New and little-known Lagriidae. 203 



with a subopaque head and prothorax, and black antennae, 

 knees, tibiae, and tarsi. 



39. Statira scintillans, n. sp. 



(?. Elongate, narrow, very shining; aeneo-piceous, the head, 

 antennae, and legs reddish ; the head and elytra with numerous very 

 long, suberect bristly hairs, the antennae also setose. Head rather 

 small, sparsely punctulate, longitudinally grooved between the eyes, 

 the latter large and narrowly separated ; antennae long, slender, 

 joint 11 extremely elongate, about equalling 3-10 united. Pro- 

 thorax as wide as the head, much longer than broad, rounded at the 

 sides, obliquely narrowed from the middle forward, and constricted 

 before the prominent basal margin ; closely, very minutely punctate. 

 Elytra long, nearly twice as wide as the prothorax, subparallel in their 

 basal half, flattened and vmeven on the disc ; very minutely striato- 

 punctate, the interstices broad, flat, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 with from six to ten 

 setigerous impressions scattered between the base and apex, the im- 

 pressions each preceded by a small tubercle, these becoming slightly 

 elongated towards the tip. Legs rather stout, the femora strongly 

 clavate, the tibiae slightly curved at the base. 

 Length 7, breadth 2-2^^q mm. 



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



Two males. A narrow, elongate form related to the 

 Colombian S. samtuosa, Makl., 'but much smaller, with the 

 apical joint of the (^-antenna nearly half the length of the 

 entire organ, and the surface of the elytra so uneven as to 

 appear scintillate. 



40. Statira sphenoptera, n. sp. 



(J. Elongate, narrow, attenuate posteriorly, rather dull, the elytra 

 and under surface shining ; black, the elytra cyaneous on the disc, 

 aeneous at the sides, the antennae (joints 1-3 excepted) and legs (the 

 black knees excepted) testaceous, the abdomen piceous; the elytra 

 with scattered long, erect, bristly hairs. Head large, broader than 

 the prothorax, densely, very finely punctate, the eyes extremely 

 large, narrowly separated ; antennae long, slender [joints 10 and 1 1 

 missing]. Prothorax much longer than broad, cordate, strongly con- 

 stricted before the raised, laterally-projecting basal margin ; densely 

 minutely punctate, transversely excavate in the centre at the base. 

 Elytra moderately long, less than twice the width of the prothorax, 

 narrowing from the base, unarmed at the tip ; very finely, closely, 

 punctato-striate, the interstices feebly convex, 1, 3, and 5 with a 



