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37. Lema quinquenotata. (Tab. n. fig. 2.) 



Lema quinquenotata, Clark, Cat. Phyt. App. p. 50. 

 Hab. Mexico. 



38. Lema atricornis. 



Lema atricornis, Chevr. Col. Mex. cent. ii. ; Lacord. Mon. p. 457. 

 Hab. Mexico. 



39. Lema sexnotata. (Tab. I. fig. 8.) 



Lema sexnotata, Chevr. Col. Mex. cent. ii. no. 114 ; Lacord. Mon. p. 460. 

 Hab. Mexico. 



40. Lema nigromaculata. (Tab. I. fig. 7.) 



Parallel, convex, rufous; antennae (first joint excepted), sides of the breast, and the tibiae and tarsi black; 

 elytra deeply punctate-striate (the ninth stria not interrupted), rufous, a sutural spot at the base, another 

 at the shoulders and at the extreme apex, and a short transverse band below the middle black. 



Length 2| lines. 



Head and thorax impunctate, the former with a short but distinct fovea and a more obsolete transverse groove 

 between the eyes, these latter very prominent ; basal joint of the antennae rufous ; thorax subquadrate, 

 very moderately constricted at the sides ; surface obsoletely transversely grooved, with a small fovea near 

 the base ; scutellum rufous ; elytra with a short depression below the base, very deeply punctured ante- 

 riorly, much less so towards the apex, of a little lighter colour than the thorax ; each elytron with a spot 

 of nearly quadrate form at the shoulder, not touching the margin, a smaller one at the extreme apex, and 

 a narrow transverse short band below the middle black ; a larger nearly circular spot, common to both 

 elytra, surrounds the scutellum ; underside coloured like the elytra, the sides of the breast, a triangular 

 patch occupying the sides of the first and second abdominal segments, base and upperside of the femora, 

 and the tibiae and tarsi black. 



Hab. Nicakagua, Chontales (Janson). 



The black elytral apex and the position of the other spots will separate this species 

 from those allied ones, belonging to the first division of Lacordaire, with uninterrupted 

 ninth stria. 



41. Lema godmani. (Tab. II. fig. 4.) 



Convex, parallel, rufous ; antennae, legs, and seven spots (3, 2, 2) on the elytra black ; ninth stria of the latter 

 entire. 



Length 2 lines. 



Head exactly like that of the preceding species ; antennae about half the length of the body, black ; thorax shaped 

 like that of L. nigromaculata, the sides a little more constricted, and the anterior part rather swollen and 

 prominent; surface impunctate and resembling L. nigromaculata-, scutellum black; elytra very convex, with a 

 very indistinct short depression below the base, moderately deeply punctate-striate at their anterior portion, 

 the apex smooth and impunctate ; rufous, a little black spot surrounding the scutellum and three larger 

 ones on each elytron placed as follows — an oblong spot at the shoulder, a larger round one near the 

 suture below the scutellum, and a short transversely shaped mark below the middle ; the underside and 

 the base of the femora light rufous, sides of the breast and the legs black. 



Hab. Nicaeagua, Chontales {Janson). 

 biol. cent.-amee., Coleopt., Vol. VI. Pt. 1, June 1880. C 



