IQ PHYTOPHAGA. 



It is possible that this species may turn out to be a variety of L. sexnotata, Lac, 

 from which, however, the entirely black antennae, the impunctate thorax, and the extra 

 scutellar black spot distinguish it. From L. nigromaculata the convex elytra and the 

 want of the black apex of the latter separate it. 



42. Lema minuta. (Tab. II. fig. 3.) 



Elongate, parallel, piceous below, above fulvous ; elytra deeply punctate-striate, the anterior part of the suture 



and'a spot at each shoulder, as well as the antennae and legs, black. 



Var. The elytral spots wanting. 



Length li line. ,..,,, , -i •- j- ^ -j 



Base of the head rugose-punctate, distinctly bituberculate, the tubercles divided by a short longitudinal ridge ; 



lower part of face covered with thin yellowish hairs ; labrum piceous ; antennae nearly as long as half 



the body, black ; thorax elongate, fulvous, moderately constricted in the middle, the anterior angles 



rotundate', distinctly transversely grooved near the base, surface with a double row of fine punctures, the 



anterior angles also distinctly punctate; elytra deeply punctate-striate, the interstices near the -apex 



distinctly costate, the ninth stria uninterrupted; they are of the same fulvous colour as the thorax, with 



the first third of the sutural margin and the shoulders narrowly black; underside piceous, the abdomen 



more or less fulvous and finely pubescent ; legs entirely black, the posterior femora not extending much 



beyond the first abdominal segment. In the variety there is an entire absence of the elytral spots. 



Hah. Guatemala, San Geronimo (Champion). 



43. Lema antennalis. (Tab. I. fig. 6.) 



Lema antennalis, Jacoby, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 774. 



Elongate, subdepressed, parallel, chestnut-coloured, variegated with piceous ; antennae short, robust, their 

 apical joints transverse, black, three basal joints rufous; elytra finely punctate-striate, the interstices 

 finely rugose, piceous, the sutural and lateral margins light brown. 



Length 3 lines. 



Hab. Guatemala, Zapote (Champion). 



This interesting species, of which only one specimen was received from the above 

 locality, will easily be recognized on account of the curiously shaped antennae, the 

 broad subdepressed elytra, and the fine rugosities which cover their interstices ; the 

 thorax shows some traces of punctures near the sides and on the disk ; the latter has 

 also a longitudinal indistinct black central line and an equally obsolete piceous spot at 

 each side, while the head bears traces of the same colour near the base and the middle. 



44. Lema hexastigma. 



Lema hexastigma, Lacord. Mon. p. 476. 

 Bab. Mexico. 



45. Lema scutaria. (Tab. II. fig. 6.) 



Elongate, subdepressed, fulvous ; antenna, sides of breast, knees, and the tibiae and tarsi black ; elytra deeply 

 punctate-striate, the ninth stria largely interrupted, with a semicircular depression below the base fulvous ; 

 a short sutural stripe, a smaU shoulder-spot, and a short longitudinal stripe near the apex black. 



Length 2 lines. 



