Mr. J. S. Baly on the Phytophaga. 277 



ridge is continued from tlie humeral callus for some distance down the 

 side just within the lateral border. Hinder thighs reaching the apex of 

 the abdomen. 



This lovely species belongs to the first subsection of the first divi- 

 sion of the genus. 



Genus Lema, Fabr. 

 Lema Parryi. 



L. oblonga, parallela, pallide fidvo-fusca, nitida ; antennis (articulo basali 

 excepto) coi-poreque subtus nigris ; thorace latitudine vix longiore, late- 

 ribus medio valde constrictis, dorso subplano, ante basin obsolete trans- 

 versim canaliculato, disco Isevi, medio tenuissime striato-punctato ; 

 elytris thorace multo latioribus, punctato-striatis, iuterspatiis loevibus ; 

 antennis mediocribus, filiformibus, articulis 3*'° et 4'° brevibus, sequali- 

 bus 5 femoribus posterioribus subtus ante apicem tuberculo brevi oblongo 

 annatis. — Long. 6 lin. 



Hah. West Coast of Africa (Dix Cove). 



Face subtrigonate ; antenute three-fourths the length of the bodj', 

 filiform, moderately robust. Thorax scarcely longer than broad, sub- 

 quadrate, slightly broader at the base, sides deeply constricted in the 

 middle ; upper surface flattened in the centre, subcylindrical on the 

 sides 5 disk smooth, impunctate, with the exception of two very faint 

 iiTegular rows of minute punctures which rim down its middle ; the 

 extreme base indistinctly impressed Avith a very slight transverse 

 gi'oove, in fi'ont of which is a round puncture j on either side the central 

 line in front is a shallow fovea. Scutellum trigonate, its apex trun- 

 cate. Elytra twice as broad as the thorax, sides parallel, above convex, 

 slightly flattened down the middle, obsoletely impressed ti'ansversely 

 below the basilar space \ each elytron with two rows of distinct punc- 

 tures, their interspaces plane, punctured here and there at the base. 

 Posterior edge of abdominal segments fusco-fulvous, anal segments 

 almost entirely of the same colour. Hinder thighs scarcely thicker than 

 the others, much shorter than the abdomen. 



This remarkable species ought to stand in Lacordaire's first sub- 

 section. I know only a single specimen, presented to me by Major 

 PaiTy, after whom I have named it. 



Lema Jmxsom, 



L. elongata, subcylindrica, fulva, nitida ; thorace punctis quatuor, ely- 

 trorum plaga magna basali unguicidisque nigris ; antennis gi-acilibus, 

 filifonnibus, articulo 4'° 3''° dimidio lougiore ; thorace longitudine 

 latitudini aaquali, subcylindrico, lateribus medio valde constrictis, 

 angulis anticis promimdis, dorso Isevi, ti'ansversim sulcato; elytris 

 medio infra basin depressis, basi ipsa vix elevata, punctato-striatis, 



