PSEUUAOUIA. 



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Genus PSEUDAORIA, nov. 



Type, P. burmanica, Jac., from Burma. 



Range. Manipur ; Burma. 



Narrowly oblong, finely pubescent ; eyes entire ; antennae fili- 

 form, very long and slender, third and following joints very 

 elongate. Thorax subcylindrical, narrowed at base and apex, 

 lateral margins absent. Elytra much wider at base than the thorax, 

 pointed at apex, surface rugose. Legs elongate and slender ; 

 femora thickened ; first joint of tarsi as long as the following two 

 united ; claws bifid. Prosternum subquadrate ; mesosternum 

 strongly emarginate at base ; anterior margin of thoracic epi- 

 sternum concave. 



This genus is closely allied to Aoria, Baly ; the species for 

 which it is proposed are, however, of more narrow and elongate 

 shape, and with the surface of the thorax and elytra not closely 

 covered with hairs but shining and rugose, only very sparingly 

 pubescent ; the legs generally and the metatarsi are much more 

 slender and elongate ; the prosternum is not transverse but nearly 

 quadrate. 



706. Pseudaoria burmanica, sp. n. 



Black. Head finely rugose ; clypeus separated from face by an 

 obsolete groove, wedge-shaped, 

 anterior border without teeth ; 

 palpi slender ; antennae black, 

 basal three joints more or less 

 fulvous beneath, fourth joint 

 nearly twice as long as the third, 

 terminal joint extending to apex 

 of elytra. Thorax widened at 

 the middle, subcylindrical, surface 

 very strongly and closely punc- 

 tured, interstices rugose through- 

 out, sparingly clothed with grey 

 pubescence. Scutellum longer 

 than broad, apex truncate, 

 strongly punctured. Elytra with 

 a transverse depression below 

 base, longitudinally costate and 

 irregularly rugose at the sides, 

 the costa3 frequently interrupted : 

 sparingly clothed with stiff grey 

 pubescence. Body beneath and 



Fig. 138. Pseudam-ia burmanica. legs similarly pubescent. The 

 female is of more robust and 



broader shape, with shorter antennae and shorter metatarsi to 

 anterior legs. 



Length 5-6 mm. 



Hob. Manipur; Burma: Euby Mines (Coll. Brit. Mus.). 



