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them agrees perfectly with the typical specimen before me; the other, however, 

 although not structurally different, disagrees entirely as to colour ; but as this is the 

 only difference, I consider it to be a variety, which I propose to call 



Lema bouchardi, var. problematica. (Tab. I. fig. 10.) 



Distinguished by having the head and breast black instead of fulvous, the elytra 

 violaceous blue with the apex only fulvous instead of being entirely of this colour, 

 and by the fulvous colour of the hinder tibiae, which are black in the type. The 

 latter may possibly be an immature specimen. 



7. Lema cingulata. 



Lema cingulata, Clark, Cat. Phyt. App. p. 41. 

 Hah. Mexico. 



8. Lema quadricolor. 



Lema quadricolor, Lacord. Mon. p. 402 *; Jacq. Duv. La Sagra's Hist. Cuba, vii. p. 116 2 ; Dej. 

 Cat. 3rded. p. 386 3 . 



Hal. Mexico K — Cuba 2 . 



9. Lema equestris, 



Lema equestris, Lacord. Mon. p. 403; King, Dej. Cat. 3rd ed. p. 386. 

 Hob. Mexico ; Guatemala, Duenas (Champion). 



Numerous specimens have been sent by Mr. Champion from the latter locality. 



10. Lema elegantula, (Tab. I. fig. 4.) 



Elongate, convex, testaceous ; head and thorax rufous ; antennae (the first two joints excepted), legs, and part 

 of the breast black ; elytra deeply punctate- striate, testaceous, a transverse band at the base, another 

 behind the middle, and the extreme apex black. 



Length 3 lines. 



Head impunctate, deeply foveolate in the middle ; antennae about one third the length of the body, black, the 



first two joints rufous, third joint double the length of the second ; thorax very moderately constricted at ^ 



the sides, the transverse basal depression obsolete, with a short fovea near the base and a few punctures 

 placed on the disk; scutellum rufous; elytra very deeply but distantly punctate near the base, more 

 finely towards the apex, the interstices at the latter place distinctly costate, of a light testaceous colour, 

 a transverse band at the base occupying about one fourth of the elytra, another band of equal width 

 below the middle, and the extreme apex black ; none of these bands touches the lateral margins ; under- 

 side testaceous, part of the breast and the legs black. 



Hab. Beitish Honduras, E. Sarstoon (Blancaneaux). 



Closely allied to L. equestris and L. placida, Lacord. ; but the laterally interrupted 

 elytral bands and the strong punctuation distinguish it, the latter difference from 

 L. placida, the former from L. equestris. 



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