TANYMECUS. 75' 



76 (67) Scape of anteunse exceeding the 



posterior margiu of the eye. 



77 (84) Elytra with Ihe set;B niiiiute and 



depressed ; last ventral segment 

 of J rounded at the apex. 



78 (83) Venter with segment 2 evidently 



longer than 3 and 4 together. 



79 (82) Rostrum not dilated at tlie apex, 



its dorsal surface Hat. 



80 (81 ) Coxpe and femora without a fringe 



of long hairs; elytra of § with- 

 out sharp apical processes .... parous, Desbr., p. 101. 



81 (80) Coxa3 and femora with a fringe of 



long hairs ; elytra of 2 e^^ch 



with a short sharp apical process curviscapus, sp. u., p. 102. 



82 (79) Rostrum evidently dilated at the 



apex aud rather deeply im- 

 pressed above modicua, sp. n., lOo. 



83 (78) Venter with segment 2 shorter 



than 3 aud 4 together kotibircmus, sp. n., p. 104. 



84 (77) Elytra with comparatively long 



erect setas ; last ventral seg- 

 ment of c? bisinuate at the 

 apex (Kjrestis, Fst., p. 104. 



85 (2) Sides of metasternum with a 



longitudinal impressed line ; 

 middle tibite of c? with long 

 hairs on the external edge ; 

 femora of c? thicker than those 

 of $. 



86 (87) Elytra of S with a very long 



apical mucro bearing a tuft of 

 long hairs, those of $ with the 

 apices sharply pointed ; scaling 

 dull green verlorenii, Vi>ll., p. 106. 



87 (86) Elytra of S not mucronate at 



the apex, merely with a tuft of 

 short hairs ; those of 2 with 

 the apices separatel}^ rounded ; 

 green scaling shiny chloritis, Fst., p. 107. 



88 (1) Mandibles not projecting beyond 



the genre ; rostrum deeply emar- 

 ginate at apex ; eyes very pro- 

 minent, the scape reaching 

 their posterior margin lecfics, sp. n., p. 105. 



32. Tanymecus chloroleucus, Wied. (fig. 24, c). 



Curculio chloroleucus, Wiedemann,* Zool. Alag. i, pt. 3, 1819, p. 176. 

 Tanymecus chloroleucus, Gyllenhal, SchiJnh. Gen. Cure, ii, 1834, p.79. 



Colour cretaceous white, often with a greenish tinge, the sides 

 of the prothorax usually orange-yellow and the autural region of 

 the elytra with a diffused yellowish tint. Dried specimens often 

 much discoloured. 



Eyes almost circular, strongly depressed as compared with other 



