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Descriptions of some uncharacterized species of Ciuocekid.e ; hy 

 JosEni S. Baly, F.L.S., &c. 



Lema Kirhyi. 



01)longa, fulva, nitida, antennis infuscatis, thorace maculis 

 irregularilnis quatuor, mesostei'no macula utviiique, metasterno 

 medio femorumque posticoriim quatuor macula autica nigro-piccis ; 

 tliorace sub-cyliudrico, dorso convexo, lougitudiue vix latiori ; 

 lateribus prope medium profunde constrictis, disco basi late 

 transverslm depresso, antice convexo, minute punctato ; elytris 

 tLorace latioribus, sat profunde punctato-striatis, j5unctis apicem 

 versus minus fortiter impressis, interspatiis planis, ad apicem 

 convexiusculis ; plaga magna discoidali et utrinque una pone 

 medium sub-trigouata, nigro-piceis. Long. 3 lin. 



Hab. Sierra Leone ; a single specimen formerly in the cuUec- 

 tiun oE the Rev. W. Kirby. 



Neck deeply constricted, face trigonate, front impressed Avitli 

 a small fovea, immediately in front of which is a small shallow 

 tran=;verse imp.ressiou ; antenna; filiform, nearly three-foTu-ths 

 the length of the body, obscure flavous at the base, stained 

 outwardly with fuscous. Thoi'ax slightly broader than lojig ; 

 sides strongly constricted, the apex of the constriction obtuse ; 

 above convex, broadly and abruptly depressed at the base, the 

 depression extending from side to side, entirely across the thorax, 

 disc finely punctured, stained on either side with two irregular 

 nigro-piceous spots. Scutellum sub-quadrangular, its apex 

 slightly emarginate. Elytra much broader than the thorax, 

 convex, not distinctly excavated below the basilar space, strongly 

 and deeply punctate-striate, the ninth stria entire, the pimcttu-ing 

 finer and less deeply impressed towards the apex ; interspaces 

 plane, slightly convex at the apex, where the stria; themselves 

 are distinctly sulcate. 



Lema Living stovi. 



Angustc oblonga, sub-cyliiidrica, picca, nitida, subtus dense 

 aureo-sericea ; ca])ite ])edil)Ufcque nigro-piccis, fcmoribus, apice 

 exceptis, obscure i'ulvis ; antennis nigris, articulu basali sordidc 



