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PSEUDOPAMERA, n. gen. 
Head large, prominently exserted, the anteocular portion about twice the length of the postocular ; basal joint 
of antenne long, passing apex of head by more than half its length. Pronotum with the anterior lobe 
twice the length of posterior lobe, collar at anterior margin distinct. Anterior femora incrassated and 
very strongly spined ; anterior tibiw inwardly armed with a very strong spine. Scutellum with a central 
carinate line. Other characters as In Pamera. 
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1. Pseudopamera aurivilliana. (Tab. XX. fig. 8.) 
Head pitchy castaneous ; eyes black; antennz with the first, second, and third joints castaneous. Apex of 
the third joint a little infuscated ; apical joint fuscous, with about basal third ochraceous ; second and 
third joints longest and subequal, fourth a little longer than first. Pronotum with the anterior lobe 
globose and dark shiny castaneous, the posterior lobe reddish ochraceous, and coarsely but sparingly 
punctate. Scutellum dark castaneous, the base and lateral margins very coarsely punctate, the last very 
narrowly ochraceous. Corium ochraceous; clavus, a discal longitudinal streak near base, a very broad 
transverse fascia enclosing a small ochraceous spot near its inner posterior angle, and a large sub- 
triangular apical spot reddish ochraceous. The clavus is coarsely and longitudinally punctate, the corium 
sparingly punctate. Membrane fuscous, the base and an apical spot pale and subhyaline. Body beneath 
and legs reddish ochraceous; head beneath and sternum shiny castaneous; posterior angles of metasternum 
and tarsi ochraceous, the last with their apical joints fuscous. Rostrum reddish ochraceous and reaching 
anterior coxe. 
Long. 9 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Tehuantepec (Mus. Holm.). 
The lateral margins of the anterior lobe of the pronotum and the anterior femora are 
strongly setose; the lateral angles of the posterior pronotal lobe are subprominent, 
subnodose, and rounded ; the anterior femora are armed beneath with strong spines, of 
which about five are very prominent; the anterior tibie are inwardly armed with a 
very strong spine a little before the middle. 
PLOCIOMERA. 
-Pamera, subg. Ptochiomera, Say, New Harm. Ind. Dec. 1831 ; Compl. Writ. i. p. 385 (1859). 
Plociomera, Stal, En. Hem. iv. p. 144 (1874). 
This genus differs from Pamera in having the body less elongate, the corium more 
strongly punctate, and the clavus longitudinally punctate in three linear series; the 
scutellum has a central, longitudinal, carinate line. 
The genus, as thus restricted by Stal, appears to be quite confined to the Nearctic 
and Neotropical Regions. 
1. Plociomera oblonga. (Tab. XVII. fig. 24.) 
Plociomera oblonga, Stal, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxiii. p. 318. 218+; En. Hem. iv. p. 153. 5°. 
Hab. Mexico!?; Guatemaua, Paraiso (Champion); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, 
2000-3000 feet (Champion), Matachin (Dr. Thieme, coll. Oberthiir). 
The type, in the collection of the Stockholm Museum, is here figured. 
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