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Lema transvalensis n. sp. — Broaà and robust, jjale 

 flavous, the antennae [the first joint excepted), the knees and the tarsi, 

 black; thorax stibquadrate, punctured medially and anteriorly, 

 elytra strongly pîmctate-striate, the interstices with a single row 

 of fine but distinct punctures. 



Length 4 1/2 lines. . 



Of broadly subquadrate shape and of very pale flavous colour, the 

 head constricted behind the eyes, the space in front of the latter 

 finely rugose, antennse with the basai joint flavous, the second 

 small and globular, black, the third and fourth equal, short, 

 shining, the three following joints pubescent (the others broken 

 off), thorax subquadrate, deeply constricted at the middle, the dise 

 with several rows of very fine punctures at the middle and some 

 others near the anterior angles; scutellum truncate at its apex; 

 elytra much broader than the thorax, the basai portion slightly 

 raised, strongly impressed with large somewhat elongate punc- 

 tures, which diminish gradually in size towards the apex, the 

 interstices with a single row of fine punctures, the ninth row 

 entire, the shoulders smooth and impunctate; underside and legs 

 flavous, the knees, tarsi and clawjoints black, mesosternum finely 

 rugose throughout; the apex of the tibias at the inner side black 

 and clothed with yelîow pubescence. 



Eab : Africa, Transvaal (my collection). 



The single spécimen, contained in my collection is no doubt 

 closely allied to L. crassipes Lac, L. jolofa, and several others 

 from Madagascar, but it differs from ail in the non-rugose elytral 

 interstices which are distinetly punctured and in the colour of the 

 knees and tibias; the thorax has also three or four rows of fine 

 punctures, instead of two as is gênerai ly the case. L. pallida Cl. 

 has an impunctate thorax and L. rufo-adumbrata Cl. has diffe- 

 rently coloured legs and antennae. 



Lema turgida n. sp. — Palefuhous, the last six joints of the 

 antenme and the tarsi, black, thorax subquadrate, nearly impunc- 

 tate, elytra convex, strongly punctale-striate, the ninth striœ 

 entire. 



Var. Legs nearly entirely black. 



Length 3 5/4-4 lines. 

 Head deeply constricted behind the eyes, the latter deeply notched, 

 clypeus rather swollen, impunctate, palpi strongly robust, antennae 

 extending a little beyond the base of the elytra, the lower four 

 joints and the base of the fifth fulvous, the other joints black, 

 gradually and strongly widened, the terminal joints scarcely longer 

 than broad; thorax subquadrate, but moderately constricted atthe 



