LEM A. 
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Head not constricted ; the intraocular space finely punctured, 
with a fine central groove ; eyes moderately prominent, feebly 
notched; antennae short, the terminal joints gradually subquadrately 
widened, black, basal four joints more or less fulvous, third and 
fourth equal, slightly larger than the second. Thorax only slightly 
widened at the anterior portion, the lateral constrictions rather 
feeble but bounded by a short ridge above, basal sulcus rather 
deep, the surface with a few punctures near the anterior angles. 
Scutellum black. Elytra with a very slight sutural depression 
below the base, very regularly punctate-striate, the punctures 
round and closely placed, the interstices flat, the sutural stripe 
narrow, the humeral and subapical spots short and narrow, the 
latter placed near the lateral margins. Legs fulvous, the posterior 
femora with an obscure fuscous spot; breast and abdomen of the 
latter colour. 
Length 4 mm. 
Hab. Bombay : Belgauin. Type in Coll. H. E. Andrewes. 
Allied to L. ornatipennis , Jac. and L. rufo-ornata, Clk., but the 
vertex of the head punctured, the puncturation of the elytra finer 
and the interstices smooth, their pattern also different. 
85. Lema bretinghami, Baly, Journ. of Entom. i, 1862, p. 278; 
Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) iv, 1865, p. 24 (coromandeliana var. sec 
Baly). 
Beneath and the antennae black ; the breast and abdomen fus- 
cous ; above obscure fulvous. Elytra with a broad sutural vilta 
from below the base to the apex, obscure caerulean. 
Clypeus and antennae black, the latter moderately robust, nearly 
filiform, two-thirds the length of the body, forehead with an oblong 
fovea. Thorax quadrate, sides deeply constricted at the middle; 
upper surface smooth, impunctate, impressed with two transverse 
grooves, the first shallow, interrupted at the middle, the second 
deeply sulcate. Elytra strongly punctate-striate. 
Length 6 mm. 
Hab. India. 
Baly has, since the above description was published, united this 
species with L. coromandeliana as a variety, but there is no evidence 
at all that it is conspecific with that species. This species is larger 
than L. coromandeliana as a rule, which latter has always metallic 
blue elytra. ]N T o intermediate form has come under my observation. 
The question of identity, however, can only be settled when 
sufficient material is available. 
Section VIII. 
Elytra blue or blade with longitudinal fulvous bands. 
86. Lema rufo-ornata, Clark, App. Cat. Phytoph. 1866, p. 30. 
Var Lema sinuate- vittata, Clark, t. c. p. 31 ; Weise, Beat. cnt. 
Zeit. 1903, p. 19. 
