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Yar. andreiuesi, Jac.(Ann. Soc.Ent.Belg. 1903, p. 81). Antennae 
and legs more or less fulvous. 
Length 4 mm. 
Hah. Nilgiris ( H . L. Anclreives). 
Specimens of this species lately obtained by Mr. Andrewes in 
different parts of the Nilgiris show a finer thoracic puncturation, 
but do not differ in other respects from the type. The species is 
closely allied to L. cyanea, Eabr., but has constantly two fulvous 
spots on the sides of the vertex of the head, these are not raised 
as in some other species ; the punctures of the elytra also differ 
from L. cyanea, they are smaller and less closely placed ; all the 
specimens agree in these respects. 
130. Lema purpurea, sp. n. 
Purplish-violaceous ; the antenna; and tarsi black. 
Head with a few minute punctures, the vertex scarcely 
raised, with a short central groove ; eyes round, not deeply, 
notched ; clypeus bluish ; antennae very long and slender, 
the third joint slightly shorter than the fourth, the following 
joints very elongate. Thorax obliquely widened in front, the 
anterior angles tuberculate, the lateral constrictions deep so as to 
form a broad cavity, within they are studded with numerous 
short ridges ; the basal sulcus deep. Scutellum slightly broader 
than long. Elytra with a short but rather deep basal depression, 
the latter more deeply punctured than the rest of the surface, 
the punctures very regularly placed, the interstices costate near 
the apex. Beneath and the legs purplish -black. 
Length 5 mm. 
Hah. Manipur (Doherty). Type in Brit. Mus. 
Principally distinguished by its entirely purplish coloration, the 
flat vertex to the head and the long antennoe. 
131. Lema nigro-violacea, sp. n. 
Hark purplish-blue; antennoe, underside and legs black. 
Head very convex at base, impunctate, ocular sulci deep ; eyes 
large and prominent, deeply triangularly uotched; clypeus swollen, 
impunctate ; antennae rather robust, fifth and following joints 
thickened, twice as long as broad, third and fourth equal, shorter 
than fifth. Thorax subquadrate, broadly and deeply excavate at 
sides ; transverse sulcus deep, placed immediately behind the middle, 
anterior angles with a very small tubercle : surface with a few 
remotely placed punctures over the middle of the disc. Scutellum 
subquadrate. Elytra with very deep depression below base near 
suture, finely punctate-striate, the punctures proportionately 
widely separated, interstices perfectly fiat. 
Length 3|-4| ram. 
Hal. Nilgiris (H. L. Andreives). 
Differs from L. purpurea, Jac. in the strongly convex vertex of 
