LEMA SUBCYLINDRICA. 197 



NOTE XVIII. 



ON SOME NEW SPECIES OF PHYTOPHAGOUS 

 COLEOPTERA FROM THE ISLAND OF SALEYER'). 



BY 



MARTIN JACOBY. 



1. Lema suheylindrica , n. sp. 



Obscure bluish aeneous below. Antennae black. Head 

 and thorax rufous. Elytra greenish blue , finely punctate- 

 striate. 



var. Head and thorax metallic green. 



Length 27-2 lines. 



Head impunctate , smooth , orbital grooves deeply im- 

 pressed. Antennae not exceeding in length one third of 

 the body , black , the third and fourth joints of equal 

 length , the following ones gradually widened , first four 

 joints nitidous, the rest opaque. Thorax distinctly longer 

 than broad, moderately constricted at the sides, surface 

 with a very marked transverse groove near the base, disk 

 with a few longitudinal rows of very minute punctures, 

 only visible under a strong lens. Scutellum small, oblong , 

 obscure aeneous. Elytra narrowly subcylindrical , obsoletely 

 but distinctly depressed below the base and longitudinally 

 sulcate within the shoulders, surface of each elytron im- 



1) These species have been collected by Mr. H. E. D. Engelhard who kindly 

 presented them to the Leyden Museum. 



Notes from tlie Ijeyden üMuseuni, "S''©!. "V. 



