LEMA. 35 
49 (Fr). Lema cinctipennis. 
Piceous, the head and antenne (the first joint excepted) black; thorax fulvous, scarcely constricted at the 
sides; elytra flavous, deeply punctate-striate, without basal depression, a sutural and a sublateral longi- 
tudinal stripe, abbreviated at the apex, black; legs fulvous. 
Length 2 lines. 
Head entirely black, with a small central fovea; palpi fulvous; antenne two thirds the length of the body, 
black, the first joint fulvous; thorax subquadrate, scarcely constricted at the sides, the basal sulcation 
obsolete, the surface impunctate, fulvous; scutellum piceous; elytra very deeply punctured, without 
depression, the interstices costate at the sides and at the apex, the ninth row of punctures interrupted, 
the suture narrowly and a broader sublateral stripe, both abbreviated before the apex, black; the under- 
side piceous, covered with fine yellowish pubescence; legs fulvous. 
Hab. Mexico, Panistlahuaca (Sal/é). 
There is only a single specimen of this insect contained in the Sallé collection. From 
_L. approximata it is sufficiently distinguished by the scarcely constricted thorax, the 
deep punctures and colour of the elytra, and the colour of the underside and legs; 
both species should be placed near L. marginata. 
Lema longicornis (p. 12). 
To the Mexican locality given, add:—Toxpam, Cordova (Sallé). 
Lema dorsalis (p. 12). 
To the localities given, add :—Mexico, Vera Cruz (4. H. Smith); Guatema.a, Cerro 
Zunil, Volcan de Atitlan, Torola, Tamahu (Champion); Nicaraeva, Chontales (Janson, 
Belt); Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
As already remarked, it is very probable that L. longicornis and the present species 
are not specifically distinct; at any rate I am not able to separate the numerous 
examples before me from the above localities in a satisfactory way. The elytral pattern 
is subject to great variation, the two large blue patches being often confluent and 
occupying nearly the entire disc. Guatemalan specimens differ from most of those 
received from Mexico in having the breast black, but Mexican examples also occur 
with the breast similarly coloured. All the specimens I refer to Z. dorsalis agree, 
however, in the elytra being deeply depressed below the base, with the interrupted 
ninth row of punctures costate, and the patches of a metallic blue colour; and also in 
the femora being black at the apex and fulvous at the base. JZ. dorsalis and L. longi- 
cornis vary considerably in size and in the intensity of the punctuation. 
Lema plumbea (p. 13). 
To the localities given, add:—Mexico, Cuernavaca (Sallé), Vera Cruz (Sallé and 
H. H. Smith), Jalapa (Hége), Orizaba (H. H. Smith and F. D. Godman); GuatTEMata, 
Cerro Zunil (Champion); Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
Amongst the great number of specimens before me with fulvous head and thorax, 
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