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The posterior tibiae strongly curved. Smaller than the preceding 

 species, the antennae black as well as the breast and the legs ; 

 the thorax much longer and less strongly tuberculate, the last 

 abdominal segment and the pygidium black. 



Length 4 mm. 



Hob. Nilgiris (Coll. H. E. Andrewes). 



Genus ORSODACNA. 

 Orsodacna, Latreille, Hist. Nat. Ins. iii, 1802, p. 223. 



Type, 0. cerasi, Linn., from Europe. 



Range. Europe ; North and South America ; Ceylon. 



Of narrow, elongate shape. Eyes large ; antennae filiform, the 

 terminal joints slightly widened ; fourth joint of maxillary palpi 

 as long as or longer than the second joint. Thorax as broad as 

 long, sometimes broader, more or less constricted at the base, 

 much narrower than the elytra, the latter irregularly punctured. 

 Legs moderately stout, the posterior femora not thicker than the 

 others ; tibiae gradually widened towards the apex, armed at the 

 latter place with two small spines ; the first joint of the posterior 

 tarsi nearly as long as the following two joints united ; claws 

 almost bifid. 



21. Orsodacna indica, Motsch. Bull. Mosc. xxxix, 1866, p. 406. 



''About one-third smaller than the European O.cerasi, parallel, 

 rufo-testaceous, the elytra and legs paler, the antennae, scutellum 

 and the suture black, tarsi fuscous. Elytra rugosely punctured, 

 sparingly pubescent." 



Length 3 mm. 



Hob. Ceylon. 



The above is all the description given by Motschulsky of this 

 insect, the true place of which can only be determined by an 

 examination of the type. 



Genus LEMA. 



Lema, Fabr. Ent. Syat. Suppl. 1798, p. 90 ; Lacord. Mon. Phytoph. 

 i, 1845, p. 303 : Chapuis, Gen. Co-opt, x, 1874, p. 72. 



Type, L. cyanella, Linn., from Europe. 



Range. Of universal distribution ; New Zealand excepted, so far 

 as is known. 



Characters those of the group. Head generally constricted 

 posteriorly ; antennae filiform ; thorax generally with one, some- 

 times with two, sulci, an anterior and a posterior one. Elytra 

 punctate-striate. Legs elongate, femora moderately thickened, 

 claws united at base as far as the middle. 



The species of this genus are very numerously represented in 

 India and the tropics in general ; they vary greatly in size and 



