612 Mr. J. S. Baly's Descriptions 



Genus Lema, Fabr. 

 1. Leryia militaris. 

 Subelongata, subcylindrica, nigra, nitida ; thorace, pectore, pro- 

 femorum basi et apice, mesofemorum apice, metafemorum 

 plaga infra, elytrorumque basi fasci^que vix pone medium, 

 fulvis. 

 $. Femoribus posticis valde incrassatis, subtus spina valida 



armatis. 

 ? . Femoribus posticis minus incrassatis, muticis. 

 Long, 4 lin. 



Hab. New Guinea. Collected by Mr. Wallace, 

 Head constricted behind the eyes ; face triangular, epistorae 

 triangular, front smooth and shining, finely punctured, impressed 

 behind with a short longitudinal fossa ; antennae filiform, three- 

 fourths the length of the body, fifth joint shorter than the two 

 preceding united ; eyes notched. Thorax very similar in form to 

 that of L. papuatia, deeply strangulate just behind the middle, 

 surface smooth, remotely impressed with very fine punctures. 

 Elytra much broader than the thorax, nearly four times its length ; 

 sides parallel, iheir apex regularly rounded, above convex, im- 

 pressed within the humeral callus, each elytron with two rows of 

 distinct punctures, visible to the a])ex, the row nearest the suture 

 sulcate in front, interspaces smooth, slightly raised near the apex 

 of the elytron. Body beneath smooth and shining, addomen nearly 

 glabrous. Hinder thighs in the vmle equal to the abdomen in 

 length ; in the female not extending beyond the first three seg- 

 ments, much less thickened, and unarmed. 



This beautiful species belongs to the same section with L. pa- 

 puana ; it is larger than that insect, and differently coloured. 



Genus Crioceris, Geoff. 



1 . Crioceris Bohemani. 



Subelongata, parallela, subcylindrica, nigra, nitida; collo, thorace, 

 scutello, elytris abdominisque apice rufo-fulvis; thorace sub- 

 remote punctato, punctis piceis ; elytris basi obsolete elevatis, 

 fortiter punctato-striatis, interspatiis pone medium costatis. 

 Long. 5-5|- lin. 



Var. A. — Metathorace abdomineque rufis. 

 Hab. South Africa. 



Subelongate, parallel, subcylindrical ; antennae robust, gradually 

 increasing in size from the base to the apex, compressed, sub- 

 perfoliate (these organs closely resemble those of C. impressa, but 

 are somewhat stouter) ; face sparingly clothed with adpressed 



