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12. Statira nigrocaerulea, n. sp. 



cj. Elongate, broad, widened posteriorly, shining; nigro-piceous, 

 the eleventh antennal joint, the tips of the tarsi, and the head in 

 one specimen, ferruginous or reddish, the elytra blue or bluish-green ; 

 the elytra with a few bristly hairs. Head broad, finely punctate, 

 deeply, longitudinally impressed between the eyes, the latter very 

 large, somewhat narrowly separated; antennae rather long, stout, 

 joint 11 equalling 7-10 united. Prothorax as wide as the head, 

 about as broad as long, feebly rounded at the sides, moderately 

 constricted before the laterally-projecting raised basal margin; 

 closely, rather coarsely punctate, the interspaces polished, the disc 

 depressed in the centre at the base and also on each side anteriorly. 

 Elytra long, more than twice the breadth of the prothorax, widening 

 to beyond the middle, transversely depressed below the base, the 

 apices mucronate; closely, finely, deeply punctato-striate, the striae 

 crenate and posteriorly undulate, the interstices convex throughout, 

 3, 5, and 7 with from three to five deep setigerous impressions 

 towards the apex, 9 with a scattered series of similar impressions 

 along their entire length, and 1 with three others near the tip, the 

 spaces between them longitudinally tuberculate and subcatenate. 

 Legs long, the femora moderately thickened. 



Length 11-11 J, breadth 31-4 mm. 



Hah. Brazil, Jatahy, Province of Goyas {Pujol, ex coll. 

 Fry). 



Two specimens, one with the tip of the aedeagus exposed, 

 agreeing very nearly with the description of the BraziUan 

 S. nigra, Makl. ; but as the author says nothing about the 

 stout antennae, or the mucronate apices of the elytra, 

 and states that the broad inter-ocular impression is almost 

 obsolete and the eleventh antennal joint (rj) about equals 

 6-10 united, the Jatahy insect must be treated as distinct. 

 The allied 8. caelata, Er., from Peru, should have a smoother 

 prothorax. S. j^eruana, infra, has more slender antennae ; 

 a non-foveate head, the apices of the elytra obtuse, etc. 



13. Statira batesi, n. sp. 



(^. Elongate, rather narrow, shining; piceous, the elytra with a 

 brassy lustre, the apical joint of the antennae ferruginous ; the 

 elytra with numerous long bristly hairs. Head slightly broader 

 than the prothorax, closely, finely punctate, with a deep oblong 

 fovea between the eyes, the latter very large, somewhat narrowly 

 separated; antennae rather slender, long, joint 11 equalling 6-10 

 united. Prothorax rather narrow, oblongo -cordate, constricted 



