156 = =Mr.J.8. Baly on the Classification of the Kumolpide. 
incrassate, second short, third twice the length of the first, slender, 
filiform, fourth to the seventh each nearly equal in size and length to 
the third, the eighth to the tenth shorter, equal or slightly decreasing - 
in length, the eleventh still shorter, ovate-acute ; eyes prominent, their 
inner edge distinctly emarginate; mentwm with its anterior margin 
broadly concave; terminal joint of palpi lanceolate. Thorax sub- 
cylindrical, somewhat flattened above, lateral border marked by an in- 
distinct ridge, which is entirely obsolete in front. Elytra broader than 
the thorax, sides parallel, their upper surface, together with that of the 
thorax and scutellum, very closely covered with adpressed hairs. Legs 
slender, elongate ; thighs very slightly thickened, unarmed beneath ; 
apex of front pair of tbe straight ; basal joint of tarsi in the two an- 
terior pair of legs shorter than the following two joints united, in the 
hinder puir nearly equal in length to the three remaining joints. Pro- 
sternum narrow, elongate, its basal end dilated, anterior margin con- 
tinuous with that of the episternum. Mesosternum nearly oblong, its — 
apex obtusely rounded. 
Type, Habrophora lateralis, Evichs. Peru. 
The notched eyes at once separate the Habrophora from Fidia, 
the only genus with which it can be confounded ; the typical species 
is anative of Peru. Mr. Bates has brought four or five others (all 
undescribed) from the Upper Amazons. 
Genus Promera, Baly. 
Body elongate, subcylindrical, clothed above and on the legs with ad- 
pressed scales. Head exserted, perpendicular; antenne slender, sub- 
filiform, basal joint incrassate, second short, ovate, subincrassate, third 
and remaining joints subequal, each rather longer than the basal one, 
the third and following three joints slender, filiform, the rest slightly 
thickened; eyes very prominent, rotundate, entire; epistome raised, 
short, transverse; mentwm angularly notched; terminal.joint of palpi 
ovate, Thorax subcylindrical, its lateral border obsolete. Elytra much 
broader than the thorax, sides parallel, surface deeply punctate-striate. 
Legs stout; anterior thighs very strongly, the others moderately incras- 
sate, all armed beneath with a stout tooth; anterior tibie thickened 
near the apex; basal joint of tars? rather shorter than the two follow- 
ing united; claws bifid, the inner tooth much shorter than the other. 
Prosternum oblong, its anterior margin continuous with that of the 
episternum. Mesosternwm transverse quadrate, its apex obtuse. Body 
beneath nearly glabrous. 
Type, Piomera brachialis, Baly. Borneo. 
The very large anterior thighs form a good character to distinguish 
Piomera from the other scaly genera ; the short transverse epistome 
separates it from Metavis. The genus contains only a single species. 
