238 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW SPECIES OF LEMA, 

 BY THE LATE MR. M. JACOBY, AND OF A 

 FEW OTHER NEW SPECIES OF CRIOCERINI. 



By F. W. Bowditch. 



Among the papers of the late Mr. Jacoby I find descriptions 

 of three new forms of Lema which he had prepared for publica- 

 tion, and which I now have the pleasure of presenting. The 

 types of all three of Mr. Jacoby's species are in the British 

 Museum ; while, through the courtesy of Mr. Gahan, co-types 

 are in my collection. 



Lema sheppardi, Jac. 



Narrow and elongate, black, vertex of head dark fulvous, thorax 

 somewhat elongate, purplish -black, strongly punctured anteriorly 

 and with two deep rows of punctures, elytra fulvous, with deep, 

 round and closely arranged punctures, the interstices at the apex, 

 strongly and acutely costate. Length 8 mm. 



Head deeply constricted behind, eyes very large and prominent, 

 deeply notched, interocular space obscure fulvous, clothed with 

 short golden pubescence, the lateral grooves very deep, frontal 

 tubercles broad, distinctly raised, labrum black, antennae extending 

 to the middle of the elytra, black, the third and fourth joint equal, 

 small, the following joints much longer, slightly flattened and nearly 

 equal ; thorax slightly longer than broad, deeply constricted near 

 the base, the lateral excavation bounded at the sides by a perpen- 

 dicular ridge, the anterior portion widened, their angles forming a 

 slight tubercle, the disc with a shallow transverse sulcus at the 

 sides which does not extend to the middle, the latter with two longi- 

 tudinal rows of deep punctures ; other equally deep punctures are 

 placed near the anterior angles, scutellum black ; elytra with ten 

 rows of large and deep punctures and another short row near the 

 scutellum, dark fulvous, the interstices strongly costate near the 

 apex, where the punctures are smaller and more closely placed ; 

 under side and legs black. 



Habitat. — Beira, E. Africa (P. A. Sheppard). 



This is one of the narrowly elongate species of Lema allied 

 to L. longula, Quedenf. and probably L. Mechowi, Weise, well 

 distinguished by the shape and structure of the thorax and its 

 strong punctuation ; also by the colour and pubescence of the 

 head. I received two specimens from Mr. Sheppard. 



Lema beiraensis, Jac. 

 Fulvous, antennae (the basal two joints excepted) and the tibiae 

 and tarsi black, thorax widened anteriorly, minutely punctured at 

 the middle, elytra strongly punctate, striate, with a deep basal 

 depression, each elytron with a longitudinal black band from the 

 shoulder to below the middle and strongly narrowed at the base. 

 Length 5 mm. 



