g PHYTOPHAGA. 



This insect, as well as L. hicincta, Lacord., is most nearly allied to L. championi; 

 but in both the thorax shows a distinct transverse basal depression and the antennse 

 are entirely rufous. 



33. Lema soror. 



Lema soror, Lacord. Mon. p. 442. 



Hah. Mexico. 



The black antennse, punctured thorax, and the black spot of the latter will separate 

 this species from the two preceding ones. 



34. Lema bisbivittata. 



Lema bisbivittata, Clark, Cat. Phyt. App. p. 49. 



Hah. Mexico. 



Clark says that this species belongs to the seventeenth group of Lacordaire's Mono- 

 graph, and that it is closely allied to L. signaticollis, Lacord. ; but both assertions are 

 evidently mistakes, as L. signaticollis does not belong to the seventeenth but to the 

 twenty-third group ; Clark's species, moreover, bears no affinity whatever to L. signa- 

 ticollis either in shape or coloration, as the type (which is contained in the collection 

 of the British Museum) has proved to me. 



The insect, however, is not unlike L. signaticomis, Chevr., after which it ought to be 

 placed ; and it is very likely that Clark meant this latter insect, and has by mistake 

 substituted the name of L. signaticollis, although he even quotes the page in Lacor- 

 daire's work where this species is described. 



35. Lema varipes. 



Lema varipes, Lacord. Mon. p. 454. 

 Hal. Mexico. 



36. Lema nupta. 



Lema nupta, Lacord. Mon. p. 455. 



Hah. Mexico. — Colombia. 



To Lacordaire's excellent description I may add that the specimens which I possess 

 from Mexico show a slight depression below the base of the elytra and some fine 

 punctures on the anterior portion of the elytral interstices ; the antennae are robust, 

 short, and their apical joints almost as broad as long. Although Lacordaire gives 

 Colombia as the habitat, my specimens must be referred to this species on account of 

 the colours of their antennee, which have their first six joints of the ground-colour, 

 instead of four, as is the case in L. varipes. 



