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and states afterwards that ‘no traces of punctures are visible:” an examination of the 
type proves the thorax to be impunctate. Clark has further omitted to state that 
the knees are black in the example he described. One of the specimens obtained by 
Mr. Champion in Guatemala agrees very nearly with the type, but the other differs in 
having the abdomen and legs entirely fulvous; the latter doubtless represents a variety 
of the same species. 
34 (a). Lema clarki, (Tab. XXXV. fig. 21.) 
Black; antenne pale fulvous; thorax reddish-fulvous, distinctly punctured on the disc and anteriorly ; elytra 
fuscous, tinged with violaceous, a narrow subsutural and lateral longitudinal stripe, joined at the apex, 
flavous ; legs fulvous, the knees, the apices of the tibiee, and the tarsi, black. 
Length 3-4 lines. 
Hab. Mexico, Ventanas (Forrer), Juquila, La Parada (Sai/é). 
Five specimens. ‘The distinctly punctured thorax separates this species from JZ. bisbi- 
vittata, which in other respects it closely resembles. The base of the head is in several 
examples rufous (as is also the case in Clark’s species); the thorax is rather broad and 
flattened, and has two rows of punctures on the middle of the disc and some other 
punctures near the anterior angles. The elytra are longitudinally costate, deeply 
punctured between the raised spaces, and here and there with traces of minute 
punctures on the coste themselves; the subsutural flavous band occupies the space 
between the second and fourth row of punctures, but the lateral stripe is confined to 
the raised margin only. 
34 (p). Lema bella. (Tab, XXXV. fig. 23.) 
Fulvous, the head, antennew (the two basal joints excepted), the breast, knees, and the apices of the tibia 
black ; thorax finely punctured on the disc, fulvous; elytra deeply punctate-striate, the suture, and a broad 
longitudinal band (not extending to the apex) on the disc, metallic blue. 
Length 4 lines. 
Head impunctate, black; the eyes not very deeply notched; antenne short, extending very little beyond the 
base of the elytra, black, the two basal joints fulvous; thorax broader than long, fulvous, the disc rather 
flat, and with two rows of fine punctures down the centre, the anterior angles also punctured, the basal 
sulcation distinct at the middle only and there forming a kind of fovea; scutellum black, depressed ; 
elytra with the first four rows of punctures placed somewhat in pairs, the other rows very deeply impressed 
and with their interstices costate, the sutural blue stripe gradually narrowing and abbreviated at some 
distance from the apex and extending laterally to the second row of punctures, the extreme sutural 
margin piceous at the apex, the discoidal band widened posteriorly, not extending to the apex, and 
occupying the space between the fourth row of punctures and the lateral margin, the latter narrowly 
flavous; abdomen and femora fulvous, the breast, knees, tibiee (their base excepted), and tarsi black. 
Hab. Mexico, La Parada (Sal/é). 
Of this handsome species only a single specimen is contained in the Sallé collection. 
The metallic blue colour of the elytral bands and the colour of the antenne and 
abdomen sufficiently separate Z. bella from L. clarki and L. signaticornis. 
