LEMA.. 45 



Head not constricted ; the intraocular space finely punctured, 

 with a fine central groove ; eyes moderately prominent, feebly 

 notched; antennae short, the terminal joints gradually subquadrately 

 widened, black, basal four joints more or less fulvous, third and 

 fourth equal, slightly larger than the second. Thorax only slightly 

 widened at the anterior portion, the lateral constrictions rather 

 feeble but bounded by a short ridge above, basal sulcus rather 

 deep, the surface with a few punctures near the anterior angles. 

 Scutellum black. Elytra with a very slight sutural depression 

 below the base, very regularly punctate-striate, the punctures 

 round and closely placed, the interstices flat, the sutural stripe 

 narrow, the humeral and subapical spots short and narrow, the 

 latter placed near the lateral margins. Legs fulvous, the posterior 

 femora with an obscure fuscous spot ; breast and abdomen of the 

 latter colour. 



Length 4 mm. 



Hab. Bombay : Belgaum. Type in Coll. H. E. Andrewes. 



Allied to L. ornatipennis, Jac. and L. rufo-omata, Clk., but the 

 vertex o the head punctured, the puncturation of the elytra finer 

 and the interstices smooth, their pattern also different. 



85. Lema "bretinghami, Baly, Jaurn. of Entom. i, 1862, p. 278 ; 



Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) iv, 1865, p. 24 (coromandeHana var. sec 

 Baly). 



Beneath and the antennae black ; the breast and abdomen fus- 

 cous ; above obscure fulvous. Elytra with a broad sutural vitta 

 from below the base to the apex, obscure caerulean. 



Clypeus and antennae black, the latter moderately robust, nearly 

 filiform, two-thirds the length of the body, forehead with an oblong 

 fovea. Thorax quadrate, sides deeply constricted at the middle ; 

 upper surface smooth, impunctate, impressed with two transverse 

 grooves, the first shallow, interrupted at the middle, the second 

 deeply sulcate. Elytra strongly puuctate-striate. 



Length 6 mm. 



Hab. India. 



Baly has, since the above description was published, united this 

 species with L. coromandeHana as a variety, but there is no evidence 

 at all that it is conspecific with that species. This species is larger 

 than L. coromandeliana as a rule, which latter has always metallic 

 blue elytra. No intermediate form has come under my observation. 

 The question of identity, however, can only be settled when 

 sufficient material is available. 



SECTION VIII. 

 Elytra blue or blade with longitudinal fulvous bands. 



86. Lema rufo-ornata, Clark, A PP . Cat. Phytoph. 1866, p. 30. 



Var. Lema feinuato-vittata, Clark, t. c. p. 31 ; Weise, Dent. ent. 

 Zeit. 1903, p. 19. 



