LEMA. 55- 



with the basal three or four joints fulvous, the rest black. Thorax 

 with the disc rather strongly swollen, the sides with a deep cavity 

 bounded above by a short perpendicular ridge, basal sulcus com- 

 paratively shallow and broad, the surface entirely impunctate. 

 Elytra depressed below the base, strongly punctured anteriorly 

 only, rest of the surface finely punctate, each elytron with a black, 

 transversely shaped spot behind the middle. Beneath and the 

 legs fulvous. 



Length 6 mm. 



Hob. Andaman Islands. 



The above detailed description is founded on a specimen in my 

 collection named by Baly himself ; the species is clearly differen- 

 tiated by the two black elytral spots and colour of the antennae. 



104. Lema quadripunctata, Oliv. Ent. vi, 1795, p. 731, pi. i, fig. 5 

 Lacord. Mon. Phytoph. i, 1845, p. 318. 



Fulvous ; eighth and ninth joints of antennae and tarsi black. 

 Elvtra each with two black spots ; breast sometimes black. 



Head strongly bituberculate between the eyes ; antennae robust, 

 fulvous, the eighth and ninth joints black, third joint shorter than 

 the fourth, the following joints subquadrately elongate. Thorax 

 with a very small tubercle at the anterior angles, the lateral con- 

 striction deep, bounded by a ridge above, the surface impunctate, 

 the basal sulcus placed directly behind the middle, with a fovea at 

 the middle. Elytra with very deep and closely placed punctures 

 anteriorly, the interstices at the base more or less strongly trans- 

 versely rugose, costate at the apex, a transversely shaped spot at 

 the middle and another at some distance from the apex and below 

 the first spot, black. Sides of the breast more or less black. 

 Posterior femora strongly incrassate in the male, less so in the 

 female. Underside clothed with short yellow pubescence. 



Var. Antennae and femora black. 



Length 7-10 mm. 



Hob. Ceylon ; Burma ; Andaman Islands ; Sumatra ; Java. 



This is evidently a very variable species, if indeed all those from 

 different localities really represent the same insect ; the species 

 may be recognized by the four elytral black spots and usually by 

 its large size. The latter is however, very variable. Prom 

 Ceylon I have seen specimens with entirely black antennae and 

 breast; these have the elytral spots much larger and the 

 posterior femora very strongly incrassate in the male, in size 

 they are larger than any of the other specimens from India or 

 Sumatra, and it is quite possible that these Ceylon forms represent 

 an allied species. 



