146 Mr. J. S. Baly's Descriptions of 



IX. Descriptions of New Species of Phytophagous Insects. 

 By J. S. Baly, Esq. 



[Read June 6th, 1859.] 



Family CRIOCERID^. 

 Genus Lema, Fabr. 

 Lema De Gandei. 

 Oblonga, convexa, nigra, nitida, abdomine rufo-piceo; elytris 

 punctaio-sLilcatis, sulcis interruptis, profunde impressis ; 

 cseruleo-viridibus, margine flavo. 

 Long. Q\ — 4 lin. 



Oblong, shining black ; abdomen rufo-piceous ; elytra bluish- 

 green, their outer margin pale yellow. Head constricted behind 

 the eyes ; antennae sub-filiform, two-thirds the length of the body, 

 their second and third joints equal. Thorax subquadrate, 

 scarcely broader than long ; sides deeply constricted at their 

 middle ; above sub-cylindrical, impressed at the middle with a 

 deep transverse groove, which is parallel with and terminates on 

 either side in the lateral constriction; basal half of disc impressed 

 by a deep longitudinal groove; surface smooth and shining, finely 

 and remotely punctured. Scutellum triangular, shining black. 

 Elytra much broader than the thorax, more than four times its 

 length ; above convex, each elytron covered with ten rows of 

 deeply sulcate, punctured striae ; striae much interrupted, inter- 

 spaces elevated, smooth and shining ; the outer stria entire ; bright 

 metallic bluish-green, the outer border broadly margined with 

 pale yellow. Beneath shining black, abdomen rufo-piceous ; legs 

 slender. 



Hab. Ecuador. 



Lema variolosa, 



Oblongo-elongata, rufo-fulva, nitida, antennis, thoracis vitta 

 centrali, postice abbreviata, scutello elytrisque nigris, his 

 valde et irregulariter punctatis; punctis (praesertim ad latera) 

 confluentibus, interstitiis valde elevatis ; genubus, tibiis 

 tarsisque piceis. 



Long. 3 lin. 



