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space undivided ; labrum piceous ; antenna) long, black. Thorax 
nearly subquadrate with an anterior and posterior transverse 
sulcus, the latter not very deep, the disc entirely impunctate. 
Elytra with a deep subquadrate sutural depression below the base, 
the punctures not very deep at the base, gradually diminishing 
posteriorly. Underside black, entirely glabrous, the last abdominal 
segments margined more or less with dark fulvous. Legs black. 
Length 7-8 mm. 
Hah. Assam (Coll. Jacoby). 
This species, although closely allied to L. hcematomelas, Lac., is 
larger than the latter and the elytral depression is much deeper ; 
the thorax also is somewhat longer ; from other similarly coloured 
species the two thoracic depressions and the black underside will 
separate the present insect. 
76. Lema pallide-testacea, Clark, App. Cat. Phytoph. 1866, p. 28. 
Pale testaceous ; labrum and antennae black ; legs piceous. 
Head sparingly punctured at the vertex, with a deep central 
groove, lateral sulci deep ; labrum black ; antennae extended 
slightly beyond the base of the elytra, third and fourth joints 
nearly equal, intermediate joints elongate, terminal joints shorter. 
Thorax with a few fine punctures at middle, the anterior angles 
rather pointed, basal sulcus deep, anterior portion with another 
shalloAv transverse groove. Elytra parallel, with basal depression, 
the punctures round and distantly placed. 
Length 6| mm. 
Hah. East India. 
Described from a single specimen, now in the British Museum. 
The species is of elongate, parallel shape, pale testaceous, with dark 
antennae and legs and a bisulcate thorax. The exact locality of 
this insect is doubtful as Clark gives only the above habitat, which 
may mean any part of the East. 
77. Lema clypeata, sp. n. 
Eulvous ; the antennae, parts of the breast and the legs black. 
Head not constricted, the intraocular space finely punctured, 
with a deep central fovea ; the emargination of the eyes and the 
clypeus closely pubescent, the latter bluish-black ; antennae black, 
rather short, gradually widened at the terminal joints. Thorax 
quadrate, the anterior angles with a small tubercle, lateral ex- 
cavations deep, blackish, furnished with a ridge above, basal sulcus 
deep, anterior sulcus distinct at the sides only, another narrow 
transverse groove is placed below the basal sulcus near the basal 
margin. Scutellum broadly ovate. Elytra subcylindrical, dark 
fulvous with a slight iridescent gloss, without trace of a basal 
depression ; the punctures large and round, closely placed at the 
base, where the interstices are also transversely rugose, the 
posterior portion more finely and more closely punctured, the 
