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Show 1889.] COLLECTED IN VENEZUELA. 265 San Esteban. A single specimen. Allied to L. ducalis, Lac, L. buckleyi, Baly, and many others, but differing from all in the system of coloration. LEMA SIMONI, n. sp. Fulvous ; antennae (the first joint excepted), the apex of the tibiae, and tarsi black ; thorax with three piceous spots, punctured on the disk ; elytra strongly punctured anteriorly only, the ninth row entire ; abdomen stained with piceous. Length 2| lines. Head constricted behind the eyes, the latter very prominent, deeply notched ; the vertex impunctate, the lateral grooves very deep ; palpi thickened, piceous ; antennae not extending to half the length of the elytra, black, the basal joint fulvous, the second very short, the third slightly shorter than the fourth joint ; thorax not longer than broad, not very deeply constricted at the sides; the basal sulcation shallow and only visible when viewed sideways, the surface with a double row of fine punctures down the middle, the sides anteriorly, and a longitudinal stripe at the middle, piceous; scutellum piceous, with a basal fovea; elytra without any basal depression, strongly punctured at the base, the punctures gradually diminishing posteriorly and scarcely visible at the apex, the interstices very slightly convex at the latter place and at the sides, also impressed here and there with a few fine punctures ; underside and legs fulvous, the extreme apex of the tibiae, the tarsi, and the middle of the abdominal segments piceous. San Esteban. A single specimen. Allied to L. nupta, Lac, and several others belonging to that division, but differing in the colour of the antennae, that of the thorax, and in the immaculate elytra. LEMA EQUESTRIS, Lac. A single specimen obtained at San Esteban agrees almost entirely with the Mexican forms. LEMA CALCEATA, Lac. I refer somewhat doubtfully the three specimens from San Esteban to this species, with the description of which they agree in the main points; the antennae may, however, be called rather robust, and the elytra, which show an oblique depression at the base (of which Lacordaire says nothing), are not finely but very deeply punctured, and the interstices here and there transversely raised ; everything else agrees with the author's description, and as there are already several very closely allied species contained in Lacordaire's 32nd group, I have preferred not to describe the present insect as another addition to it. LEMA DUBIA, Lac. From San Esteban and Puerto Cabello. |