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

 somewhat acuminate posteriorly; closely, finely pnnctato-striate, 

 the striae deeply impressed at the apex, the interstices almost flat 

 to near the tip, 3 with nine or ten, and 5 with five or six, setigerous 

 impressions scattered throughout their length, 9 also with two or 

 three impressions towards the apex. 

 Length 11|-12, breadth 3|-4 mm. 



Hah. Peru {ex coll. Fo->/), Chanchamayo {ex coll. F. 

 Bates). 



Two females, possibly obtained by the same collector, 

 Thamm. Narrower than the Brazilian S. laticollis, Makl. 

 (No. 31); the prothorax much smoother, interruptedly 

 canaliculate on the disc ; the elytra relatively longer, with 

 a scattered series of setigerous impressions along the 

 interstices 3 and 5, the latter not catenulate at the apex. 

 The short, convex, conspicuously canaliculate, compara- 

 tively smooth prothorax also separates the present species 

 from various other allied species. Compared with the im- 

 maculate form of the Colombian S. trisellata (No. 103), the 

 eyes are larger, the antennae shorter and not so slender, 

 and the elytra less acuminate at the apex, with the seriate 

 punctures much finer and the interstices almost flat. 



63. Statira caracana, n. sp. 



(J. Elongate, narrow, depressed, very shining, the prothorax duller ; 

 head and prothorax aeneous, the elytra brilliant metallic green, 

 the antennae, legs, and under surface black; the head and elytra 

 with a few long, fine, erect, bristly hairs. Head a little wider than 

 the prothorax, sparsely punctulate, foveate in the middle between 

 the eyes, the latter large and somewhat distant ; antennae slender, 

 joint 11 equalling 8-10 united. Prothorax longer than broad, 

 subcylindrical, strongly constricted before the prominent basal 

 margin ; sparsely, minutely punctate and finely canaliculate, the 

 interspaces alutaceous. Elytra long, about twice as broad as the 

 prothorax, subparallel at the base, very little wider at the middle, 

 the intra-humeral depression oblong, deep; very finely, closely 

 punctato -striate, the interstices broad, flat on the disc, convex at 

 the apex, 3 with four scattered setigerous impressions on the apical 

 half, and 9 with two similar impressions towards the tip. Legs 

 long, slender, the anterior ])air with strongly clavate femora, curved 

 tibiae and broadly dilated tarsi, the tarsal joints 2 and 3 transverse. 



Length 8, breadth 2| mm. 



