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the interstices 1, 3, and 5, those on 7 wanting. The sexes 

 differ in the form of the intermediate legs, the anterior 

 femora of the (^ are also strongly clavate. 



68. Statira eurydera, n. sp. (Plate XII, fig. 17, (J.) 



Elongate or moderately elongate, robust, shining ; ruf o-castaneous, 

 castaneous, or piceous, the upper surface more or less aeneous, the 

 elytra usually metallic green, the apical joint of the antennae 

 ferruginous in one or two of the darker examples ; the elytra with 

 a few long, erect, bristly hairs. Head short, broad, densely, finely 

 punctate, the eyes very large, narrowly separated ; antennae stout, 

 moderately long, joints 3-10 subequal in length, 11 in (J about 

 equalling 7-10, in $ 8-10, united. Prothorax strongly transverse, 

 as wide as the head, arcuately dilated anteriorly, in some specimens 

 distinctly angulate at about one-third from the apex, margined and 

 rapidly narrowed thence to the deep basal groove, the basal margin 

 much raised and laterally projecting; densely, minutely punctate, 

 the narrow interspaces still more minutely punctate or scabrous. 

 Elytra rather elongate, one-half broader than the prothorax, 

 gradually widened to a little beyond the middle, rounded at the 

 apex; closely, finely punctato -striate, the interstices 3, 5, and 9 

 with from about six to eight conspicuous setigerous impressions 

 scattered between the base and apex. 



Length 6^0^ breadth 2-3S mm. (c^$.) 



Hab. Amazons, Ega [type], Santarem, Para {H. W. Bates), 

 Bahia {Fri/). 



Eleven specimens, all but two from the Amazons, these 

 insects varying greatly in size and in the relative length of 

 the elytra. S. eurydera is a southern form of the Mexican 

 S. crassicornis, Champ., differing from it in the much 

 rougher, more densely punctulate prothorax. The pro- 

 thorax is obliquely compressed along the flanks .posteriorly, 

 so as to appear margined above. 



69. Statira latevittata, n. sp. 



$. Elongate, narrow, robust, moderately shining; riifous or 

 castaneous, the eyes black, the palpi piceous, the prothorax slightly 

 infuscate, or with the sides piceous, the elytra with a broad metallic 

 green stripe extending down the outer half from the base to near 

 the apex. Head broad, densely, finely punctate, the eyes very 

 large, narrowly separated ; antennae moderately long, stout, joints 

 4-10 slightly increasing in length, 11 as long as 9 and 10 united. 



