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80. Lema downesi, Baly, A. M. N. H. (3) xvi, 1805, p. 156. 



Lema nigro-suturalis, Clark, App. Cat. Phytoph. 1860, p. 37 : Weise, 

 Deut. Ent. Zeit. 1903, p. 19. 



Pale fulvous ; antennae (the basal joint excepted) and the tarsi 

 fuscous ; scutellum black. Elytra with a black sutural band 

 abbreviated before the apex. 



Thorax elongate, transversely sulcate at the base, the anterior 

 portion subglobose, smooth, strongly punctured as is also the 

 middle of the disc. Elytra strongly depressed beloxv the base, 

 very deeply punctate-striate, the interstices at the apex costate, 

 the second and eighth interspace united at the apex and swollen. 



Length 4 mm. 



Hab. Bengal ; Bombay : Malabar coast. 



Thorax smoother and more swollen than in L. suturdla, Baly ; 

 third joint of the antennae half as long again as the second and 

 equal in length to the fourth. 



81. Lema jnvenilis, sp. n. 



Fulvous ; antennae black, basal joints fulvous. Elytra with a 

 narrow greenish-black sutural baud which does not extend to the 

 apex. 



Head with a feeble groove at the vertex ; the clypeus and 

 labrum piceous; antennae extended nearly to the middle of the 

 elytra, basal four joints fulvous, apex of each piceous, following 

 joints entirely dark, third and fourth equal, the others cylindrically 

 elongate, slightly thickened. Thorax rather transverse, the an- 

 terior portion dilated and produced into a point at the angles ; the/ 

 lateral constrictions with a distinct ridge above ; basal sulcus 

 placed immediately behind the middle, deep, slightly foveolate at 

 its centre. Scutellum fulvous. Elytra with a rather deep though 

 gradual depression below the base, the latter slightly raised, 

 strongly and closely punctate-striate, rest of the surface more 

 finely punctured ; a narrow greenish- black sutural stripe, slightly 

 widened posteriorly and not extended to the apex. Body beneath 

 and the legs fulvous, the breast piceous. 



Length 4 mm. 



Jfab. Malabar coast : Mahe (Coll. JTacoby}. 



Coloration similar to L. suturella, Baly, but the antennae much 

 longer, the thorax with pointed anterior angles, its sulcus placed 

 nearly at the middle ; the elytra with distinct basal depression. 



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82. Lema viridi-suturata, sp. n. 



Fulvous ; terminal joints of antennae, breast and abdomen black. 

 Elytra with broad sutural greenish -black band. 



Head not constricted posteriorly, impunctate, sparingly pub- 

 escent ; intraocular space strongly raised but not tuberculate, 

 divided by a fine groove; eyes moderately prominent, triangularly 



