PSEUDOPIO M ERA. 
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Genus PSEUD0PI0MERA. 
Pseudopiomera, Jac. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova , xxxii, 1892, p. 907. 
Type, P. pallidicornis, Jae., from India. 
Range. India ; Ceylon ; Burma. 
Subcylindrical, pubescent ; eyes entire; antennse filiform, long, 
third and fourth joints elongate. Thorax broader than long, 
lateral margins obsolete anteriorly. Elytra closely punctate-striate, 
clothed with scale-like pubescence. Legs elongate ; femora dentate, 
posterior femora very strongly widened into a triangular tooth : 
intermediate tibiae emargiuate at apex; claws bifid. Prosternum 
broadly subquadrate, its base truncate : anterior margin of thoracic 
episternum concave. 
Differs from the allied genera in the very elongate third and 
fourth joints of the antennae in connection with the strongly 
dilated posterior femora. 
712. Pseudopiomera pallidicornis, Jac. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xxxii, 
1892, p. 908. 
Obscure fulvous, clothed with yellowish pubescence. Head 
closely pubescent ; clypeus transverse, fulvous, glabrous ; man- 
dibles piceous ; palpi slender ; antennae pale fulvous, nearly 
extending to apex of elytra, terminal joints slightly darker, shorter 
and slightly thickened. Thorax nearly twice as broad as long. 
Fi<'. 140 . — Pseudopiomera pallidicornis. 
widened and rounded at the sides in the middle, a shallow trans- 
verse sulcus near the anterior margin, lateral margins indicated 
at base only ; surface clothed with adpressed yellowish hairs that 
form an indistinct band at the sides. Scutellum subquadrate. 
Elytra distinctly punctured in closely approximate rows ; pubescence 
of mottled appearance, intermixed with erect short black hairs ; 
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