STATIRA. ; 15 
Jalapa (Hége), Teapa in Tabasco (Hoge, H. H. Smith), Temax in North Yucatan 
(Gaumer); British Honpuras, R. Hondo (Blancaneauz). 
A common species on the Atlantic slope of Central and Southern Mexico and also 
inhabiting British Honduras, but apparently not extending into Guatemala. S. limbata 
is closely allied to S. vilis, and is found in many of the same localities. It differs 
constantly from that species in its more elongate shape and less shining surface; the 
apical joint of the antenne very much shorter in the male, and to a less degree in the 
female; and the head and thorax almost smooth, the latter opaque. In none of the 
varieties of S. vilis are the elytra coloured as in the normal form of S. limbata, 7. e. 
having the sides rather narrowly piceous. ‘The under surface in S. limbata is always 
more or less testaceous, while in the dark forms of S. vilis it is piceous. The duller 
upper surface, differently-formed antenne, smooth thorax, and very few setiferous punc- 
tures on the elytra easily separate S. limbata from S. melanocephala. 
15. Statira angustula. 
Elongate, narrow, subparallel, depressed, opaque, above and beneath black, the head and prothorax red or 
reddish-testaceous, the former sometimes a little darker. Head almost smooth, or with scattered very 
minute punctures ; the eyes small, black ; antenne rather slender, piceous—the apical joint in the male 
rather longer, in the female less, than joints 8-10 united; prothorax about as long as broad (sometimes 
a little shorter), the sides obsoletely margined at the extreme base only, rounded anteriorly, and strongly 
constricted behind, the hind angles acute, the basal margin moderately raised and at the sides grooved 
within, the disc shallowly depressed in the middle behind, the surface smooth; elytra with long and 
rather shallow intrahumeral depression, long, subparallel, finely and rather deeply punctate-striate, the 
interstices flat but becoming a little convex towards the apex, the first with one or two (at the apex), the 
third with four or five and the fifth with two or three (between the middle and apex), the seventh with 
one (at the shoulder), and the ninth with three or four (near the apex), setiferous punctures, the apices 
obtuse ; legs slender, piceous. 
Length 7-72 millim.; breadth 14-1? millim. (¢ 9.) 
Hab. GuatTEMALA, near the city 5000 feet (Salvin). 
Five examples. Narrower, more parallel, and more depressed than S. dimbata, from 
dark-coloured examples of which it may also be known by the elytra, legs, and under 
surface (except that of the head and prothorax) being entirely black or piceous. ‘The 
antenne are also more slender and have a rather longer apical joint, and the elytra are 
opaque. 
16. Statira suavis. 
Elongate, narrow, piceous-brown, subopaque. Head smooth, broadly and shallowly foveate between the eyes, 
the latter small; antenne comparatively stout, rather long, ferruginous—the apical joint in the male not 
equalling joints 8-10 united; prothorax convex, about as long as or rather longer than broad, the sides 
immarginate (except at the extreme base and there only obsoletely so), moderately rounded anteriorly, 
and strongly constricted behind, the hind angles acute, the basal margin moderately raised, the surface 
smooth; elytra with rather deep intrahumeral depression, very finely and shallowly punctate-striate, the 
interstices flat but becoming convex towards the apex, the first with from two to four (near the apex), 
the third with about eight and the fifth and seventh each with about four (scattered between the base and 
