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An immature example (from Mexico), in Mr. F. Bates's collection, labelled S. apicalis, 
Dej., has the apical half of the elytra stained with fuscous. The sete in this species 
are very long, not only on the body but on the legs also. 
76. Statira pueblensis. (Tab. III. fig. 7, 2 .) 
Elongate, rather depressed, subparallel, shining, piceous-black, the elytra with an indistinct brassy tint. Head 
thickly, irregularly, and somewhat coarsely punctured, shallowly foveate in the middle between the eyes, 
the latter (2) rather small; antenne (9 ) fusco-ferruginous, darker towards the base, exceedingly stout, 
moderately long—the apical joint nearly as long as joints 8-10 united, the latter much longer than broad ; 
prothorax rather longer than broad, moderately convex, the sides very finely margined from the base to 
the apex, a little rounded about the middle, slightly oblique in front, and strongly constricted behind, the 
hind angles sharp and prominent, the basal margin moderately raised and at the sides shallowly grooved 
within, the disc shallowly depressed in the middle behind, the surface densely, finely, and irregularly 
punctured and wrinkled; elytra with indistinct intrahumeral depression, long, subparallel to beyond the 
middle, a little flattened on the disc, finely punctate-striate, the punctures closely packed and subtrans- 
verse, the interstices flat on the basal part of the disc and moderately convex at the sides and towards the 
apex, the first, third, fifth, seventh, and ninth each with a row of closely placed setiferous punctures 
which extend from the base to the apex, the apices obtuse; legs stout, fusco-ferruginous, the femora 
darker, the tibia sparsely clothed with short hair within and without and grooved on their outer edge 
from the base to the apex, the femora on all sides with long scattered hairs. 
Length 10} millim.; breadth 3 millim. ( 9.) 
Hab. Mexico, Matamoros Izucar in Puebla (Hoge). 
One female example only. In its very stout antenne this species approaches S. cras- 
sicornis, though totally different in other respects. S. pueblensis may be separated from 
the other Central-American Statire with grooved tibie by its stout limbs and more 
shining surface. JS. ¢ristis, Makl. (according to the description), approaches S. pueblensis 
in many of its characters. 
77. Statira sulcicrus. 
Elongate, rather narrow, subopaque, piceo-castaneous or brownish-piceous, the head, and sometimes the pro- 
thorax, redder in colour. Head scabrous, the epistoma smoother, the eyes moderately large and widely 
separated in both sexes; antenne fusco-ferruginous, moderately long, rather slender—the apical joint in 
the male about as long as joints 7-10, in the female 8-10, united; prothorax longer than broad, the sides 
obsoletely margined from the base to the apex, rounded anteriorly, and moderately constricted behind, the 
basal margin a little raised, the hind angles acute, the surface very finely scabrous; elytra with very 
shallow short intrahumeral depression, long, widest a little beyond the middle, finely punctate-striate, the 
punctures transverse and closely packed, the interstices feebly convex from the base to the middle and 
more strongly so beyond, the first, third, fifth, seventh, and ninth each with a row of closely placed deep 
setiferous punctures extending from the base to the apex, the apices slightly produced but obtuse; legs 
moderately stout, piceous or fusco-ferruginous, the tibis grooved on their outer edge from the base to 
the apex, the femora and tibie on all sides clothed with short scattered hairs, 
Length 93-94 millim.; breadth 23-23 millim. (¢ 2.) 
Hab. Mexico, Chilpancingo in Guerrero (Hége). 
Duller than S. pueblensis; the antenne not nearly so stout; the head and thorax 
finely scabrous and opaque, &c. Asin S. pueblensis, the tibiee are grooved on their outer 
edge froin the base to the apex, and the alternate elytral interstices have each a row of 
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