312 Mr. Baly on neiv CrioceridfB. 



the body, three upper joints fuscous- white. Thorax sub- 

 quadrate, rather broadly constricted across the middle, shining 

 black, the basal margin fulvous. Elytra much broader than 

 the thorax, broadly oblong, convex, transversely excavated 

 below the basilar space, distinctly punctate -striate, the ninth 

 stria from tho suture entire, interspaces plane, slightly thickened 

 at the apex ; the outer haK of the basal hmb, the lateral margin, 

 dilated at the apex, and a transverse band across the middle, 

 dilated shghtly upwards on the suture, fulvous. 



Lema Steinheili. 



Anguste oblonga, nigra, nitida, pedibus (tibiarum apice ex- 

 tremo tarsisque exceptis), thoraceque fulvis, antennis apice 

 albidis ; tliorace transverso, vix pone medium profundc con- 

 stricto, la^vi, impunctato ; elytris late oblongis, couvexis, infra 

 basin leviter depressis, regulariter punctato-striatis, pimctis 

 magnis, sat profuude irapressis ; interstitiis apicem versus 

 leviter convexis ; nigris, purpureo vix micautibus, limbi basalis 

 dimidio externo. Umbo laterali, apice dilatato, fasciaque com- 

 muni prope medium fulvis. Long. 3^ lin. 



Hab. Columbia. 



Head elongate-trigonate, vertex smooth, impimctate ; front 

 impressed with a deep oblong fovea ; antenna? nearly eciual to 

 the body in length, filiform, the four lower joints fulvous, the 

 apices of the second to the fourth black, the under surface of 

 the seventh, together with the whole of the succeeding four 

 joints, yelloAvish- white. Thorax about one-fifth broader than 

 long, very deeply constricted just behind the middle, shining, 

 impimctate. Elytra much broader than the thorax, slightly 

 flattened along the suture, faintly excavated below the l)asilar 

 space ; regularly punctate-striate, the punctures large, foveolate, 

 deeply impressed, the ninth stria from the suture entire ; inter- 

 spaces smooth, slightly thickened towards the apex, irregularly 

 wrinkled on the anterior disc below the l)a-silar space. 



Lema fraterncdis. 



Anguste oblonga, pallide rufo-picea, nitida, fronte femorum- 

 que dimidio externo (apice extremo excepto), nigro-piceis ; 

 thorace sub-quadrato, rufo-f ulvo, lateribus medio sat profuude 

 constrictis, disco pone medium leviter transversim sulcato. medio 

 lineatim et ad angulos anticos confuse teniiiter punctate ; elytris 

 ol)longo-ovatis, dorso leviter deplanatis, basi vix elevatis, infra 

 basin obsolete ti-ansversim excavatis, regidariter punctato-striatis, 

 j)und,tis ante medium magis fortiter impressis, interstitiis plauis ; 

 nigris, purpiu'eo tinctis, limbo exteriori, apice lato, fasciaque 



