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of the constriction; scutellum black; elytra deeply punctate-striate, the punctures indistinct below the 
middle, the ninth stria entire, the interstices rather convex at the apex, the three spots placed thus—one 
on the suture below the base, one, a little lower down, at the sides, and one below the middle at the centre 
of the disc; underside and legs fulvous, the breast with a spot in front and another behind at the sides, 
the femora at the base, the knees, a band at the middle of the tibie, and the tarsi, black. 
Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca (Salié). 
L. intricata may be recognized by the position of the elytral spots and by the black 
mark surrounding the tibie. The spots at the base of the head are occasionally absent, 
and of the elytral spots sometimes only the posterior ones are present ; the legs, however, 
agree in coloration in all the specimens I have for examination. The uninterrupted 
ninth elytral stria and the system of coloration places the species near L. sexnotata. 
89 (s). Lema rugifrons. 
Elongate, subdepressed, black; above fulvous; the head with three tubercles; thorax subcylindrical, punctured 
anteriorly and on the disc; elytra strongly punctate-striate, the ninth row entire, fulvous, the suture to 
beyond the middle, and a spot on the shoulders, black. 
Var. Elytra entirely fulvous. 
Length 12 line. 
Head reddish-fulvous, the space between the eyes occupied by irregularly shaped tubercles (two lateral and one 
central), the space between the tubercles irregularly rugose and clothed with some yellow pubescence ; eyes 
distinctly notched ; labrum and mandibles black ; antennse half the length of the body, gradually thick- 
ened towards the apical joints, entirely black ; thorax longer than broad, subcylindrical, widened in front, 
the sides moderately constricted, the basal sulcation distinct and with a small central fovea at the middle, 
the surface with a row of punctures on the middle of the disc and some punctures near the anterior margin 
at the sides; scutellum obscure fulvous; elytra rather flattened, without basal depression, the punctuation 
deep and regular but shallower behind, the outer interstices costate towards the apex, the ninth row of 
punctures uninterrupted, the suture at the base, or to below the middle, black, the shoulders with a small 
black spot; the underside and the legs black. 
Hab. Guaremata, San Gerénimo (Champion). 
On account of the sculpture of the head this very distinct species differs from all 
others of our region; it belongs to the division with the ninth stria of the elytra entire. 
Lema nigromaculata (p. 9). 
To the locality given, add:—GuatemaLa (mus. Stuttgart), Las Mercedes, Zapote 
(Champion). 
The specimens obtained at the above localities differ from the type in the elytra 
being devoid of the sutural spot, and also of the transverse posterior band, so that only 
a small humeral and a small apical spot remain (a single specimen from Zapote is 
without any spots whatever) ; and in the underside being more largely marked with black. 
The chief characters for L. nigromaculata are the black sides of the breast and abdomen ~ 
and the black upper margin of the femora in connection with the uninterrupted ninth 
row of punctures on the elytra. The Guatemalan specimens do not differ in any other 
way whatever from the type. 
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