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mentioned in Dr. Bohrn's list of Sumatran Phytophaga, has uot 

 been deseribed owing to an oversight on my part. 



Lema Meeki, sp. nov. 



Fulvous, the anterior portion of the head, the antennae, 

 the posterior legs and the abdomen black, thorax impunctate, 

 elytra with deep basal depression, strongly punctate-slriate, the 

 anterior half fiüvous, the posterior one, violaceous. 



Length 6 millim. 



Head impunctate, fulvous, anterior half black, the eyes but 

 slightly notched, antennae extending to the middle of the elytra, 

 black, the apical Joint sometimes fulvous, the joints, with the 

 exception of the second, elongate, the third and fourth equal, 

 terminal ones thickened, thorax very short, the anterior portion 

 greatly widened, with the anterior angles in shape of a minute 

 tubercle, furnished with a single seta, the basal portion strongly 

 eonstricted, the transverse sulcus very deep, the surface entirely 

 impunctate, fulvous, very shining, elytra with a short but deep 

 depression below the base, strongly punctate-striate anterior])-, 

 the punctures finer behind the middle, the interstices not raised, 

 the anterior half fulvous, the posterior one violaceous, the 

 anterior edge of the latter colour convex, below and the legs 

 fulvous, the thibiae and tarsi more or less piceous, the posterior 

 legs and the abdomen black, the base of the posterior femora 

 fulvous. 



Hab. Fergusson Island, (Meek). 



Three or four nearly similarly coloured species of Lema 

 from the Malayau region are known at present, amongst which 

 L. atriceps Baty might easily be mistaken for the species here 

 deseribed, but the following differences will help to separate the 

 two insects: in L. atriceps the entire head is black and the 

 anterior half of the thorax is much narrower than in L. Meeki, 

 in which this portion is greatly widened laterally ; in L. papuana 

 Lac. the head and the antennae are fulvous; two similar 



Sien, entomol. Zeit. 1900. 



