LEMA NIGRILABRIS. 153 



NOTE IX. 



SOME NEW SPECIES OF PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA 

 FROM BRASIL (COLONY BLUMENAU) '). 



DKSCIiiaED BY 



MARTIN JACOBY. 



L em a nigrilabris, n. sp. 



Rufous ; antennae , labrum and legs black ; elytra viola- 

 ceous blue , strongly punctate-striate anteriorly , the 9^^ 

 row interrupted , the interstices costate at the apex. — 

 Length 4 lines. 



Head impuuctate , rufous, with the usual grooves of mo- 

 derate depth; the labrum black; antennse half the length 

 of the body , entirely black , the fourth joint one half 

 longer than the third; thorax rufous, not longer than broad, 

 deeply constricted at the middle, the base with a deep 

 transverse sulcation ; the disc with a few minute punctures 

 placed longitudinally ; scutellum rufous ; elytra slightly 

 raised at the basal portion but not transversely depressed 

 below the latter, the shoulders deeply longitudinally sul- 

 cate within, the punctuation deep at the anterior half, 

 gradually diminishing posteriorly till it disappears entirely 

 at the apex, where the interstices are costate; the ninth 

 row of punctures is interrupted at the sides and costate , 

 in front of this aad close to the lateral margin is another 



1) These species belong to the collection of Mr. Neervoort van de Poll and 

 my own. 



Notes from tlie Leydeu Museum, Vol. X. 



