PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA FROM BURMA 907 



Head closely covered with scale -like hairs , the punctuation 

 invisible, the episteme transverse, fulvous, shining, its lower edge 

 emarginate, labrum and palpi fulvous, antennae extending to 

 more than half the length of the elytra, fulvous, the apical four 

 joints fuscous, much shorter than the preceding joints, the third 

 and following ones very elongate and slender; thorax more 

 than twice as broad as long, the sides widened and rounded at 

 the middle, the surface clothed with yellowish-gray pubescence, 

 obscuring any punctuation; scutellum slightly elongate, pube- 

 scent ; elytra much wider at the base than the thorax, closely 

 punctate-striate, pubescent like the thorax, with two transverse 

 fuscous bands below the middle, generally composed of two 

 nearly united spots, another spot is placed near the apex and 

 in some specimens there is a very obscure spot also placed in 

 front of the first band; legs fulvous, finely pubescent, the apex 

 of the tibiae and the tarsi fuscous, the four anterior femora 

 with a small, the posterior ones with a large triangular tooth, 

 claws bifid; presternum broad, slightly longer than broad. 



Garin Gheba , December. 



Pseudopiomera , n. g. 



Body subcylindrical, pubescent, eyes entire, antennae filiform, 

 long, the third and fourth joints very elongate ; thorax broader 

 than long, the lateral margins obsolete ; elytra closely punctate- 

 striate , clothed with scale-like pubescence , legs elongate , the 

 femora dentate, the posterior ones strongly dilated at the middle 

 into an acute tooth, intermediate tibiae emarginate at the apex, 

 claws bifid, the anterior margin of the thoracic episternum con- 

 cave, presternum broadly subquadrate, its base truncate. 



Amongst the numerous genera contained in Chapuis' division 

 the Leprotinae I cannot find one in which the present species 

 for which I propose this genus , can find its place ; its differs 

 from any in the very long third and fourth joints of the an- 

 tennae and in the strongly dilated posterior femora, in Piomera 

 this dilatation is transferred to the anterior femora ; the emar- 



