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CURYSOMELIDjE. 
posterior half black or violaceous, the anterior edge of the latter 
colour convex. Underside and legs fulvous. 
Length 7 mm. 
Hab. Burma : Palon. 
The species resembles in coloration L. papuana , Lac., but 
besides the quite different elvtral sculpture the extent of the 
dark coloured portion of the elytra is much less than in that 
insect. 
109. Lema pi’SBUSta, Fab. (Crioceris) Ent. Syst. i, pt. 2, 1792, p. 8 • 
Lacord. Mon. Phytoph. i, 1845, p. 840. 
Dark fulvous ; labrum black ; elytra with the apical third dark 
blue. 
Head slightly constricted posteriorly, the vertex smooth, raised 
into two tubercles ; labrum black ; antennae filiform, slightly 
shorter than half the length of the body. Thorax slightly shorter 
than broad, entirely impunctate, the basal sulcus deep, the anterior 
sulcus only feebly marked. Elytra slightly convex, the shoulders 
prominent, the puncturation strong at the base, finer posteriorly, 
the apical third metallic blue, this colour rounded at the sides 
and emarginate anteriorly near the suture. Legs rather long. 
Length 5 mm. 
Hab. Coromandel. 
It is quite possible that this and the following species may be 
only varieties of L. coromandeliana , as they seem to differ solely in 
coloration. 
Fig. 10 . — Lema dimidiatipennis. 
