PHYTOPHAGA FROM SflMATRA '^79 



Hab. Balighe, October 1890. March 1891. 



There are six specimens of this species before me all agreeing 

 in the above particulars; the doubly sulcate thorax places this 

 species near L. lacerlosa, Lac. but the punctures and pubescence 

 at the vertex , the ol)scure black S}i0t on the latter place and 

 the system of coloration differs quite from any Eastern Lema 

 with which I am acquainted. 



2. Lema occulta, n. sp. — Black, the head, thorax, the anterior 

 femora and the abdomen fulvous, thorax impunctate, elytra with 

 basal depression, fulvous, a transverse band at the base and a 

 spot near the apex, black, tlie punctures strong anteriorly, more 

 finely so posteriorly. 



Var. Elytra entirely black. 



Length 1 lines. 



Head impunctate, fulvous, intraocular space swollen, with a 

 central groove , the space surrounding the eyes , clothed with 

 yellowish hairs, clypeus and labrum black, antennae long, black, 

 the basal two joints fulvous, third and fourth joint equal; tho- 

 rax slightly broader than long, the sides moderately constricted, 

 the basal sulcus deep , the surface with a double row of very 

 minute punctures at the middle . only visible under a strong 

 lens, srutellum fulvous, elytra with a depression below the base, 

 black , rather strongly punctate-striate anteriorly, and at the 

 sides, the interstices at the latter place near the apex, costate, 

 here and there with a few very minute punctures, the ninth 

 row entire ; the breast and the legs black, clothed with whitish 

 hairs, the anterior femora and sometimes part of the interme- 

 diate ones, fulvous as v^ell as the abdomen. 



Hab. Benculen, April, Padang. 



The typical banded form (what I take it for) and the variety 

 look at first sight as specifically distinct but there can be no 

 doubt that both represent the same species; in the type, the 

 elytra are fulvous , with a black basal band which extends to 

 about a fourth part of their length and extends across the suture 

 to the lateral margins , a large black spot is also placed near 

 the apex without quite extending to the sides, this form resembles 



