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CHBYSOMELIDJE. 



posterior half black or violaceous, the anterior edge of the latter 

 colour convex. Underside and legs fulvous. 



Length 7 mm. 



Hab. Burma : Palon. 



Fig. 10. Lenta dimidiatipennis. 



The species resembles in coloration L. papuana, Lac., but 

 besides the quite different elytral sculpture the extent of the 

 dark coloured portion of the elytra is much less than in that 

 insect. 



109. Lema praeusta, Fab. (Crioceris) Ent. Syst. i, pt. 2, 1792, p. 8 ; 

 Lacord. Mon. Phytoph. i, 1845, p. 340. 



Dark fulvous ; labruin black ; elytra with the apical third dark 

 blue. 



Head slightly constricted posteriorly, the vertex smooth, raised 

 into two tubercles : labrum black ; antenna filiform, slightly 

 shorter than half the length of the body. Thorax slightly shorter 

 than broad, entirely irnpunctate, the basal sulcus deep, the anterior 

 sulcus only feebly marked. Elytra slightly convex, the shoulders 

 prominent, the puncturation strong at the base, finer posteriorly, 

 the apical third metallic blue, this colour rounded at the sides 

 and emarginate anteriorly near the suture. Legs rather long. 



Length 5 mm. 



Hab. Coromandel. 



It is quite possible that this and the following species may be 

 only varieties of L. coromandeliana, as they seem to differ solely in 

 coloration. 



