New and little-known Lagriidae. 191 



from tlie corresponding sex of that species in having a much 

 smaller, shorter head, a less elongate prothorax, more slender 

 antennae, sinuously compressed, hairy posterior tibiae, 

 and the broad penis-sheath dissimilarly formed. The non- 

 dilated posterior tibiae, etc., separate S. asymmetrica from 

 S. tortipes, S. arcuatipes, and other forms with bowed or 

 twisted tibiae in the male. 



23. Statira tortipes, n. sp. (Plate XII, figs. 13, posterior 

 leg; 13a, penis-sheath, c^.) 



Very elongate, narrow, moderately shining; obscure testaceous, 

 the eyes black, the elytra in some specimens with a faint aeneous 

 lustre, the latter with a few very long, bristly hairs. Head small, 

 almost smooth, obsoletely sulcate between the eyes, the latter large 

 and moderately distant; antennae long, slender, joint 11 in (J 

 equalling 8-10 united, very little shorter in $. Prothorax wider 

 than the head, oblongo -cordate ; very sparsely, obsoletely punctate, 

 slightly depressed in the middle at the base. Elytra elongate, sub- 

 parallel ; closely, finely punctate -striate, the interstices almost flat, 

 3 with a series of about eight to ten, and 5 with five or six, setigerous 

 impressions, 9 also with three impressions near the tip, 3 and 5 

 catenulate posteriorly. 



(J. Femora ciliate beneath, the anterior pair very stout, the inter- 

 mediate pair clavate, and the posterior pair angularly dilated towards 

 the apex; posterior tibiae abruptly, bisinuately twisted, broadly 

 dilated, concave and thickly clothed with fine hairs within, appear- 

 ing closely ciliate along their inner upper edge (fig. 13); metaster- 

 num pilose down the middle, the ventral segments 1-3 and 5 (except 

 on the basal half) also with numerous long erect hairs down the 

 centre; penis-sheath (fig. 13a) twisted, asymmetric, angulate on the 

 left side, the apical portion somewhat shovel-shaped. 



$. Metastemum pilose dowTi the middle ; anterior and inter- 

 mediate femora ciliate at the base. 



Length 10-11, breadth 3-3i mm. (c^?.) 



Hah. Brazil, Ceara {GouneUe : (^$), Rio de Janeiro 

 {Fry : O), Alto da Sierra in San Paulo {G. E. Bryant, IG. 

 iii. 'J2 : $). 



One male (somewhat injured by an Anthrenus) and 

 three females from Ceara, and a female from each of the 

 other locahties. An innuature-looking insect related to 

 >S'. longicollis, Makl., with a shorter head and prothorax, 

 smaller eyes, etc. ; the posterior femora angularly dilated 



