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in their basal half; closely, tinely, deeply punctato -striate, the 

 interstices convex beyond the middle, 3 with four deep setigerous 

 impressions scattered along the apical half, 1 with one and 9 with 

 two similar impressions near the tip. Legs long; anterior femora 

 strongly clavate; anterior tibiae rounded externally at the base. 

 Length OJ, breadth 2 J mm. {^ ?) 



Hub. Upper Amazons, Ega (//. W. Bates). 



One specimen. A close ally of S. calophaenoides , infra, 

 with, the broad elytra! fasciae green and connected along 

 the suture, the setigerous impressions deep and very few in 

 number, four only being present on the third interstice. 

 The elytra are parallel, not widened towards the middle. 

 >S. viridinotata, Pic (Melanges exot.-entom. iv, p. 15), from 

 Cumbase, Peru, must be very similar; but as nothing is 

 said about the testaceous humeral patch, and it apparently 

 has more numerous setae on the elytra, the identification 

 cannot be accepted without an examination of the type. 



99. Statira elegantula, n. sp. (Plate XIII, fig. 24, c^.) 



(J. Moderately elongate, narrow, depressed, shining; testaceoiis, 

 the eyes black, the elytra, except the basal margin, an ante-median 

 transverse fascia (widened outwards and not reaching the suture), 

 and the apex, metallic green or bluish green ; the elytra with a few> 

 long, erect, bristly hairs. Head almost smooth, with a shallow, 

 transverse, punctured depression between the eyes, the latter 

 moderately large; antennae long and slender, joints 7-10 decreasing 

 in length, 11 extremely elongate, about as long as 4-10 united. 

 Prothorax narrower than the head, longer than broad, oblongo- 

 cordate, dilated at the base; sparsely, minutely punctate, in one 

 specimen obsoletely canaliculate on the disc anteriorly. Elytra 

 moderately long, subparallel in their basal half, nearly twice as 

 broad as the prothorax; closely, finely, deeply punctato -striate, 

 the interstices convex, 3 with four or five widely scattered setigerous 

 impressions, and 9 with two similar impressions at the base. Legs 

 long, slender; anterior femora stout, clavate; anterior tibiae 

 obliquely narrowed externally at the base. 



Length 5|-6|, breadth li-2 mm. 



Hab. Amazons, Ega and Para {H. W. Bates). 



Three specimens, showing no variation. Smaller and 

 more slender than S. viridifasciata; the elytra less elongate, 

 and with the green coloration more extended, leaving the 

 basal margin, an inwardly-narrowed, abbreviated, ante- 

 median fascia, and a small patch at the apex testaceous ; 



