ ) parallel-sided from the shoulders to the middle, thence gradually acuminate, the apices divergently pointed; the striae shallow on the disk, deeper behind, the punctures not visible through the scahng, the intervals flat, with a distinct impression behind the poste
. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora:-Curculionidæ,. Curculionidae. TANYMECrS. 99 the others. as long as broad, the sides gently rounded, broadest about tlie middle, the apex evidently narrower than the base, the upper surface rather rugosely punctate throughout, the subgranulate interspaces showing through the scales. Elytra ( $ ) parallel-sided from the shoulders to the middle, thence gradually acuminate, the apices divergently pointed; the striae shallow on the disk, deeper behind, the punctures not visible through the scahng, the intervals flat, with a distinct impression behind the posterior callus, the scales oblong-ovate, the sette short and re- cumbent. Legs with dense green scaling, the tibiae not denticulate. Anal segment of 5 shorter than its basal width, with a broad shallow impression on each side, but no impressed lines, the apex broadly rounded. Lenrjih, 7 mm.; breadth, 2^ mm. CENTiiAL Pkovtnces: Hoshangabad (E. A. UAhreu). Type $ in the British Museum. 63. Tanymecus indicus, Fd. (fig. 24, </). Tanymecus indicus, Faust,* Ann. Mns. Civ. Genova, xxxiv, 1894, p. 177, note (1895). Colour black, with brown scaling more or less irrorated with grey, and usually with a few green scales at the apex of the Fig. o2.— Tanymecus hidicus, Fst. Eyes very slightly ])rominent, large, oval, almost as long as the rostrum. Rostrum as long as broad, very shallowly sinuate at the apex, Avith a distinct central carina, the mandibles not prominent. Antennce with the scape strojigly bisinuate and scarcely reaching the posterior margin of the eye, the funicle with joint 1 evidently longer than 2. Prothorax a little longer than broiid, its sides rounded, broadest slightly before middle, the apes only slightly narrower than the base, finely coriaceous and usually with a faint trace of a central carina in the anterior half. Elytra broadest at the shoulders and very gradually narrow- ing behind, the apices divergently pointed, punctato-striate, the striae not much
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