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following joints very elongate. Thorax subquadrate, anterior 

 angles not produced but slightly pointed, basal sulcus deep, lateral 

 constrictions sulciform, surface im punctate. Scutellum fulvous 

 or obscure piceous. Elytra rather depressed, broad at base, with 

 shallow though well-marked depression below latter ; punctures 

 moderately strong on basal portion, rather fine towards apex. 

 Body beneath black, legs fulvous. 



Far. Antennae (basal joint excepted) and legs black. Elytra 

 fulvous with apical blue portion. 



Length 4| mm. 



Hah. Bombay ; Travancore ; Nilgiris (Capt. Downing}. 



Of this species specimens have lately been obtained by Capt. 

 Downing on the Nilgiris at about 6000 ft. elevation ; one of these 

 specimens looks at first sight like L. chalybeo-notata, Clk., as 

 it has the apex of the elytra metallic blue as in that species ; 

 this specimen however differs by its fulvous legs. In spite of these 

 differences I have no doubt that this form and those with black 

 legs all represent the same species, to be distinguished by the 

 purplish iridescence of the elytra. In this respect they all differ 

 from Clark's species and may be further distinguished by the non- 

 tuberculate thoracic anterior angles, its deep basal sulcus, and the 

 broader and more depressed elytra. L. fulvo-brunnea, Jac. is a 

 more narrow and subcylindrical species, the head has two strongly 

 raised tubercles and the elytral punctures are more numerous and 

 more closely placed. 



62. Lema fulvula, Lacord. Mon. Phytoph. i, 1845, p. 338; Weise, 

 Deut. ent. Zeit. 1892, p. 387. 



Yellowish-red ; breast and abdomen black ; apex of tibiae and 

 tarsi fuscous. 



Head clothed with fine and short pubescence, the vertex nearly 

 flat, with a short and thin central groove ; eyes strongly and 

 deeply emarginate. Thorax as long as broad, entirely impunctate, 

 with a basal very distinct transverse sulcus and an anterior more 

 obsolete transverse depression. Elytra with smooth interstices, 

 slightly costate at the apex ; tibiae at the apex and the tarsi more 

 or less fuscous. 



Length 4|-5 mm. 



Hab. Bengal ; Coromandel ; Ceylon ; Sumatra ; Nias Island. 



Separated from other species of this group by the pubescent 

 head and the colour of the tibiae and tarsi. 



03. Lema lacertosa, Lacord. Mon. Phytoph. i, 1845, p. 339; Salt/, 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) iv, 1865, p. 11. 



Dark rufous ; the abdomen marked with black, anterior legs 

 testaceous, the others and the breast black. 



Head feebly constricted posteriorly the vertex flat with a fine 



