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in the male fully or nearly equalling five, in the female about three, of the preceding joints united ; pro- 
thorax about as broad as long (sometimes broader), the sides margined from the base to the apex, a little 
rounded before the middle, oblique in front, and strongly constricted behind, the anterior angles prominent, 
the hind angles acute, the basal margin moderately raised, and at the sides grooved within, the disc 
shallowly impressed in the middle before the base, the surface closely and minutely (sometimes more 
coarsely, sometimes still more finely) punctured; elytra with deep intrahumeral depression, moderately 
long, sometimes feebly transversely impressed below the base, very finely punctate-striate, the punctures 
quite shallow and approximate, the interstices feebly convex (flatter on the basal part of the disc), the 
first with from four to seven (near the apex), the third with from seven to ten and the fifth with from five 
to eight (scattered between the base and apex), the seventh with from one to three (one at the shoulder, 
and one or two at the apex, the latter very often obsolete), and the ninth with from four to six (near the 
apex), rather coarse setiferous punctures, the punctures on the apical third each usually preceded by a 
more or less distinct elevation, the apices obtuse; legs more or less piceous, the tarsi ferruginous. 
Length 74-10 millim.; breadth 23-3 millim. (¢ 9.) 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hége), Cordova (Sallé). 
Var. a. The prothorax and legs, and sometimes the head and elytra in great part, reddish-testaceous. 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hoge). 
Var. (3. Piceo- or reddish-testaceous, the elytra sometimes with a translucent neous tinge; the setiferous 
impressions on the elytra not preceded by a slight elevation. 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa, Esperanza (Hoge), Cordova (Sallé). 
Numerous examples of the type and of the var. a were collected by Herr Hoge at 
Jalapa ; the var. 6 is an immature form. 
This species may be distinguished from S. multiformis by the thorax being com- 
pletely margined at the sides and having prominent anterior angles ; and also by the 
more numerous setiferous impressions on the third and fifth elytral interstices, the first 
also having several near the apex (there are none in S. multiformis), and the impressions 
on the apical third usually preceded by a feeble elevation. From 8. nigrosparsa &c. 
its non-scabrous thorax and more numerous setiferous impressions on the elytra 
sufficiently separate it. The head and thorax vary a great deal in shape and sculpture 
(though the latter always has the punctures separate one from another, and is never 
scabrous) ; they are also narrower in some male examples than in others. 
35. Statira eneotincta. . 
Closely allied to S. mewicana, and differing as follows:—More elongate, the elytra especially; varying in 
colour from brownish-piceous to reddish-testaceous, the elytra more or less téstaceous and often with a 
translucent eneous tinge ; the antenne longer, and with more elongate penultimate joints in both sexes ; 
the prothorax with less prominent anterior angles; the elytral interstices obsoletely punctured at the 
apex, the first with about four (near the apex), the third and fifth each with about six (scattered between 
the base and apex), the seventh with one (at the shoulder), and the ninth with four or five (near the 
apex), setiferous punctures ; the rest as in S. meawicana. 
Length 93-113 millim.; breadth 27-3 millim. (¢ 2.) 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa, Cordova (Hége); Guatemaa, Chiacam (Champion). . 
Nine examples.. This is an immature-looking species allied to S. mexicana. Its 
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