New mid little-known Lagriidae. 249 



Var. Piolhorax with a narrow black vitta on each side near the 

 outer margin. Joint 11 of antennae in cj as long as four or five 

 of the preceding joints united, in $ about equalling 8-10 united. 



Length 5-8^, breadth 1|-2| mm. (cj$.) 



Hah. Bkazil {Mus. Brit., Mus. Oxon.), Rio do Janeiro 

 {Fry), Constancia {J. Gray and H. Clark, Jan. 1857), 

 Matusinhos [type of S. vagegidtata] and Serra de Bernarda 

 [type of S. vagenolata] {coll. Pic) ; Amazons (//. W. Bates, 

 ex coll. Fry). 



This seems to be one of the commonest species of the 

 genus in the neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, but it was 

 apparently unknown to Maklin. The long series before 

 me, including many specimens belonging to the Oxford 

 Museum, illustrate the great variation in the development of 

 the elytral markings, the additional variety here noted (eight 

 specimens seen) simply differing in having a submarginal 

 black line on each side of the prothorax. The commonest 

 form has three dark angulate fasciae on the elytra — one 

 just below the base, another at the middle, these connected 

 along the sutural and outer margins, and' a narrower one 

 towards the apex, this latter connected with the median 

 fascia along the suture and outer margin and down the 

 middle of the disc (the fuscous markings thus enclosing 

 on each elytron a large ante-median discoidal patch, and 

 two transversely placed oblong marks behind it, of the 

 yellowish ground-colour) ; the dark coloration sometimes 

 extends over the whole of the apical portion, or it may be 

 almost entirely or in great part obliterated. S. vageguttata is 

 readily recognisable by the deep, sharply-defined, elongate- 

 triangular sulcus on the disc of the prothorax in front ; 

 the prothorax itself is sparsely, very finely punctate, and 

 usually shining, sometimes opaque. The elytra are finely 

 punctato-striate, the interstices 3, 5, 7, and 9 each with from 

 two to four, and 1 with one or two, scattered setigerous 

 impressions on the apical half. There is a specimen before 

 me from the Dejean collection labelled with the MS. name 

 S. j)icta, Buq. [nee Champ.] and one from the Oxford Museum 

 is ticketed S. varians, Hope. The general resemblance of 

 this insect to a spotted Dromius is rather striking. 



109. Statira incisicollis, n. sp. (Plate XIII, figs. 29, antenna ; 

 29a, prothorax, (^.) 

 (^. Moderately elongate, narrow, depressed, shining ; rufo- or 

 flavo-testaceous, the 11th antennal joint slightly infuscate, the eyes. 



