PSEUDOLEMA. 83 



basal margin, the middle of the disc with two longitudinal rows of 

 deep punctures, the anterior angles likewise strongly punctured. 

 Elytra with a feeble depression below the base, very regularly 

 punctate-striate, the punctures stronger anteriorly than at the 

 lower portion, the interstices flat. 



Length 5 mm. 



ffab. India: Barway (Garden) (Coll. Jacohy). 



A small species of entirely black colouring and with a sub- 

 globular thorax much resembling Lema globicollis, Baly, but a true 

 Crioceris with divided claws. 



Genus PSEUDOLEMA. 



Pseudolema, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlvii, 1903, p. 82. 



Type, P. suturalis, Jacoby. 



Range. Southern India. 



Elongate and parallel-sided; the head not constricted posteriorly, 

 without ocular or other grooves ; eyes small and entire, widely 

 separated; antennae short and stout, the basal joints submoniliform, 

 the rest subcylindrical, robust. Thorax subcylindrical, not con- 

 stricted at the sides, with indications of a sulcus. Elytra punctate- 

 striate, the interstices costate. Legs moderately long, the femora 

 thickened, the first joint of the posterior tarsi triangularly 

 elongate, one half longer than the second joint, third joint deeply 



Fig. 13. Pseudolema mturali 



bilobed, claws simple. Prosternum not visible between the coxae ; 

 first abdominal segment longer than the following two. 



The broad, posteriorly not narrowed head, small and entire eyes 

 and the subcylindrical non-constricted thorax at once separate this 

 genus from Lema and Crwceris. The head especially is of totally 

 different shape with small eyes but the antennae are not unlike 

 those of the last-named genus. 



160. Pseudolema suturalis, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlvii, 1903, p. 83. 



Pale testaceous ; the head finely pubescent with a slight aeneous 



gloss ; thorax closely rugosely punctured ; elytra testaceous, very 



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