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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



I know of no similarly marked species of Lema belonging to 

 Laeordaire's second division with interrupted ninth row of punc- 

 tures. L. mesoxantha, Kirsh, from Peru, seems somewhat allied 

 in coloration, but has no lateral stripe, differently coloured 

 antennae, and many other differences. 



Lema circumcincta, sp. nov. 



Pale yellow ; the head, antennae (the apical joints excepted), the 

 breast, and the tibia? and tarsi black ; thorax impunctate ; elytra 

 finely punctate-striate, yellow, narrowly margined with black. Length, 

 9 mill. 



Head impunctate, black, the supraocular grooves very deep ; 

 antennae long and slender, black, the apical three joints flavous ; 

 thorax not longer than broad, moderately constricted at the sides, the 

 angles obtuse, the surface impunctate, pale flavous, the basal sulcus 

 rather shallow ; scutellum black ; elytra scarcely perceptibly depressed 

 below the base, of a greenish yellow, finely punctate-striate, the punc- 

 tures dark, the ninth row entire, all the margins narrowly black, the 

 shoulders likewise with a black spot, the anterior half of the epipleurae 

 yellow, the rest black ; below flavous, the breast, the upper portion of 

 the femora, and the tibiae and tarsi black, third joint of tbe latter 

 fulvous. 



Hab. Cachabe, Ecuador (Rosenberg). 



The greenish yellow shining upper surface and the details of 

 the black coloration will separate this species from any of its 

 South American allies ; there is also a very small black spot 

 placed on the elytra below the base, but whether this is acci- 

 dental or not I cannot say, as I have only a single specimen 

 before me. 



Lema ccerulea-lineata, sp. nov. 



Black ; the apical joints of the antennae and the femora flavous ; 

 thorax impunctate ; elytra closely punctate-striate, flavous, a narrow 

 sutural and marginal stripe, abbreviated before the apex, metallic blue ; 

 abdomen flavous. Length, 8 mill. 



Head impunctate, black, shining, not constricted behind ; the 

 antennae slender, extending to the middle of the elytra, black, the 

 apical two joints flavous ; thorax not longer than broad, moderately 

 constricted at the sides, the surface black, very shining and impunctate, 

 the basal sulcus deep ; scutellum black ; elytra much wider at the base 

 than the thorax, with a rather shallow depression below the base, 

 flavous, finely punctate-striate, the interstices near the apex costate, a 

 narrow sutural and lateral stripe, the last one surrounding the 

 shoulders, all three abbreviated at the same distance before the apex, 

 metallic dark blue ; the breast black ; the abdomen and the femora 

 flavous, the latter with a black spot or stripe above ; tibiae and tarsi 

 black. 



Hab. Bolivia. 



Not unlike L. boliviana, but with flavous apical joints of the 

 antennae. This and the colour of the head and thorax will 



