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Head constricted posteriorly, the vertex with a deep central 
groove; eyes extremely large, deeply silicate in front, palpi distinctly 
thickened ; antennae flavous, extended to the middle of the elytra, 
the third joint half as long as the fourth, following joints elongate. 
Thorax strongly convex anteriorly but only moderately widened, 
slightly longer than broad, the basal sulcus very deep and placed 
close to the posterior margin, separated from the lateral excavations 
by a short perpendicular ridge, the disc impunctate, with a small 
black spot on each side, close to the anterior margin. Elytra 
subcylindrical, very slightly depressed below the base at the 
suture, the punctures on that portion strong but very fine 
towards the apical part, the interstices convex at the sides behind 
the middle. Body beneath and the legs testaceous, the sides ol 
the breast with a narrow black longitudinal streak. 
Length 6 mm. 
I lab. Travancore : Wallardi {Coll. Jacoby). 
This is another species with thickened palpi, but with thoracic 
spots and black sides to the breast ; the puncturation is finer than 
in most other similarly coloured species. 
60. Lema palonensis, Jac. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xxxii, 1892, p. 873* 
Eulvous; terminal joints of antennae fuscous, apex of tarsal 
joints obscure piceous. 
Head moderately constricted posteriorly with the usual ele- 
vations at the vertex, divided by a longitudinal groove, supra- 
ocular grooves deep ; eyes deeply notched ; clypeus sparingly 
pubescent ; antennae fulvous, extended to rather more than half the 
length of the body, the sixth to the tenth joints obscure fuscous, 
pubescent. Thorax subquadrate, moderately constricted at the 
sides, the basal sulcus rather deep, the surface entirely impunctate. 
Elytra deeply depressed within the shoulders and below the base, 
the punctures not very closely placed and much deeper within 
the depression. Underside clothed with yellow pubescence, the 
.apex of the tarsal joints obscure piceous. 
Length 5 mm. 
Hab. Burma : Palon. 
Smaller than the preceding species ; the antennae with dark 
terminal joints, the elytral depression deep. 
61. Lema subiridea, Jac. Mem. Soc. Ent. Belg. vii, 1900, p. 97. 
Beneath bluish-black, above fulvous ; elytra with distinct 
purplish gloss ; legs fulvous or black. 
Head impunctate, vertex couvex but not tuberculate, space 
behind eyes constricted, the latter triangularly and not deeply 
notched ; clypeus broad and thick, black like the labrum ; antennae 
slender, fulvous, apical joint blackish, third and fourth joints equal, 
