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constricted at the sides, the dise with a double row of very minute 

 punctures, the basai sulcus rather deep, the entire dise black, the 

 sides fulvous; scutellum truncate at its apex; elytra with a slight 

 dépression below the base, the latter rather swollen, the punctures 

 strong anteriorly, finer below the middle, the ninth row entire, 

 the interstices flat throughout, impressed hère and there with a 

 few minute pnnetures, a transverse band below the middle, not 

 extending to the sides, black; the breast and abdomen, the last 

 two segments excepted, and the claws black. 



Eab. : Africa, Sierra-Leone (Collection Jacoby). 



I kow of no similarly coloured species described, which will 

 find its place probably near L. uslulata Lac. In the variety the 

 black dise of the thorax is replaced by two small spots and the 

 elytral band is much wider than in the type, but structural diffé- 

 rences I cannot find ; it is probable that the species is subject to a 

 good deal of variation in regard to colour. 



Lema atrofasciata n. sp. — Fulvous, the Jiead anteriorly, the 

 antennx [the basai joint excepted), the apex of the four posterior 

 femora, the tarsi and the breast, blach, thorax impunctate, elytra 

 strongly punclate-striate, fulvous, each with a broad longitudinal 

 band not extending to the base or the apex. 



Leugth 2 lines. 



Head sparingly pubescent, fulvous, the vertex finely punctured, 

 the eyes large, broadly but not deeply notched, lower portion 

 of the face, black, terminal joint of the palpi, acute, autennae 

 slender, nearly extending to the middle of the elytra, the 

 third and fourth joints equal, each longer than the second 

 joint, the basai joint fulvous, the others black or obscure fulvous, 

 stained more or less with black, the terminal joints but slightly 

 thickened; thorax not longer than broad, the basai sulcus very 

 deep, the surface impunctate; scutellum black, its apex sinuate; 

 elytra with a very slight dépression below the base, strongly 

 punctate-striate, the interstices costate at the sides and at the 

 apex, impunctate, each elytron with a broad black band, pointed 

 and abbreviated at the apex and extending laterally from the 

 second to the seventh row of punctures; the breast and the sides 

 of the first abdominal segment as well as the posterior half of the 

 four posterior femora and the tarsi, more or less, black, sparingly 

 clothed with yellow pubescence. 



Hab. : Africa, Cameroos. 



Easily known by the black band of the elytra. Several spécimens 

 are contained in my collection. 



