New and little-known Lagriidae. 209 



The elytra! sculpture is rather like that of S. ciqyreoviridis, 

 the large setigerous impressions, however, in the present 

 species are mostly placed near the apex. 



48. Statira splendicans. 



$. Statira splendicans. Makl., Act. Soc. Fenn. vii. p. 151 

 (1862). 



Very like S. micans, Makl. (No. 29), the alternate elytral interstices 

 not catenulate towards the apex, 1, 3, and 5 with a scattered series 

 of setigerous impressions, those on 7 wanting, 9 with two or three 

 impressions near the tip; head a little broader, the inter-ocular 

 groove only just indicated, the eyes more distant ; antennal joint 1 1 

 in ^ equalling 7-10, in $ 8-10, united ; legs slender, simple in ^ ; 

 aedeagus slender, thickened and slightly hooked at the tip above. 



Hah. Brazil {Mus. Oxon.), Constancia (J. Gray and H. 

 Clark, Jan. 1857), Rio de Janeiro (Fry), Minas Geraes 

 {Mus. Oxon.). 



Two males and four females seen. 



49. Statira rotundicoUis, n. sp. 



Moderately elongate, somewhat robust, shining; piceous, the 

 head and prothorax with an aeneous lustre, the elytra brassj^ the 

 antennae obscure ferruginous, the elytra with a few long, bristly 

 hairs. Head about as wide as the prothorax, almost smooth, a 

 transverse foveate depression between the eyes excepted, the latter 

 large, distant; antennae slender, joint 11 nearly as long as 7-10 

 united. Prothorax convex, about as broad as long, strongly 

 rounded at the sides, deeply constricted before the prominent basal 

 margin; sparsely, very minutely punctate. Elytra long, twice 

 as broad as the prothorax, gradually widened to the middle, and 

 somewhat acuminate posteriorly; closely, finely, deeply punctato- 

 striate, the interstices becoming more convex towards the apex, 

 3 with five, and 5 with three or four, widely scattered, setigerous 

 impressions, 7 also with one at the shoulder and 9 with two impres- 

 sions near the tip. Anterior femora clavate ; anterior tibiae feebly 

 curved. 



Length 8|, breadth 2^ mm. (^ ?) 



Hob. Colombia, Bogota {Mus. Brit.). 



One specimen. Narrower than the Central American 

 S. glabrata, Makl., the prothorax not wider than the head, 

 the anterior femora unarmed, the elytra more deeply 



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