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



somewhat confused at their extreme apex, the outer stria deeply 

 sulcate. Beneath rufo-fulvous, legs shining black ; posterior 

 thighs much shorter than the abdomen. 

 Hab. Old Calabar. 



Lema cognaln. 

 Oblonga, convexa, fulva, nitida ; capite, scutello, pedibus, pro- 



thoracis basi infra, metathoraceque nigris. 

 Long. 2| lin. 



Oblong, convex, shining fulvous; head, scutellum, legs, base of 

 prothorax beneath, and the metathorax, shining black. Head 

 shining, front impressed with a short longitudinal groove ; an- 

 tennae moderately robust, sub-filiform, half the length of the body. 

 Thorax rather broader than long, sub-cylindrical, sides deeply 

 constricted behind the middle; above smooth and shining, deeply 

 impressed behind the middle with a transverse groove, which 

 terminates on either side in the lateral constriction. Scutellum 

 shining black. Elytra much broader than the thorax, sub-quad- 

 rate-ovate, very convex, each elytron with ten rows of fine 

 fuscous punctured striae, sub-sulcate towards the apex, outer stria 

 sulcate for its whole length ; interstices slightly convex towards 

 their apex, outer margin of elytron slightly thickened. Beneath 

 shining fidvous, legs, base of pro- together with the whole of the 

 metathorax shining black ; hinder thighs slightly thickened. 



Hab. Venezuela. 



My own collection. 



Nearly allied to Lema rufa. 



Lema Fortunei. 



Elongata, convexa, rufa, nitida; tibiis, tarsis antennisque (harum 

 articulo basali excepto) nigris ; elytris tenuiter punctato- 

 striatis, cyaneis. 



Long. 3| lin. 



Elongate, convex, shining rufous; antennae (the basal joint 

 excepted), tibiae and tarsi black ; elytra shining metallic blue. 

 Head much constricted behind the eyes, front with a deep oblique 

 groove on either side ; space between impressed with an oblong 

 fovea; antennae filiform, moderately robust, rather more than 

 half the length of the body, black, opaque, covered with adpressed 

 hairs, basal joint rufous, glabrous, third joint obconic, nearly 

 twice the length of the second. Thorax sub-cylindrical, scarcely 

 longer than broad, rather wider behind, sides deeply constricted 



