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bhuit and the first tooth niore in sliape of an angle and scarcely 

 dentiform, the posterior tibiae are robust, deeply chanelled within, 

 the outer edge of the chanell has a tooth or ratlier an acute 

 angle near the base and another one near the apox, the inner 

 edge is likewise furnished with a laiger tooth near the apex, 

 the latter itself is again produced into a strong spurlike tooth, 

 the anterior and intermediate legs are unarmed; the under surface 

 is smooth and shining, without pubescence^ prosternum narrow, 

 perpendicular. 



The pubeseence and tlie three teeth of the i)osterior femora 

 will principally di&tinguish this species from any of its Afriean 

 congeners. 



Lema simplicicornis pj). n. 



Subcvliudrieal and parallel, fulvous, shining, thorax sub- 

 quadrate, with a few minute punctures, eljtra with the basal 

 portion slightlv raised, finelj punctate-striate, the interstices Hat 

 and impunctate, the ninth row of punctures cntire, extreme apex 

 of the tibiae and the tarsi black. 



Length 8—9 inih. 



Head impunctate, eyes deeply notched, the sapraocnlar 

 grooves very deep, antennae cxtendinr;- Just below the base of 

 the elytra, fulvous, the third and fourth Joint equal, shining, the 

 rest opaque, the intermediate joints slightly thickened; thorax 

 not longer ihan broad, moderately deeply eonstricted at the 

 middle, the surface with tvvo rows of vei-y line, irregularly and 

 widely placed punctures; i-cutelluni trnucate at the apex; clvtra 

 with very regulär rows of punctures, the latter widely placed 

 and but slightly smaller at the apex where they are much more 

 closely approached, the interstices, even at the apex, flat: below 

 very sparingly elothed with yellow hairs, the extreme apex of 

 the tibiae and the tarsi black. 



The most nearly allied species to this insect is probably 

 L. mitis Clark likewise from West-Africa of which it may 



Stett. entomol. Zeit. 1903. 19^ 



