36 : HETEROMERA. 
50. Statira costaricensis. 
Moderately elongate, shining, reddish-testaceous ; each elytron with an oblique angulated marking below the 
base, an irregular spot about the middle, and an oblique interrupted angular marking beyond the middle, 
piceous. Head comparatively broad, smooth, and with a setiferous impression behind each eye; the 
latter small, black ; antenne rather slender, moderately long, testaceous (the apical joint missing) ; pro- 
thorax about as long as broad, transversely convex, the sides immarginate, moderately rounded in front, 
and strongly constricted behind, the hind angles acute and very prominent, the basal margin sharply 
raised, the dise shallowly impressed in the middle behind, the surface quite smooth; elytra with long 
and rather deep intrahumeral depression, finely and very shallowly punctate-striate, the interstices almost 
flat throughout, the first with one or two (near the apex), the third with three or four (between the 
middle and apex), the fifth with about four (widely scattered between the base and apex), the seventh 
with one (at the shoulder), and the ninth with three or four (near the apex), fine setiferous punctures, 
the apices obtuse ; beneath and the legs testaceous. 
Length 84 millim.; breadth 23 millim. ( 9.) 
Hab. Costa Rica, Rio Sucio (Rogers). 
One female example, badly mutilated. &. costaricensis is not closely allied to any 
other Bprcies here enumerated ; it approaches 8. pulchella. | 
51. Statira picta, (Tab. II. fig. 14, 2.) 
Moderately elongate, slightly shining, testaceous; the elytra each with a narrow stripe extending from 
the shoulder to a little below the middle and there connected with a transverse angulated band (the 
latter not reaching the suture), or with the lateral stripe narrower and shorter (almost obliterated in one 
example) and a small transverse marking on each, piceous or fuscous. Head with a few exceedingly 
minute scattered punctures, and a setiferous impression behind each eye, the latter small; antenne 
testaceous or ferruginous, the apical joint in the male about equalling joints 7-10, in the female 8-10, 
united; prothorax convex, about as long as broad, the sides immarginate, rounded anteriorly, and strongly 
constricted behind, the hind angles acute, the basal margin very little raised, the surface with exceedingly 
minute scattered punctures; elytra with shallow intrahumeral depression, widest about the middle, very 
shallowly and finely punctate-striate, the interstices flat throughout, the first with one or two (near the 
apex), the third with five or six (scattered between the base and apex), the fifth with two (towards the 
apex), the seventh with one (at the shoulder), and the ninth with three or four (towards the apex), fine 
setiferous punctures, the apices obtuse ; legs and under surface testaceous. 
Length 53-61 millim.; breadth (at shoulders) 13-14 millim. (¢ @.) 
Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, David (Cham- 
pion). 
Three specimens only. This is the smallest of the species allied to & evanescens 
&c. inhabiting Central America. The example with best-defined elytral markings 
(from Nicaragua) resembles 8. verecrucis, from which its small size, almost smooth 
and immarginate thorax, and smooth head distinguish it. The flat apical interstices of 
the elytra and other characters mentioned above separate it from §. nigromaculata. 
52. Statira albolineata. (Tab. II. fig.15, ¢.) 
Elongate, slightly shining; the head piceous- or reddish-brown; the prothorax yellowish-white, with a 
large, oblong, purplish-brown patch on each side of the disc about the middle; the elytra of a dilute 
brownish colour, or brownish-testaceous, the fifth interstice and the epipleuree white or yellowish-white 
throughout. Head with a few setiferous punctures behind, for the rest almost smooth, shallowly, longi- 
tudinally grooved in the middle between the eyes, the latter large and rather narrowly separated, antenne 
