LEM A. 
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110. Lema terminata, Lncord. Mon. Phytoph. i, 1845, p. 341. 
Dark reddish ; the head anteriorly, an- 
tennae, the sides of the breast and the legs 
black ; elytra with the apical third blue. 
I am doubtful whether this can be sepa- 
rated from the preceding species. The 
differences pointed out by Lacordaire between 
it and L. prceust a, are so slight that taking 
into consideration the similarity of the 
locality of both, it is more than probable 
that the present insect is only a variety of 
the other, a variety in which the sides of 
the breast as well as the legs are black ; all 
the other marks of distinction quoted are 
evidently only individual. 
Length 5 mm. 
Hab. Coromandel. 
111. Lema chalybeo-notata, Clark, App. Cat. Phytoph. I860, p. 37 ; 
Weise, Deut. exit. Ze.it. 1903, p. 18. 
Lulvous or rufous ; antennas fuscous, base rufous ; elytra with 
the greater part of their apical portions dark blue ; legs flavous, 
tibias and tarsi fuscous. 
Head impunctate ; antennae long, first two joints fulvous. 
Thorax with anterior angles prominent and tuberculate, moderately 
constricted at sides, basal sulcus shallow, extended to the sides, 
surface impunctate. Elytra parallel, punctures large at base, 
gradually smaller towards apex, somewhat elongate, interstices 
convex at apex. 
Length 4 mm. 
Hab. Ceylon. 
Similar m coloration to L. terminata , Lac., and L. preeusta, Lac., 
but smaller, thorax with single sulcus only, frontal elevations 
smooth, tibiae at outer edge and tarsi piceous. The blue portion 
of the elytra varies greatly in extent and sometimes nearly reaches 
the base, leaving at that place only a small fulvous spot and 
similarly coloured lateral margins (var. ingloria, Weise). 
The above description is drawn from Clark's type in the Brit. 
Mus., and differs somewhat from that of the author, which is 
misleading. 
112. Lema admirabilis, sp. n. 
Black; thorax with purplish gloss; elytra fulvous, an elongate 
sutural spot at the base and the posterior third metallic blue. 
Head impunctate, black ; intraocular space not divided or 
tuberculate, the extreme base with two obscure fulvous spots ; 
eves very large, not deeply notched, the space in front of them 
rugose, deeply sulcate at the sides ; antennae black, extended to 
