Dec, 1905 ] SCHAEFFER : NEW SPECIES OF STATIRA LaTREILLE. 179 



THREE NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS STATIRA 

 LATREILLE. 



By Charles Schaeffer, 



Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Since Dr. Horn's synopsis of the family Lagriida * a few addi- 

 tional species of the genus Statira have been taken in Arizona and 

 Texas. One of them, Statira robusta, I have seen in collections as 

 opacicollis, and simulans may easily be taken for pluripunctata ; there- 

 fore I thought it advisable to publish the descriptions of these species 

 together with Dr. Horn's synoptic table, which I was obliged to change 

 a little to intercalate the new species. 



Genus STATIRA Latreille. 

 Table of Species. 



1. Tibiae sulcate on the outer edge 2 



Tibiae rounded on the outer edge, not sulcate 4 



2. Setigerous punctures of alternate elytral intervals numerous, tibiae sulcate nearly 



their entire length 3 



Setigerous punctures few, mostly on the third interval, tibiae sulcate below apical 

 half only subnitida. 



3. Elytra subopaque, elytral striae deeply impressed, punctures of striae as large as 



the punctures of the intervals pluripunctata. 



Elytra shining, striae moderately impressed, punctures of stria- smaller than those 

 of intervals simulans. 



4. Elytra unicolorous, not ornamented with spots or fasciae 5 



Elytra testaceous with median fascia and scutellar spot black 10 



5. Setigerous punctures numerous on first, third, fifth and seventh elytral intervals, 



thorax opaque opacicollis. 



Setigerous punctures entirely absent from first interval 6 



6. Thorax bright orange red 9 



Thorax more or less piceous 7 



7. Only the third and fifth elytral intervals with setigerous punctures 8 



Third, fifth and seventh elytral intervals with from six to ten setigerous punc- 

 tures, elytra piceous, prothorax shining, indistinctly punctate robusta. 



8. Third and fifth elytral intervals with only a very few setigerous punctures ; 



thorax indistincly punctate ; color piceous, with faint metallic lustre. 



gagatina. 



* Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. xv, p. 28. 



