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scarcely half the length of the body, robust, gradually wide- 

 ned, the third and fourth joints of equal length, shining, rest 

 of the joints opaque, pale testaceous. Thorax a little longer 

 than broad, the sides deeply constricted near the base, from 

 there to the basal margin widened and oblique, the latter also 

 obliquely cut at each side, the centre of the disk furnished 

 with two longitudinal rows of very minute punctures, visible 

 only under a strong lens. Scutellum oblong. Elytra moderately 

 convex, widened from the middle to the apex, the space be- 

 low the scutellum slightly raised, each elytron with ten rows 

 of strongly impressed punctures which become a little finer to- 

 wards the apex, where the interstices are slightly costate, a 

 single row of fine punctures is placed at each interstice. The 

 two anterior thirds of the elytra are of an obscure fulvous or 

 fuscous colour while the rest is a light testaceoii^s limited obli- 

 quely by the darker portion. Claws black. Femora not exten- 

 ding beyond the third abdominal segment. 



Buitenzorg, Java (G. B. Ferrari). 



The peculiar colour of the upper surfece in connection with 

 the punctured interstices of the elytra, will distinguish this 

 species from any other Eastern form described in the present 

 genus. Wether the colour of the elytra is subject to variation 

 I am not able to state as I have only a single specimen be- 

 fore me. 



3. Lema flavosig-nata, n. sp. 



Flavous below. Antennae , apex of tibiae and the tarsi , black. 

 Thorax cylindrical, rufous. Elytra strongly punctate-striato , [)i- 

 ceous, a broad band across the middle of each elytron, fiavous. 



Lenght 2 lines. 



Head rufous, impunctate, longitudinally grooved at the mid- 

 dle; eyes entire, the orbital grooves very indistinct, finely pu- 

 bescent ; antennae of half the length of the body , black , the 

 third and fourth joints of equal length. Thorax nearly cylin- 

 drical , very convex and constricted near the base, with a trans- 

 verse shallow groove in front of the basal margin, surface 



