34 CHRYSOMELIDJE. 



Head constricted posteriorly, the vertex with a deep central 

 groove; eyes extremely large, deeply silicate in front, pal pi distinctly 

 thickened ; antennae fiavous, extended to the middle of the elytra, 

 the third joint half as long as the fourth, following joints elongate. 

 Thorax strongly convex anteriorly but only moderately widened, 

 slightly longer than broad, the basal sulcus very deep and placed 

 close to the posterior margin, separated from the lateral excavations 

 by a short perpendicular ridge, the disc impunctate, with a small 

 black spot on each side, close to the anterior margin. Elytra 

 subcylindrical, very slightly depressed below the base at the 

 suture, the punctures on that portion strong but very fine 

 towards the apical part, the interstices convex at the sides behind 

 the middle. Body beneath and the legs testaceous, the sides of 

 the breast with a narrow black longitudinal streak. 



Length 6 mm. 



Hab. Travancore : Wallardi (Coll. Jncoby}. 



This is another species with thickened palpi, but with thoracic 

 spots and black sides to the breast ; the puncturation is finer than 

 in most other similarly coloured species. 



60. Lema palonensis, Jac. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xxxii, 1892, p. 873- 



Fulvous ; terminal joints of antennae fuscous, apex of tarsal 

 joints obscure piceous. 



Head moderately constricted posteriorly with the usual ele- 

 vations at the vertex, divided by a longitudinal groove, supra- 

 ocular grooves deep ; eyes deeply notched ; clypeus sparingly 

 pubescent ; antennae fulvous, extended to rather more than half the 

 length of the body, the sixth to the tenth joints obscure fuscous, 

 pubescent. Thorax subquadrate, moderately constricted at the 

 sides, the basal sulcus rather deep, the surface entirely impunctate. 

 Elytra deeply depressed within the shoulders and below the base, 

 the punctures not very closely placed and much deeper within 

 the depression. Underside clothed with yellow pubescence, the 

 .apex of the tarsal joints obscure piceous. 



Length 5 mm. 



Hab. Burma : Palon. 



Smaller than the preceding species ; the antennae with dark 

 terminal joints, the elytral depression deep. 



01. Lema subiridea, Jac. Mem. Soc. Ent. Belg. vii, 1900, p. 97. 



Beneath bluish-black, above fulvous ; elytra with distinct 

 purplish gloss ; legs fulvous or black. 



Head impunctate, vertex convex but not tuberculate, space 

 behind eyes constricted, the latter triangularly and not deeply 

 notched ; clypeus broad and thick, black like the labrum ; antennae 

 slender, fulvous, apical joint blackish, third and fourth joints equal, 



