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deeply notched, palpi rather long, antennae extending to about Ihe 

 middle of the elytra, flavous, th? ihitvl and fourlh joint elongate, 

 nearly eqaal, the foUowiug ones short, thickened; thorax short and 

 transverse, without latéral margins, the sides strongly produced 

 anteriorly inlo a round tubercle, the surface finely punctured and 

 pubescent, scutellum small; elytra much wider at the base Ihan Ihe 

 thorax, rather closely and strongly punctured, clothed with fulvous 

 pubescence, the apex of each elytron subtruncate, below pale ful- 

 vous, finely pubescent, the femora th'ckened, the intermediate and 

 the posterior tibiœ strongly curved at the apex, rather thick, tarsi 

 broad, claws appendiculate. 



Hah. Nilgiris (my collection). 



The single spécimen which I possess of this species does not 

 seem to difïer structurally sufficiently to warrant its generic sépara- 

 tion from the European species, the head is a little more produced 

 and the palpi are more slender, that is ail, the invisible proster- 

 num and the length of the flrst abdominal segment agrées entirely 

 with the genus, Another evidently distinct species was obtained by 

 M. Andrewes which I name 



ZEUGOPHORA ANDREWESI sp. n. 



Fulvous, the antennse (the basai joint excepted), the breast and 

 the legs black, thorax subquadrate, the sides moderately tubercu- 

 late, the posterior tibise strongly curved. 



Lenglh 4 mill. 



Smaller than the preceding species, the antennse black as well as 

 the breast and the legs, the thorax much longer and not so strongly 

 tuberculate, the last abdominal segment and the pygidium are 

 likewise black. A single spécimen is before me. 



PSEUDOLEMA gen. n. 



General appearance and characters of Lema, the head not con- 

 stricted behind without ocular or other grooves, eyes small and 

 entire, very widely separated, antennse short and stout, ihe basai 

 joints submoniliform, the others subcylindrical, robust; thorax 

 subcylindrical, not constricted at the sides and without sulcus; 

 elytra punctate-striate. This genus cannot be identified with Lema 

 on account of the simple not sulcate head, the small and entire eyes 

 and the shape of the thorax, its affinities are more those of Zeugo- 

 phora and Syneta; the claws are simple and although closely approa- 

 ched at the base are not united there, the anterior cavities are 

 ciosed. 



