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ridge is continued from the humeral callus for some distance down the 

 side just within the lateral border. Hinder thighs reaching the apex of 

 the abdomen. 



This lovely species belongs to the first subsection of the first divi- 

 sion of the genus. 



Genus Lema, Fabr. 

 Lema Parryi, 



L. oblonga, parallela, pallide fulvo-fusca, nitida ; an tenuis (articulo basali 

 excepto) corporeque subtus nigris ; thorace latitudine vix longiore, late- 

 ribus medio valde constrictis, dorso subplano, ante basin obsolete trans- 

 versim canaliculate, disco laevi, medio tenuissime striato-punctato ; 

 elytris thorace multo latioribus, punctato-striatis, iuterspatiis laevibus ; 

 antennis mediocribus, filiformibus, articulis 3 tio et 4 t0 brevibus, sequali- 

 bus ; femoribus posterioribus subtus ante apiceni tuberculo brevi oblongo 

 armatis. — Long. 6 lin. 



Hob. West Coast of Africa (Dix Cove). 



Face subtrigonate ; antenna? three-fourths the length of the body, 

 filiform, moderately robust. Thorax scarcely longer than broad, sub- 

 quadrate, slightly broader at the base, sides deeply constricted in the 

 middle ; upper surface flattened in the centre, subcylindrical on the 

 sides ; disk smooth, impunctate, with the exception of two very faint 

 irregular rows of minute punctures which run down its middle ; the 

 extreme base indistinctly impressed with a very slight transverse 

 groove, in front of which is a round puncture ; on either side the central 

 line in front is a shallow fovea. Scutellum trigonate, its apex trun- 

 cate. Elytra twice as broad as the thorax, sides parallel, above convex, 

 slightly flattened down the middle, obsoletely impressed transversely 

 below the basilar space ; each elytron with two rows of distinct punc- 

 tures, their interspaces plane, punctured here and there at the base. 

 Posterior edge of abdominal segments fusco-fulvous, anal segments 

 almost entirely of the same colour. Hinder thighs scarcely thicker than 

 the others, much shorter than the abdomen. 



This remarkable species ought to stand in Lacordaire's first sub- 

 section. I know only a single specimen, presented to me by Major 

 Parry, after whom I have named it. 



Lema Jansoni. 



L. elongata, subcylindrica, fulva, nitida ; thorace punctis quatuor, ely- 

 trorum plaga magna basali unguiculisque nigris ; antennis gracilibus, 

 filiformibus, articido 4 t0 3 tio dimidio longiore ; thorace longitudine 

 latitudini aequali, subcylindrico, lateribus medio valde constrictis, 

 angulis anticis prominulis, dorso lsevi, transversim sulcato ; elytris 

 medio infra basin depressis, basi ipsa vix elevata, punctato-striatis, 



