1889.] COLLECTED IN VENEZUELA. 265 



San Esteban. A single specimen. 



Allied to L. ducalis, Lac, L. buckleiji, Baly, and many others, but 

 differing from all in the system of coloration, 



Lema simoni, n. sp. 



Fulvous ; antennee (the first joint excepted), the apex of the tibiae, 

 and tarsi black ; thorax with three plceous spots, punctured on the 

 disk ; elytra strongly punctured anteriorly only, the ninth row entire ; 

 abdomen stained with piceous. 



Lengtli 2| lines. 



Head constricted behind the eyes, the latter very prominent, deeply 

 notched ; the vertex impunctate, the lateral grooves very deep ; palpi 

 thickened, piceous ; antennae not extending to half the length of the 

 elytra, black, the basal joint fulvous, the second very short, the 

 third slightly shorter than the fourth joint ; thorax not longer than 

 broad, not very deeply constricted at the sides; the basal sulcation 

 shallow and only visible when viewed sideways, the surface with a 

 double row of fine punctures down the middle, the sides anteriorly, 

 and a longitudinal stripe at the middle, piceous ; scutellum piceous, 

 with a basal fovea ; elytra without any basal depression, strongly 

 punctured at the base, the punctures gradually diminishing posteriorly 

 and scarcely visible at the apex, the interstices very slightly convex 

 at the latter place and at the sides, also impressed here and there 

 with a few fine punctures ; underside and legs fulvous, the extreme 

 apex of the tibiae, the tarsi, and the middle of the abdominal segments 

 piceous. 



San Esteban. A single specimen. 



Allied to L. nupta, Lac, and several others belonging to that 

 division, but difTering in the colour of the antennae, that of the thorax, 

 and in the immaculate elytra. 



Lema equestris, Lac. 



A single specimen obtained at San Esteban agrees almost entirely 

 with the Mexican forms. 



Lema calceata, Lac. 



I refer somewhat doubtfully the three specimens from San Esteban 

 to this species, with the description of which they agree in the main 

 points ; the antenna may, however, be called rather robust, and the 

 elytra, which show an oblique depression at the base (of which 

 Lacordaire says nothing), are not finely but very deeply punctured, 

 and the interstices here and there transversely raised ; everything 

 else agrees with the author's description, and as there are already 

 several very closely allied species contained in Lacordaire's 32nd 

 group, I have preferred not to describe the present insect as another 

 addition to it. 



Lema dubia, Lac. 



From San Esteban and Puerto Cabello. 



