204 MB. M. JACOBY ON PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA [Mar. 6, 



posterior femora excepted) black ; thorax impunctate ; elytra 

 metallic dark bine, strongly and closely punctate-striate, the ninth 

 row entire. 



Length 7 millim. 



Head bluish black, the neck rufous, the vertex impunctate ; the 

 eyes very deeply notched ; antenna 1 extending to the middle of 

 the elytra, black, the third and following joints elongate and 

 slender : thorax not longer than broad, deeply constricted at the 

 sides, the anterior angles with a distinct tubercle, the basal 

 sulcation deep and placed nearly at the middle, the surface 

 impunctate, the portion below the sulcus obsoletely grooved and 

 likewise impunctate ; scute! luin black ; elytra with a distinct 

 depression below the base, very strongly and closely punctate- 

 striate, the interstices strongly costate at the sides and at the 

 apex ; legs bluish black, the intermediate femora below and the 

 base of the posterior ones fulvous, the underside of the same 

 colour. 



Hob. Matadi, Africa. (In the collection of the Belgian JVlus. 

 and that of my own.) 



Differs from L. rubricollis Lac. in the colour of the legs and that 

 of the underside, from L. sanguinieollis Lac. in the differently 

 structured thorax ; L. rufo-femorata Clark is black below and has 

 rufous femora : L. affinis CI. differs similarly. 



Lema bomaexsis, sp. n. 



Flavous, the terminal joints of the antenuai fuscous; thorax sub- 

 cylindrical, sparingly punctured, with some obscure piceous spots; 

 elytra strongly and closely punctate-striate, the sutural margin 

 and a broader sublateral stripe, abbreviated posteriorly, blackish. 



Length 5 millim. 



Head impunctate, flavous, the vertex sometimes obscure piceous; 

 eyes entire, not notched, supra-ocular grooves shallow ; clypeus 

 triangularly raised ; labrum piceous ; antemue short and robust, the 

 lower joints short, the fifth elongate, terminal joints widened, 

 more or less stained with fuscous; thorax short, subcvlindrical, 

 strongly constricted at the base, the basal sulcus deep, the disc 

 with some strong, scattered punctures at the sides and at the 

 middle, the latter with some obsolete piceous spots (sometimes 

 absent); scutellum piceous, its apex truncate ; elytra parallel, with 

 a very shallow depression below the base, very strongly punctured 

 in closely approached rows, the interstices costate from the middle 

 downwards, flavous, the suture very narrowly and a broader stripe 

 from the shoulder to below the middle piceous or black ; below and 

 the legs flavous, the breast darker, covered with very short vellow 

 pubescence. 



Hab. Boma, Congo. (Coll. Belgian Mus. and my own.) 



A very distinct species, remarkable on account of the entire 

 eyes, shape of the thorax, which is strongly widened in front, and 

 the pattern of the elytra. 



