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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEVM. 
  vol. 
  xx 
  

  

  griseous 
  hairs, 
  deeply 
  piinctatostriate; 
  intervals 
  transversely 
  cribrate; 
  

   apices 
  rounded 
  without 
  sutural 
  spine. 
  Ventral 
  surface 
  either 
  uniformly 
  

   testaceous 
  or 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  greenish 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  metasternum, 
  cov- 
  

   ered 
  with 
  a 
  line, 
  s])arse, 
  silvery 
  gray 
  pubescence. 
  Legs 
  entirely 
  testa- 
  

   ceous, 
  femora 
  siuiple. 
  Length, 
  3 
  to 
  4 
  uim. 
  

  

  Tijpc. 
  — 
  No. 
  1289, 
  U.S.X.M. 
  Nineteen 
  examples 
  collected 
  in 
  May 
  and 
  

   June 
  at 
  Brownsville, 
  Texas, 
  by 
  Professor 
  C 
  H. 
  Tyler 
  Townsend 
  and 
  

   Mr. 
  E. 
  A. 
  Schwarz. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  nearly 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  Mexican 
  M. 
  delecta 
  Clark, 
  and 
  M. 
  

   sttturalis 
  Lacordaire, 
  but 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  former 
  by 
  lacking 
  sutural 
  

   spines 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  latter 
  by 
  the 
  sutural 
  stripe 
  and 
  elytral 
  margin 
  being 
  

   testaceous. 
  

  

  LEMA 
  LONGIPENNIS, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Body 
  elongate, 
  as 
  in 
  L. 
  texana 
  Crotch, 
  but 
  larger 
  and 
  with 
  color 
  and 
  

   sculpture 
  of 
  L. 
  collar 
  is 
  Say, 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  differs 
  as 
  follows: 
  Much 
  

   larger, 
  collum 
  red, 
  median 
  frontal 
  groove 
  terminating 
  in 
  a 
  round 
  fovea 
  

   on 
  vertex, 
  thorax 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  proportionately, 
  distinctly 
  and 
  broadly 
  

   constricted 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  sides 
  more 
  gibbous 
  in 
  front; 
  

   scutellum 
  elongate, 
  subtriangular, 
  with 
  apex 
  rounded 
  (in 
  />. 
  colhtris 
  

   semioval, 
  subtiuncate 
  at 
  apex); 
  elytra 
  two 
  and 
  one-half 
  times 
  longer 
  

   than 
  broad 
  (in 
  X. 
  eollaris 
  only 
  twice). 
  Length, 
  G.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  No. 
  1290, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  Five 
  examples, 
  Canon 
  City, 
  Colorado 
  

   (Wickham). 
  

  

  LEMA 
  JACOBINA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Elongate, 
  shining, 
  reddish-yellow, 
  with 
  a 
  spot 
  at 
  apical 
  fourth 
  of 
  

   each 
  elytron, 
  suture, 
  the 
  seven 
  outer 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  autennte 
  and 
  apices 
  

   of 
  tarsaljoints 
  black. 
  Thorax 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  moderately 
  constricted 
  

   behind 
  the 
  middle, 
  impunctate. 
  Elytra 
  broadest 
  at 
  base, 
  regularly 
  con- 
  

   vex, 
  deeply 
  punctate 
  in 
  regular 
  strife, 
  the 
  ninth 
  broadly 
  interrupted; 
  

   the 
  marginal 
  stria 
  impressed 
  from 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  others 
  only 
  at 
  a]»ex. 
  

   Ventral 
  surface 
  and 
  legs 
  sparsely 
  and 
  finely 
  punctate, 
  finely 
  pubescent. 
  

   Length, 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Tijpe. 
  — 
  No. 
  1292, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  One 
  example, 
  collected 
  at 
  San 
  Diego, 
  

   Texas 
  (May 
  2G), 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  A, 
  Schwarz, 
  who 
  recognized 
  it 
  as 
  undescribed 
  

   and 
  labeled 
  it 
  with 
  the 
  manuscript 
  name 
  used 
  above. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  allied 
  to 
  L. 
  G-guttata 
  Olivier, 
  but 
  is 
  smaller, 
  more 
  

   elongate, 
  has 
  no 
  impressions 
  on 
  the 
  disc 
  of 
  the 
  elytra, 
  and 
  has 
  also 
  a 
  

   different 
  coloration. 
  

  

  LEMA 
  LEBIOIDES, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Moderately 
  broad, 
  rufotestaceous, 
  shining; 
  mouth, 
  sides 
  of 
  head, 
  

   coxa' 
  and 
  side 
  pieces 
  of 
  meso- 
  and 
  metathorax 
  black. 
  Antenna? 
  slen- 
  

   der, 
  ferruginous. 
  Head 
  sparsely 
  punctate, 
  vertex 
  nearly 
  smooth, 
  with 
  

   a 
  small 
  round 
  fovea. 
  Thorax 
  broadest 
  at 
  base, 
  deeply 
  constricted 
  

   behind 
  the 
  middle, 
  imi)unctate. 
  Elytra 
  jiarailel, 
  slightly 
  depressed 
  on 
  

   the 
  disc 
  one-third 
  from 
  the 
  base, 
  ferruginous, 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  square 
  sen- 
  

  

  