14 PHYTOPHAGA.—SUPPLEMENT. 
in the typical form) which sometimes (in two specimens) is entirely absent; the colour 
of the underside and legs is, however, constant. An example from Toxpam is figured. 
12 (a). Lema distincta. 
Pale fulvous, the head, the intermediate joints of the antenne, the basal margin of the thorax, the breast, and 
the tibie and tarsi black; elytra black, a small spot at the base, a narrow transverse band at the middle, 
and the apices fulvous. 
Length 3 lines. . 
Head impunctate; eyes deeply notched; antennze slender, half the length of the body, the basal joint black, 
the second and third joints obscure piceous, the four following joints black, the three apical ones flavous ; 
thorax scarcely longer than broad, obscure testaceous, the sides very moderately constricted, the basal 
sulcation nearly obsolete, the disc with four obscure small piceous spots, placed transversely, the basal 
margin black; elytra with an obsolete depression below the base, rather strongly punctured on the 
anterior portion, the punctuation almost obsolete from the middle downwards, the interstices flat, with 
a broad black band, including a small fulvous spot, occupying their anterior half, and a similar band (the 
lower edge of which is deeply emarginate near the suture, and also extends a little distance down the 
latter) below the middle; femora above and the tibie and tarsi black. 
Hab. Guatemata, Panima in Vera Paz (Champion). 
The single specimen obtained, although closely allied to L. flavo-fasciata, Clark, 
differs sufficiently to regard it as distinct. The colour of the antenne and legs and the 
nearly impunctate posterior portion of the elytra will help to distinguish L. distincta. 
The elytral punctuation is only deep near the suture, and anteriorly on all other parts 
it is almost imperceptible; the posterior black band extends to the extreme lateral 
margin, but the anterior one is interrupted by the latter. 
12 (s). Lema sexsignata. 
Ferruginous, the apical four joints of the antennx fuscous; elytra dark violaceous-blue, the extreme lateral 
margin, a spot at the base, a transverse band at the middle, and the apex, bright yellow ; abdomen flavous. 
Var. Tibie black. 
Length 24-3 lines. 
Hab. Mexico, Tuxtla (Sallé). 
L. sexsignata is closely allied to L. dimidiaticornis and several other species belonging 
to the same group (e. g. L. equestris and L. troberti), but apparently distinct from all of 
them; it differs from the first named in the narrow yellow lateral margin of the elytra 
and in the flavous (not black) abdomen. It may be separated from L. biteniata by 
the colour of the underside, and from L. biornata by the colour of the head. The 
elytra have a short postbasal depression within which the punctuation is, as usual, 
deep, though diminishing gradually towards the apex. The variety only differs in the 
colour of the tibiz. 
12 (c). Lema apicicornis. (Tab. XXXV. fig. 14.) 
Black, the three apical joints of the antennx, the thorax, and the abdomen flavous; elytra metallic violaceous- 
blue, a transverse band at the middle, and an oval spot at the apex, flavous. 
Length 3-4 lines. 
