. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora:-Curculionidæ,. Curculionidae. 80 CURCULIOIilB^. 36. Tanymecus burmanus, sp. nov. Very similar in general aspect to T. chevrolati, Fhs. (with which it was confused b_y Faust), but differing from it in the following particulars :—the scape is longer and when at rest reaches the posterior margin of the eye: the prothorax entirely lacks the central carina and the bare discal spot; the elytra are more divergent at the apex ; the c? organ is more robust and the lateral outline of its dorsal carina forms a continuous curve, and is not deeply sinuate as in T. chevrolati. Le
. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora:-Curculionidæ,. Curculionidae. 80 CURCULIOIilB^. 36. Tanymecus burmanus, sp. nov. Very similar in general aspect to T. chevrolati, Fhs. (with which it was confused b_y Faust), but differing from it in the following particulars :—the scape is longer and when at rest reaches the posterior margin of the eye: the prothorax entirely lacks the central carina and the bare discal spot; the elytra are more divergent at the apex ; the c? organ is more robust and the lateral outline of its dorsal carina forms a continuous curve, and is not deeply sinuate as in T. chevrolati. Length, 8|-9| mm.; breadth, 2|-3^ mm. Burma : Bhamo {Fea); Paungde, Tharrawaddy (type) and Prome {O. Q. Corhett). Type c? in the British Museum. 37. Tanymecus andrewesi, Fst. Ase7nns andrewesi, Faust,* Ueut. Ent. Zeit. 1897, p. 350. Colour shiny black, with either golden brown setcO and thin brown scaling above and dark grey scaling beneath, or with pale golden setse and sparse green scaling above and dense green scaling on the sides and Fig. 27.— Tanymecus andrewesi, Fst., §. Eyes prominent, broadly oval. Rostrum very shallowly emar- ginate at apex and with a fine central carina ; mandibles not very prominent, the left one with an indistinct curved impression. Antennce with the scape slightly exceeding the eye, the fuuicle with joint 2 longer than 1. Prothoracc longer than broad, sub- cylindrical, narrowed and with a transverse impression at apex, \\ith fine close and scarcely confluent punctation and with no trace of a central carina. Elytra acuminate behind, moi'e sharply so in the S > the apices jointly mucronate, the mucro being a little. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Marshall, Guy Anstruther Knox, 1871-. London, Taylor and Francis; [etc. , etc. ]
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