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Head black, impunctate, shining, the spaee in front of the 

 eyes finely rugose, the latter not deeply but acutely triangularly 

 notched, clypeus shining, smootli, antennae robust, extending 

 slightly beyond the middle of the elytra, black, the third and 

 fourth Joint equal; thorax broader than long, the sides deeply 

 constricted below the middle, the basal sulcus very deep, the 

 entire surface impunctate, testaceous or fulvous, scutellum truncate 

 al the apex. fulvous, elytra extremely finely pnnctate-striate 

 with a Single row of deeper punctures near the suture, the apex 

 nearly impunctate, the interstices flat, below and the legs ful- 

 vous, the abdomen partly black, the breast smooth, impunctate, 

 tarsi rather robust. 



Hab. New Guinea, (South Eastern part). 



There are two specimens of this species contained in ray 

 collection. which, although evidently representing the same insect, 

 ditfer somewhat from each other; in one, the last Joint of the 

 antennae is fulvous, the el3 T tra are much more strongly punctured 

 and have a slight depression below the base, the last Joint of 

 the tarsi also is stained with pieeous; this specimen probably 

 represents the female, as it agrees in every thing eise; the 

 species may be known by the black head and the shape of the 

 thorax, the anterior portion of which is strongty transverse. 



Lema Fruhstorferi. sp. nov. 



Reddish-fulvous, thorax impunctate, strongly constricted. 

 elytra metallic dark blue, deeply impressed below the base, 

 strongly punctate-striate, the apex fulvous. 



var. Elytra entirely blue. 



Length 6 millim. 



Head impunctate, fulvous, the eyes deeply notched, labrum 

 black, antennae fulvous, the third and fourth Joint nearly equal, 

 the second small, the other joints elongate and slender, thorax 

 scarcely longer than broad, the anterior portion strongly widened, 

 the sides strongly constricted, the basal sulcus very deep, the 



Stelt. entomol. Zeit. 1900. 25 



