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those on the middle disc less strongly thickened than the others ; 

 obscure piceous, each elytron with a broad irregular obscure 

 fulvous vitta, extending from the base nearly to the apex. 



Lema Bouchardi. 



Anguste oblonga, rufo-fulva, nitida, antennis (articulo basali 

 excepto) tibiis tarsisque nigris ; thorace sub-cylindrico, sub- 

 quadrato, lateribus minus profunde constrictis, disco ante basin 

 transversim sulcato, antice lajvi, impunctato ; elytris thorace 

 multo latioribus, oblongis, convexis, infra basin transversim 

 excavatis, basi distiucte, ad apicem minute punctato-striatis ; 

 interspatiis plauis, apice obsolete convexiusculis. Long. 3| liu. 



Hab. Guatemala. 



Neck constricted, front faintly impressed with a longitudinal 

 groove ; labrum and antenna) (the basal joint of the latter 

 excepted) black ; antenna) filiform, aboiit two-thirds the length 

 of the body. Thorax as broad as long, sub-cylindrical ; sides 

 deeply constricted in the middle, the apex of the constriction 

 sub-angulate ; disc smooth, impunctate, rather deeply impressed 

 in front of the base with a transverse sulcation, on the middle 

 of Avhich is a small distinct fovea. Elytra much broader than 

 the thorax, transversely excavated below the basilar space, 

 regularly punctate-striate, the ninth stria entire, the punctures 

 finely but deeply impressed, mxxch finer towards the apex ; 

 interspaces very faintly convex at the apex, tlie outer interspace 

 thickened. 



Lema pxdcherrhna. 



Elongata, sub-cylindrica, nigra, nitida, auteuuarum apice 

 fiavo-albidis ; femoribus thoraceque flavis, hoc transverse, lateri- 

 biis valde constrictis, dorso laBvi, vix pone medium leviter 

 transversim sulcato ; elytris parallelis, evidenter punctato-striatis, 

 flavis, fascia basali postice utrinque emarginata, macula sub- 

 apicali transversim ovali suturaque apice cyaneis. Long. 4 lin. 



Hab. Brazil, Minas Geraes. 



Head shining black, front minutely strigose, impressed with 

 a very fine longitudinal groove ; antennaa filiform, four-fifths 

 the length of the body, three upper joints yellowish-white. 

 Thorax nearly one-fourth broader than long ; sides deeply 

 constricted in the middle ; disc nearly impiuictate, transversely 

 sulcate behind the middle, the sulcation broad but not dee]ily 

 impressed. Elytra broader than the thorax, narrowly oblong, 



