198 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



32. Statira viriditincta, n. sp. 



Elongate, widened posteriorly, moderately shining; piceous or 

 nigro-piceous, the femora paler at the base, the elytra with a brassy 

 or greenish lustre, the antennae (except two or more of the basal 

 joints) ferruginous, the elytra with a few bristly hairs towards the 

 apex. Head densely, minutely punctate, smoother in front, slightly 

 hollowed between the eyes, the latter very large, somewhat distant ; 

 antennaelong, slender, joint 11 as long as five or six of the preceding 

 joints united. Prothorax as wide as, or a little wider than, the head, 

 as broad as long, moderately rounded at the sides, strongly con- 

 stricted before the raised basal margin ; densely, very finely punc- 

 tate. Elytra long, widening to beyond the middle, arcuately nar- 

 rowed posteriorly; closely, finely punctato-striate, the striae deeply 

 impressed towards the tip, the interstices more or less convex, 3 with 

 five or six scattered setigerous impressions down the apical half, 

 and 6, 7, and 9 with from two to four (those on 7 sometimes want- 

 ing) similar impressions towards the apex, the impressions each 

 preceded by a small tubercle. 



Length 9-11, breadth 3-4 mm. {^.) 



Hah. Amazons, Santarem, Ega {H. W. Bates). 



Six examples, possibly all males. This is an Amazonian 

 form of S. laticollis, Maid., that reqnires a distinctive name. 

 The more deeply impressed striae (especially at the apex) 

 and tbe convex interstices of the elytra, the relatively 

 longer apical joint of the antennae, the blackened basal 

 joints of the latter, and the darker body, are sufficient to 

 distinguish S. viriditincta. A still more nearly allied form, 

 S. peruana, occurs at Chanchamayo, Peru. 



33. Statira peruana, n. sp. 



Elongate, widened posteriorly, moderately shining ; nigro-piceous, 

 the apical joint of the antennae obscure ferruginous, the elytra with 

 a green or bluish-green lustre; the elytra with a few long bristly 

 hairs towards the apex. Head closely, minutely punctate, the eyes 

 very large, somewhat distant; antennae slender, moderately long, 

 joint 11 about equalling the four preceding joints vmited. Pro- 

 thorax a little wider than the head, scarcely so long as broad, rounded 

 at the sides, strongly constricted before the raised basal margin; 

 closely, minutely punctate. Elytra long, widening to beyond the 

 middle, and there considerably more than twice the breadth of the 

 prothorax, arcuately narrowed posteriorly; finely, closely, deeply 

 punctato-striate, the interstices convex, 3 with five, and 5, 7, and 



