226 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



V2. Statira suffusa, n. sp. 



$. Elongate, depressed, rather narrow, shining; piceous, the 

 antennae, tarsi, bases of the femora, and elytra testaceous, the 

 elytra with a broad, indeterminate, metallic green marginal stripe 

 extending from the base to the apex, the disc with a very faint 

 aeneous lustre ; the elytra with a few long, erect, bristly hairs. Head 

 rather narrow, sparsely, minutely punctate, obsoletely foveate in 

 the middle between the eyes, the latter large, distant; antennae 

 slender, rather short, joint 11 nearly equalling 8-10 united. Pro- 

 thorax a little longer than broad, oblongo-cordate, dilated at the 

 base, the basal margin feebly raised ; sparsely, minutely punctate. 

 Elytra elongate, twice as broad as the prothorax, gradually widened 

 to beyond the middle, and somewhat acuminate posteriorly ; closely, 

 finely punctate -striate, the interstices becoming convex towards the 

 tip, 3 and 5 with from six to eight setigerous impressions scattered 

 between the base and apex, 1, 7, and 9 also with from one to three 

 similar impressions on the apical half. 



(J. Rufo-testaceous, the elytra with a distinct aeneous lustre, the 

 green marginal stripe wanting; antennae much longer, joint 11 very 

 elongate, nearly equalling 7-10 united ; alternate elytral interstices 

 with fewer setigerous impressions — five on 3, and two on 5, those on 

 1 and 7 wanting. 



Length 8, breadth 2g— 2J mm. 



Hab. Brazil [type], Parana {ex coll. Fry : ^). 



Two specimens, almost certainly the sexes of the same 

 species, the Parana male differing as stated above. Very 

 near the Colombian S. lateralis, Makl., but with a much 

 narrower head and prothorax, the latter very sparsely, 

 minutely punctate, the elytra with scattered setigerous 

 impressions, along the interstices 3 and 5, the marginal 

 stripe (when present) extending to the apex, the apical 

 joint of the antennae ($) shorter. A similar variation is 

 common to other members of the genus. 



73. Statira aeneomarginata, n. sp. 



$. Elongate, depressed, shining, the head and prothorax sub- 

 opaque ; testaceous, the eyes black, the head and prothorax rufescent, 

 the sides of tlie elytra indeterminately aeneo-piceous from the base 

 to far beyond the middle, the elytra with a few bristly hairs. Head 

 densely scabroso-punctulate, the eyes small, distant; antennae short, 

 slender, joint 11 equalling 8-10 united. Prothorax a little narrower 

 than the head, longer than broad, moderately rounded at the sides, 



