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28. Lema hopei, sp. n. 



Fulvous ; clypeus and labrum black ; elytra metallic dar 

 greenish ; legs fulvous. 



Head impunctate, intraocular space highly raised and deeply 

 divided ; eyes very prominent, triangularly but only moderately 

 deeply notched ; clypeus and labrurn black ; antenna with the 

 basal six joints fulvous, the rest in the type and only specimen 

 wanting, third and fourth joints equal, fifth and sixth elongate. 

 Thorax moderately constricted at the sides, the constriction 

 bounded above by a perpendicular ridge ; basal sulcus deep, the 

 space below with a transverse raised line or ridge ; anterior angles 

 rounded, the middle of the disc with a few minute punctures 

 anteriorly. Scutellum fulvous. Elytra with a very shallow 

 depression below the base, deeply and strongly punctate-striate, 

 the punctures finer towards the apex, the interstices at the latter 

 place slightly convex. Underside and the legs fulvous, clothed with 

 fine yellow pubescence. 



Length 5 mm. 



Hab. India (Coll. Jacoby). 



Distinguished by the rounded, not pointed, anterior angles of 

 the thorax, fulvous antennae and underside. The species is 

 closely allied to L. fulvicornis, Jac., from Ceylon, but is less broad 

 than that insect and generally of smaller size, while the elytral 

 puncturation is different. 



29. Lema obscuritarsis, Jac. Ann. Mm. Civ. Genova, xxxii, 1892, 



p. 872. 



Fulvous; the labrum and antennae (the first joint excepted) 

 black ; elytra metallic dark blue ; tarsi more or less fuscous. 



Head not constricted behind the eyes, impunctate, the frontal 

 tubercles divided by a longitudinal groove ; eyes deeply notched ; 

 labrum black ; antennae black, extending to about halt' the length 

 of the elytra, the first joint fulvous, the fourth longer than the 

 third joint. Thorax only moderately constricted at the sides, 

 the transverse groove distinct, the surface with a few fine punctures 

 anteriorly and at the sides only. Scutellum fulvous. Elytra 

 rather flattened, obsoletely depressed below the base, dark blue, 

 distinctly and regularly punctate-striate, the interstices convex 

 near the apex. Legs fulvous, tarsi obscure fuscous. 



Length 5 mm. 



Hab. Burma : Palon ; Assam : Patkai Mts. 



Nearly allied to L. moulioti, Baly, but smaller, the head not 

 constricted behind and the anrennae and tarsi black instead of 

 fulvous ; the first-named parts have the fourth joint longer than 

 the third, in which they differ from L. malabarica ; the elytra 

 have no fulvous apical margins as in that form. Thorax differently 

 sculptured from that of L. hopei ; antennas black. 



