Mr. Baly on new CrioceridEe. 309 



piceis, tliorace longitudiue vix latiori, ante basin profunde con- 

 stricto, antice convexo, la^vissimo, minntissime punctate, ntrinque 

 linea transversa impresso ; scutello obscure riifo ; elytris paral- 

 lelis, thorace latioribus, sat fortiter punctato-striatis, interstitiis 

 minute granulosis, planis, apice leviter convexiusculis ; metallico- 

 ca^ruleis aut nigris, apice extremo rufo-testaceis. Long. 2-^ lin. 



Var. A. Pectore abdominisque disco ri.ifo-testaceis. 



Hab. Guinea, Gabon ; Vai\ A. Old Calabar. 



Head trigonate, vertex and front finely punctured, the latter 

 impressed with a small oblong fovea ; lower portion of face 

 clothed with golden pubescence ; labrum nigro-piceous ; antennae 

 more than three-fourths the length of the body, filiform, black, 

 the two lower joints rufo-piceous, the intermediate ones black, 

 the three or four upper ones obscure nigro-piceous, third and 

 fourth joints equal, each twice the length of the second. 

 Thorax scarcely broader than long, sub-cylindrical, deeply 

 constricted in front of the base, the sulcation extending down- 

 wards on the constricted sides ; disc in front convex, very 

 minutely punctured, impressed on either side with a transverse 

 groove. Scutellum rather longer than broad, sides slightly 

 converging from base to apex, the latter truncate. Elytra 

 broader than the thorax, parallel, slightly flattened along the 

 suture, excavated transversely on the inner disc below the base ; 

 rather strongly punctate-striate, the interspaces minutely gTanu- 

 lose, plane, sometimes irregularly Avrinkled on the transverse 

 depression, convex at the extreme apex. Body beneath clothed 

 with adpressed sericeous hairs. 



This species must stand close to L. apicipennis, Lac. 



Lema Stevensi. 



Oblonga, convexa, Ifcte rufo-testacea, nitida, subtus aureo- 

 sericea ; thorace sub-cylindrico, longitudini fere a^quilato, lateri- 

 bus medio constrictis, disco la;vi, minute punctato, ante basin 

 profunde transversim sulcato ; elytris thorace multo latioribus, 

 convexis, dorso leviter deplanatis, infra basin leviter transversim 

 excavatis, regulariter punctato-striatis, punctis ante medium 

 magnis, profunde impressis ; interspatiis planis, ad apicem con- 

 vexiusculis ; metallico-can-uleis, violaceo tinctis, apice extremo 

 rufo-testaceo. Long. 3 lin. 



Hab. Burmah. 



Head constricted behind the eyes, vertex and front shining, 

 impunctate, the latter thickened, impressed with a distinct fovea: 

 antenna; four-fifths the length of the body, filiform, more robust 



