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



Lema Hehe. 



Sub-elongata, convexa, piceo-nigra, nitida; antennarum apice, 

 scutello, elytrorum basi, meso- et raetathorace, tibiarum apice 

 fetnoribusque fulvis. 



Long. Sg ]in. 



Sub-elongate, convex, shining pitchy black ; the extreme apex 

 of antennae, scutellum, base of the elytra, raeso-and metathorax, 

 thighs, together with the base of the tibiffi, fulvous. Antennae 

 filiform, equal in length to the body, their two terminal joints ful- 

 vous. Thorax rather broader than long, sub-cylindrical, strangu- 

 lated behind the middle ; surface smooth and shining, obsoletely 

 punctured. Scutellum shining fulvous. Elytra oblong, convex, 

 deeply impressed transversely below their base ; each elytron with 

 ten rows of fine punctures, which become nearly obsolete towards 

 the apex, puncturing on the transverse depression coarse and 

 deeply impressed ; shining black, the basal third bright fulvous. 

 Beneath nigro-piceous, meso- and metathorax, thighs and base of 

 tibiae fulvous; hinder pair of thighs incrassate, shorter than the 

 abdomen. 



Hab. Dory, New Guinea. 



Collections of A. R. Wallace and W. W. Saunders, Esqs., and 

 J. S. Baly. 



Genus Crioceris, Geoff. 

 Crioceris Adonis. 



Convexa, nitido-caerulea, antennis nigris; elytris thorace multo 

 latioribus, utrisque plaga magna, a basi ad paullo infra me- 

 dium extensa, introrsum valde emarginatd, flavd. 



Long. 5 lin. 



Convex, deep shining metallic blue, each elytron with a large 

 sub-reniform patch, extending from the base to beyond the middle, 

 bright yellow. Head deeply constricted behind the eyes, fore- 

 head with a deep fovea ; antennas black, moderately robust, nearly 

 equal to the body in length, sub-filiform. Thorax as broad as 

 long, sub-cylindrical, sides constricted in the middle ; above 

 smooth and shining, sides indistinctly and irregularly excavated, 

 surface minutely and remotely pvmctured, the puncturing rather 

 more distinct towards the front, on the middle of the disc are 

 several irregular longitudinal rows of punctures ; in front of the 

 base is a shallow fovea. Scutellum trigonate. Elytra very mucli 

 broader than the thorax, four times its length, convex, indistinctly 



