Phytoplinga Malayana. 25 



nco, Var. C. Sumatra (sec. Olivier). Also Siam, India (Coast of 

 Coromandel), and China (Canton River), type and varieties. 



This species, which is spread over a wide geographical area, 

 viz. from China to Makassar, and is a))parently not uncommon, 

 varies greatly in colour ; from this cause it has been described 

 by various authors under separate names ; having had the oppor- 

 tunity of examining a long series of specimens from different 

 localities, I have no hesitation in uniting them all under one 

 head. 



31. Lema Javana, Lac. 

 Mon. Phyt. i. p. 382. 



" Elongata, saturate cyanea ; elytris dilutioribus, prothorace 

 rufo, elongatulo, pone medium modice coarctato, supra basi 

 parum profunde transversim impresso ; elytris convexis, dorso 

 subplanis, basi haud impressis, punctato-striatis, interstitiis 

 apice convexis." (Lacordaire.) 



Long. 2-| lin. 



Hab. Java. 



32. Lema Smithii, n. sp. 



Elongata, robusta, subcylindrica, pallide rufo-testacea, nitida ; 

 antennis gracilibus, filiformibus, fulvis ; thorace latitudine 

 paullo longiori, medio valde coarctato, disco tenuiter punc- 

 tato, punctis in medio paullo majoribus et in serie longitudinali 

 unica dispositis, ante basin transversim sulcato, sulci medio 

 unifoveolato ; elytris cseruleo-nigris, infra basin transversim 

 depressis, tenuiter punctato-striatis, striis ad apicem distinctis, 

 punctis ante medium profundius impressis; interspatiis planis, 

 ad apicem convexiusculis ; unguiculis nigris. 



Long. 4 — 4| lin. 



Hab. Celebes. 



Head deeply constricted behind the eyes, the latter deeply 

 notched ; face trigonate ; front impressed with a longitudinal 

 groove; antennae more than half the length of the body, not 

 thickened towards the apex ; third, fourth and fifth joints in- 

 creasing in length, the rest each about equal to the fifth. Scu- 

 tellum pentagonal. Elytra nearly four times the length of the 

 thorax, very convex ; interspaces between the striae very finely 

 but subremotely punctured. Hinder thighs scarcely thicker than 

 the others, rather longer than the first two segments of the ab- 

 domen. Abdomen clothed with adpressed fulvous hairs. 



