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margin feebly raised; sparsely, minutely punctate. Elytra moder- 

 ately long, twice as broad as the prothorax, widened to the middle, 

 and rapidly narrowed thence to the somewhat acuminate apex, 

 transversely depressed below the base; closely, finely punctato- 

 striate, the interstices becoming convex towards the apex, 3 with 

 from five to eight, and 5 and 9 with four or five setigerous impres- 

 sions (those on 3 and 5 scattered between the base and apex), 1 

 also with one or two impressions near the tip. 

 Length 6i-7f, breadth 2^-2^ mm. (c3*$.) 



Hah. Brazil {Mus. Oxon.), Eio de Janeiro [type] {Fry), 

 Petropolis {J. Gray and H. Clark, Jan. 1857), Espirito 

 Santo {Descourtils). 



Nine specimens seen, including the three in the Oxford 

 Museum. A rather small, rufo-testaceous form, with dilute 

 golden-green or green, very shining elytra, which in both 

 sexes are widened towards the middle and acuminate 

 posteriorly, slender antennae, and a relatively narrow 

 head and prothorax. Miiklhi's description of S. subaenea, 

 from Santa Catharina, nearly applies to the present insect ; 

 but the former is said to have the head shallowly, longi- 

 tudinally foveate between the eyes, the basal margin of 

 the prothorax moderately raised, the elytra linear or very 

 feebly widening in their basal two-thirds, and the five 

 setigerous impressions on their third interstice restricted 

 to the apical half. S. cupreotincfa, Champ., from Panama, 

 is a larger and more elongate insect, with a wider pro- 

 thorax and less uniformly coloured elytra, the latter with 

 much larger setigerous impressions. 



57. Statira subglabrata, n. sp. 



Moderately elongate, widened posteriorly, shining ; rufo-testaceous 

 or testaceous, the eyes black, the elytra aeneo-piceous, the latter 

 almost glabrous. Head sparsely, minutely punctate, the eyes 

 moderately large, distant; antennae rather stout, comparatively 

 short, Joint 11 not or very little longer than 9 and 10 united. Pro- 

 thorax as wide as the head, about as long as broad, cordate, slightly 

 dilated at the base, the basal margin feebly raised; sparsely, 

 minutely punctate, finely, obsoletely canaliculate on the disc 

 anteriorly. Elytra not very elongate, in their widest part t^^ice as 

 broad as the prothorax, gradually dilated to the middle, and arcualely 

 narrowed posteriorly; closely, finely punctato-striate, the inter- 

 stices feebly convex, 3 with three or four widely scattered setigerous 



