﻿N 
  . 
  1130. 
  NEW 
  SPECIES 
  OF 
  CHEYSOMELIDJE—LIXELL. 
  475 
  

  

  tellar 
  sjiot 
  and 
  a 
  loiigitudiual 
  vitta 
  black, 
  the 
  latter 
  starting: 
  from 
  the 
  

   humerus, 
  widened 
  behind 
  to 
  the 
  suture 
  and 
  interrupted 
  before 
  the 
  apex; 
  

   strife 
  regnhir, 
  of 
  ratlier 
  strong 
  punctures, 
  the 
  ninfh 
  not 
  interrupted. 
  

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

   Length, 
  iS.lS 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type.—^o. 
  1291, 
  U.S.X.M. 
  One 
  example 
  collected 
  at 
  Brownsville, 
  

   Texas, 
  by 
  Professor 
  C. 
  H. 
  T. 
  Townsend. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  has 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  L. 
  coiijuncta 
  Lacordaire, 
  but 
  is 
  very 
  

   much 
  smaller, 
  has 
  the 
  elytra 
  more 
  strongly 
  punctate, 
  and 
  is 
  different 
  in 
  

   coloration. 
  

  

  LEMA 
  COLORADENSIS, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Shortly 
  oblong, 
  parallel, 
  shining. 
  Head 
  red, 
  sparsely 
  and 
  finely 
  

   l^unctulate, 
  labrum 
  and 
  apices 
  of 
  palpi 
  infuscate; 
  front 
  strongly 
  bitu- 
  

   berculate 
  ; 
  eyes 
  emarginate. 
  Antennai 
  stout, 
  shorter 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  body, 
  

   slightly 
  incrassate 
  toward 
  the 
  apex, 
  black; 
  basal 
  joint 
  entirely 
  and 
  

   second 
  to 
  fourth 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  surface 
  led. 
  Thorax 
  red, 
  subparallel, 
  

   slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  obsoletely 
  punctulate 
  on 
  the 
  disc, 
  moderately 
  

   constricted 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  behind 
  the 
  middle; 
  the 
  transverse 
  basal 
  con- 
  

   striction 
  obsolete, 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  impressed 
  fovea 
  on 
  the 
  median 
  line. 
  

   Scutellum 
  red, 
  quadrate, 
  emarginate 
  at 
  a^iex. 
  Elytra 
  bluish-green, 
  

   convex, 
  obsoletely 
  impressed 
  on 
  fourth 
  from 
  the 
  base; 
  ten 
  regular 
  rows 
  

   of 
  moderately 
  close 
  punctures, 
  the 
  intervals 
  somewhat 
  rugose 
  by 
  finely 
  

   impressed, 
  irregular 
  scratches. 
  Thorax 
  beneath 
  red, 
  sparsely 
  pubes- 
  

   cent. 
  Abdomen 
  shining 
  black, 
  nearly 
  impunctate; 
  last 
  ventral 
  rufous 
  

   at 
  apex. 
  Legs 
  red, 
  the 
  posterior 
  femora 
  slightly 
  more 
  incrassate 
  than 
  

   the 
  others, 
  reaching 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  ventral 
  segment. 
  Length, 
  

   4 
  mm. 
  

  

  One 
  example 
  from 
  Greeley, 
  Colorado, 
  in 
  collection 
  of 
  Messrs. 
  Hub- 
  

   bard 
  & 
  Schwarz. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  L. 
  brnnnicollis 
  Lacordaire, 
  but 
  has 
  

   the 
  thorax 
  and 
  elytra 
  slightly 
  more 
  elongate 
  and 
  a 
  different 
  coloration 
  

   of 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  legs. 
  

  

  LEMA 
  CONFUSA 
  Chevrolat. 
  

  

  Leina 
  cotifusa 
  Chevrolat, 
  Col. 
  Mex. 
  Cent., 
  II, 
  1835, 
  No. 
  116. 
  — 
  Lacokdaire. 
  Mon., 
  

   11. 
  409. 
  — 
  Jacquelin, 
  Duv., 
  Hist. 
  Cub. 
  lus., 
  p. 
  282, 
  pi. 
  xi, 
  i\<x. 
  3. 
  

  

  Recorded 
  from 
  Mexico 
  and 
  Cuba, 
  this 
  species 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  collected 
  

   at 
  Enterprise 
  and 
  Crescent 
  City, 
  Florida, 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  Hubbard 
  & 
  

   Schwarz. 
  It 
  is 
  allied 
  to 
  L. 
  conjuHcta, 
  but 
  is 
  smaller 
  and 
  less 
  robust. 
  

   The 
  color 
  is 
  shining 
  black 
  ; 
  elytra 
  yellow, 
  with 
  a 
  sutural 
  stripe, 
  expanded 
  

   at 
  apex, 
  and 
  an 
  abbreviated 
  discal 
  stripe, 
  black. 
  It 
  ^'aries 
  with 
  the 
  

   elytral 
  stripes 
  continent 
  and 
  the 
  abdomen 
  black 
  or 
  yellow. 
  

  

  