LEMA. 
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The posterior tibise strongly curved. Smaller than the preceding 
species, the antennae black as well as the breast and the legs ; 
the thorax much longer and less strongly tubercuiate, the last 
abdominal segment and the pygidium black. 
Length 4 mm. 
I fab . Nilgiris {Coll. H. E. Andrewes ). 
Genus ORSODACNA. 
Orsodacna, Latreille, Hist. Nat. Ins. iii, 1802, p. 223. 
Type, 0. cerasi , Linn., from Europe. 
Range. Europe; North and South America ; Ceylon. 
Of narrow, elongate shape. Eyes large ; antennae filiform, the 
terminal joints slightly widened ; fourth joint of maxillary palpi 
as long as or longer than the second joint. Thorax as broad as 
long, sometimes broader, more or less constricted at the base, 
much narrower than the elytra, the latter irregularly punctured. 
Legs moderately stout, the posterior femora not thicker than the 
others; tibiae gradually widened towards the apex, armed at the 
latter place with two small spines; the first joint of the posterior 
tarsi nearly as long as the following two joints united ; claws 
almost bifid. 
21. Orsodacna indica, Motsch. Bull. Mosc. xxxix, 1866, p. 406. 
“About one-third smaller than the European 0. cerasi, parallel, 
rufo-testaceous, the elytra and legs paler, the antennae, scutellum 
and the suture black, tarsi fuscous. Elytra rugosely punctured, 
sparingly pubescent.” 
Length 3 mm. 
Hab. Ceylon. 
The above is all the description given by Motsch ulsky of this 
insect, the true place of which can only be determined by an 
examination of the type. 
Genus LEMA. 
Lema, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 1798, p. 90 ; Lacord. Mon. Phytoph. 
i, 1845, p. 303: Chapuis , Gen. Coleopt. x, 1874, p. 72. 
Type, L. cyanella , Linn., from Europe. 
Range. Of universal distribution ; New Zealand excepted, so far 
as is known. 
Characters those of the group. Head generally constricted 
posteriorly ; antennae filiform ; thorax generally with one, some- 
times with two, sulci, an anterior and a posterior one. Elytra 
punctate-striate. Legs elongate, femora moderately thickened, 
claws united at base as far as the middle. 
The species of this genus are very numerously represented in 
India and the tropics in general ; they vary greatly in size and 
