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beyond the base of the elytra, flavous, the lower four joints 

 shining, the others opaque, pubescent; thorax slightly longer than 

 broad, not much widened anteriorly, the sides rounded at the 

 angles, the latéral constnction deep, the basai sulcus rather deep, 

 the surface entirely impunctate; scutellum fulvous, its apex 

 rounded; elytra with a small but distinct dépression below the 

 base, bright metallic blue, the apex fulvous, the punctures widely 

 placed, strong within the dépression, fine posteriorly and nearly 

 obsolète at the sides and apex, the ninth row entire ; the inter- 

 stices flat and smooth, underside and legs fulvous, sparingly clothed 

 with yellow pubescence ; posterior femora not extending beyond 

 the first two abdominal segments. 



Hàb. : Isabela, Philippine Islands (Semper). In the collection of 

 the Brussels Muséum and that of my own. 



Of similar coloration than L. glabricollis ,but the elytral punctua- 

 tion very fine and the fulvous colour of the apex of greater extend. 



Lema Staudingeri n. sp. — Pale fulvous, the antennœ 

 stained with fus cous, the apical halfofthe elytra dark violaceous; 

 thorax impunctate, elytra with deep basai dépression, strongly 

 punctate-striate anteriorly, abdomen obscure piceous. 



Lengih 2 i/-2 lines. 



Head impunctate, fulvous, eyes nearly entire, carina distinct, 

 short, labrum black, antennae slender and long, fulvous, the 

 lower joints stained with fuscous at the apex, the eighth, ninth 

 and tenth joints entirely of that colour, the terminal joint obscure 

 fulvous, third and fourth joints equal ; thorax scarcely longer than 

 broad, the anterior portion strongly swollen, widened anteriorly, 

 the basai sulcus deep, the surface entirely impunctate : elytra with 

 the basai portion strongly raised, transversely depressed below 

 the élévation, the punctures deep within the dépression, more 

 finely anteriorly and posteriorly, the apical half dark violaceous ; 

 posterior femora with a short triangular tooth. 



Hab. : New Guinea. 



This species, of which I received a single spécimen from 

 D r Staudinger without particular locality, is very closely allied to 

 L. connectens Baly, also to L. papuana and L. Boisduvali, it 

 differs however from either in the entirely fulvous legs (instead 

 of having the posterior femora black) from L. connectens, it further 

 differs in the black labrum and in the margin of the dark 

 portion of the elytra, which is convex anteriorly instead of concave, 

 the latter being the case in ail the spécimens of L. connectens, the 

 type of which 1 hâve examined in the British Muséum. 



Crioceris philippinensis n. sp. — Flavous, shining, the 



