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97. Statira connexa, n. sp. (Plate XIII, fig. 23, ^.) 



Rather short, narrow, somewhat convex, shining, glabrous ; 

 testaceous, the eyes and tlie base of the antennae, and the elytra with 

 two transverse fasciae (one close to the base, the other submedian, 

 connected along the suture), and in one example ((J) a common, 

 transverse, subapical patch at the termination of the narrow sutural 

 streak, black or fuscous. Head large, broad, sparsely, obsoletely 

 punctulate, flattened between the eyes, the latter large and moderately 

 distant; antennae ((^) elongate, slender, joint 11 as long as 9 and 10 

 united, ($) much shorter, joint 11 less elongate. Prothorax longer 

 than broad, oblongo-subcordate, the basal constriction moderately 

 deep ; closely, finely punctate. Elytra rather short, twice as wide as 

 the prothorax, subparallel in their basal half in o , dilated posteriorly 

 in $, transversely depressed below the base ; closely, somewhat 

 deeply punctato -striate, the punctures rather coarse on the basal 

 half, fine on the apical declivity, the interstices convex towards the 

 sides and apex. Femora strongly clavate. 



Length 4|-5, breadth Ig-lf mm. [S'^-) 



Hah. Amazons, Santarem [^, type], Ega [$] {H. W. 

 Bates). 



One pair, the male with the elytral markings more 

 developed than in the female. A small, comparatively short 

 form, not milike an Anthicus, with the elytra fasciate much 

 as in S. viridicincta from the same Amazonian localities, 

 and S. bryanti, Pic, from Trinidad. S. connexa would 

 perhaps be better placed in the genus Colparthrum; but 

 till the structure of the mandibles, etc. has been examined, 

 the insect is better left under Statira. The apical joint 

 of the labial palpi is securiform and rather small ; the 

 femora abruptly clavate. 



98. Statira viridifasciata, n. sp. 



Elongate, narrow, shining; testaceous, the eyes black, the elytra 

 with two broad, transverse, metallic green fasciae — one basal, not 

 including the humeri, the other post-median, the two connected 

 along the suture, the second extending a short distance down the 

 first interstice posteriorly ; the elytra with a few long, erect, bristly 

 hairs towards the apex. Head almost smooth, with a shallow, 

 transverse, sparsely punctate fovea between the eyes, the latter very 

 large; antennae long and slender, joint 11 as long as 7-10 united. 

 Prothorax longer than broad, oblongo -cordate, strongly constricted 

 before the dilated base ; closely, finely punctate. Elytra long, parallel 



