218 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



the interruptedly silicate inter-ocular portion of the head 

 (the deep fovea on the epistoma being probably accidental), 

 the antennae stouter and the prothorax more shining and 

 less densely punctate than in the first two species, the eyes 

 more approximate and the prothorax not so convex and 

 less roimded at the sides than in S. caeruleotincla. 



61. Statira chloroptera, n. sp. 



Elongate, rather convex, robust, very shining ; piceous, the elytra 

 brilliant metallic green, the latter with a few very long, erect, pallid, 

 bristly hairs. Head rather small, narrower than the prothorax, 

 almost smooth, the eyes large, distant ; antermae moderately long, 

 stout, joint 11 equalling 9 and 10 united. Prothorax broad, trans- 

 verse, arcuately dilated at the sides, narrowed and deeply con- 

 stricted posteriorly, the basal margin prominent; almost smooth, 

 transversely excavate in the middle in front, and shallowly, in- 

 terruptedly grooved down the middle. Elytra long, broad, nearly 

 twice as wide as the prothorax, subparallel in their basal half; 

 with rows of fine, approximate punctures placed in deep striae, 

 the interstices here and there transversely WTinkled, becoming more 

 convex towards the apex, 3, 5, and 9 with several widely separated 

 inconspicuous setigerous punctures. Legs rather stout, anterior 

 femora clavate. 



Length 10, breadth 3 J mm. (? ?) 



Hab. Peru {ex coll. Pascoe). 



One specimen. This insect has stout antennae and a 

 short, arcuately dilated prothorax, somewhat as in S. 

 eurydera (No. 68), but the general facies is more like that 

 of the much larger S. ingens, from Central America. The 

 brilliant metallic green, rather broad elytra, the small head, 

 and somewhat convex body are also characteristic. 



62. Statira canaliculata, n. sp. 



$. Elongate, shining; rufo-piceous (obscure testaceous in the 

 immature example), the head and legs paler, the elytra with a dilute 

 aeneous lustre, the latter with a few long bristly hairs. Head broad, 

 almost smooth, the eyes large, distant; antennae short, slender, 

 joint 11 nearly equalling 8-10 united. Prothorax not quite so broad 

 as long, a little wider than the head, transversely cordate, strongly 

 constricted before the raised basal margin; very sparsely, finely, 

 unequally punctate, interruptedly canaliculate down the middle, 

 the groove widened before the base. Elytra very long, twice as 



