12 HETEROMERA. 
chiefly distinguished from S. scitula and S. tropicalis by the still more elongate apical 
joint of the antenne in the male. All three species have the head somewhat coarsely 
punctured. 
The variety, at first sight, appears to be quite distinct, but, in reality, only differs in 
colour. JS. variabilis varies considerably in size. 
9. Statira agreformis. (Tab. I. fig. 7, 3.) | 
Very elongate, brownish-piceous, the elytra darker and of a blackish-bronze tint, moderately shining. Head 
with a few minute scattered punctures, shallowly impressed in the middle between the eyes, the latter 
very large ; antennex long, moderately stout, fusco-ferruginous, the apical joint in the male about as long 
as joints 6-10 united, the latter gradually decreasing in length outwardly; prothorax much longer than 
broad, the sides obsoletely margined at the extreme base and very distinctly so in front, a little rounded 
about the middle, distinctly narrowing anteriorly, and strongly constricted behind, the hind angles sharp 
and prominent, the base strongly margined and the margin raised, the disc transversely and rather 
broadly depressed in the middle before the base and apex and somewhat thickly punctured, the sides 
more sparsely so and with a deep oblique fovea behind and a much shallower one before the middle; 
elytra with indistinct intrahumeral depression, long, widest behind the middle, parallel towards the base, 
with regular rows of large and rather broad oblong or elongate smooth tubercles from the base to the 
apex, the tubercles flattened on the disc, and a little more elevated towards the sides and apex—each 
surrounded by a line of rather coarse punctures, and those at the apex followed by a long erect bristle, 
the apices rather sharply mucronate; beneath very shining, smooth, dark brownish-piceous; legs rather 
long and slender, reddish-testaceous. 
Length 133 millim. ; breadth (at shoulders) 33 millim. (<¢.) 
Hab. Paxama, Bugaba 1000 feet (Champion). 
This insect is perhaps nearest allied to the Brazilian S. gemmifer, Makl., of described 
species, but others from the Amazons approach it more closely. SS. agreformis very 
much resembles various Agre inhabiting the same district. The elytra exhibit a 
beautifully catenulate sculpture; the tubercles are broader than in any of the 
Amazonian species | have yet seen. 
10. Statira ingens. (Tab. I. fig. 8, ¢.) 
Elongate, broad, blackish-zeneous or seneous, the elytra of a more brassy tint, very shining. Head smooth, 
longitudinally grooved between the eyes, the latter moderately large; antenne stout, piceous-black—the 
apical joint in the male (in the female broken off) equalling joints 7-10 united (these decreasing in length 
outwardly, 10 a little longer than broad); prothorax about as long as broad, the sides completely immar- 
ginate, very strongly rounded anteriorly, and very abruptly and deeply constricted behind, the hind angles 
sharp and prominent, the disc (in one example) shallowly canaliculate before the middle, the basal margin 
raised and rather deeply grooved within (especially at the sides), the surface impunctate; elytra with 
very shallow intrahumeral depression, long and broad, parallel to beyond the middle, finely and deeply 
punctate-striate, the punctures approximate, the strie here and there a little sinuous, the interstices 
feebly convex, the first, seventh, and ninth with one and the third and fifth with two (towards the apex 
merging into one) irregular rows of somewhat closely placed moderately coarse setiferous punctures, the 
intervals between the punctures laterally and towards the apex strongly raised and forming oblong 
tubercles, the apices submucronate ; beneath blackish-neous, shining, smooth, the ventral segments with 
from 4—8 setiferous punctures on each side; legs stout, piceous. 
Length 20-23 millim. ; breadth 6-7 millim. (¢ Q.) 
Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt) ; Panama, Obispo (Salvin). 
