STATIRA. 45 
yellowish-white. Head with a few fine scattered setiferous punctures at the sides and base, for the rest 
smooth ; eyes quite small, transverse, and distant from the base of: the head; antenne moderately stout, 
varying in colour from piceous to ferruginous, the apical joint often lighter—the latter in both sexes 
only a little longer than joints 9 and 10 united; prothorax transversely convex, broader than long (some- 
times about as long as broad), the sides completely immarginate, much rounded anteriorly, and strongly 
constricted behind, the hind angles moderately prominent, the basal margin grooved within and raised, the 
surface quite smooth ; elytra with prominent humeral callus, moderately long, widest about the middle, 
with indistinct rows of minute punctures which become almost obsolete behind, the interstices perfectly 
flat throughout and each with a very irregular row of closely placed fine setiferous punctures, the apices 
obtuse ; beneath, the prothorax excepted, bluish-black, shining, the basal two-thirds of the venter some- 
times reddish-testaceous ; legs rather short, bluish-black or violaceous, the femora in some examples with 
the base, in others entirely (and sometimes the tibiw at the apex), reddish-testaceous, the femora and tibie 
thickly clothed on all sides with long erect hairs, the tibie roughly punctured. 
Length 53-7 millim. ; breadth 14-2 millim. (¢ 2.) 
Hab. Mxxico, Playa Vicente, Cordova (Sallé), Atoyac in Vera Cruz (H. H. Smith) ; 
GUATEMALA, Cahabon (Champion); Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
Var. The elytra with the yellowish-white bands much more extended, and leaving only the base narrowly 
(except at the suture), a narrow sinuous transverse band before the middle (not reaching the suture), a 
broader transverse lateral patch beyond the middle, and the apices, violaceous ; the epipleure yellowish- 
white. 
Hab. Mexico, Playa Vicente (Sad/é). One specimen only. 
We have lately received numerous examples of this elegant insect from Atoyac, 
where it appears to be not uncommon. ‘Two specimens only were found in Guatemala, 
and one in the State of Panama. S. albofasciata has much the facies of one or two 
species of Lema inhabiting the same districts. It agrees very closely in many respects 
with Maklin’s description of S. trifasciata, from Colombia. The elytra, however, in 
the latter are stated to have three black fasciee which reach the suture and not the 
lateral margins, a system of coloration not exhibited in any of the varieties of S. aldo- 
fasciata. The Central-American species, moreover, invariably has the apex of the 
elytra bluish-black. A typical example from Atoyac is figured. 
67. Statira irregularis, (Tab. II. fig. 26, var.) 
Moderately elongate, shining, thickly clothed with erect hairs; the head brassy-black, the prothorax red or 
reddish-testaceous, the elytra cyaneous or bluish-black. Head with scattered setiferous punctures at the 
base, sides, and in front, for the rest almost smooth, and shallowly depressed on each side between the 
eyes anteriorly; the latter transverse, quite small, and distant from the base of the head; antenne’ 
rather stout, black or piceo-ferruginous, the apical joint sometimes lighter—the latter about as long as 
joints 9 and 10 united, and scarcely longer in the male; prothorax transversely convex, broader than 
long, the sides immarginate, much rounded, and strongly constricted behind, the hind angles moderately 
prominent, the basal margin grooved within and raised, the disc (except at the base and apex) very finely 
and shallowly canaliculate (sometimes very obsoletely, and sometimes rather deeply so in the centre), the 
surface quite smooth; elytra with prominent shoulders, moderately long, with rows of fine punctures 
extending to the apex, but more or less interrupted or irregular towards the base, the interstices quite 
flat throughout, with scattered punctures (similar to those of the strie) towards the base, and each with 
a very irregular row of rather closely placed setiferous impressions (many of which are more or less 
confluent with those of the striz), the apices obtuse; beneath (the prothorax excepted) brassy-black, 
