18 Mr. J. S. Baly on new Species of Phytophagous Beetles. 



longitudinally grooved, its apex obtuse. Elytra much broader 

 than the thorax, oblong, parallel in front, their apex rounded ; 

 upper surface transversely depressed below the basilar space, the 

 latter not elevated ; each elytron furnished with nine rows of deep 

 coarse punctures, which become, however, finer and less deeply im- 

 pressed towards the apex ; interspaces nearly plane in front, in- 

 distinctly wrinkled transversely below the basilar space, thickened 

 and subcostate towards the apex of the elytron. Legs pale tes- 

 taceous; tarsi, apical half of four anterior tibia?, together with 

 the extreme apex of the hinder pair, nigro-fuscous ; hinder 

 thighs slightly thickened. 



Lema Bowringii. 



L. elongata, subcylindrica, nitida, subtus nigro-cyanea, argenteo 

 pubescens ; capite thoraceque rufo-testaceis, illo pone oculos valde 

 constricto; oculis antennisque subfusiformibus nigris, harum arti- 

 culis ultimis duobus sordide albis, hoc cylmdrico lateribus vix 

 pone medium valde constrictis, ante basin tranversim sulcato, 

 sub lente remote punctato ; scutello nigro ; elytris laete cseruleis, 

 parallelis, basi obsolete elevatis, punctato-striatis, interspatiis 

 antice planis, disco exteriore indistincte transversim corrugatis, ad 

 apicem subcostatis. 



Var. A. capite thoraceque lsete cseruleis, vertice obscure rufo. 



Long. 2f-3 lin. 



Hab. Pulo-Penang. 



Elongate, subcylindrical, nitidous, bluish black beneath, and 

 sparingly clothed with adpressed silvery pubescence ; head and 

 thorax rufo-testaceous ; elytra deep metallic blue. Head con- 

 stricted behind the eyes; face triangular, epistome separated 

 from the face by a deep, acutely-angled groove ; from its apex 

 two others run obliquely upwards, one on either side, along the 

 edge of the orbit ; inner portion of the latter stained with black; 

 labrum piceous ; general surface of head minutely and distantly 

 punctured, front impressed with a single distinct fovea : antennae 

 subfusiform, moderately robust, black, their two terminal joints 

 dusky white, basal joints incrassate, ovate; second short, sub- 

 moniliform ; third and fourth each longer than the first, equal, 

 obconic; four basal joints nitidous, the rest opake. Thorax 

 subcylindrical, slightly longer than broad ; sides broadly and 

 deeply constricted immediately behind their middle, narrowed 

 at the extreme apex, thickened before their apex; upper surface 

 impressed in front of the base by a deep sulcation, which is ex- 

 tended at either end into the lateral constriction ; on the centre 

 of the disk are five or six longitudinal rows of fine subremote 

 punctures, visible only with a lens. Scutellum semiovate, ob- 

 tuse. Elytra much broader than the thorax, parallel, their ba- 



