252 Mr, 6. C. Champion on 



except in having the apical portion of the elytra flavo- 

 testaceous, instead of black; but as some of the allied 

 forms vary in this way, no importance need be attached 

 to such a colour-difference, the five yellow spots on the 

 basal half being exactly as he describes. S. lunulata, Pic, 

 from Tijuca (a place near Constancia), which is compared 

 with my figure of S. conspicillafa, Makl.,in the " Biologia," 

 is said to have an irregular black ring enclosing a yellow 

 patch on the anterior portion of each elytron. The specific 

 identity of these insects, therefore, must remain in doubt 

 till types are compared. 



112. Statira annulata. (Plate XIII, fig. 31.) 

 Statira annulata, Makl., Act. Soc. Fenn. x, p. 643 (1875). 



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

 elytra flavous, with three common, angulate fasciae, connected along 

 the suture, the first two along the sides also, and the second and third 

 nearly coalescent along the fifth interstice, the first with a branch 

 on the disc extending forwards to the base, nigro-fuscous (the dark 

 markings enclosing nine spots, arranged 3, 2, 4, of the yellowish 

 ground-colour); thickly clothed, the legs included, with long, soft, 

 erect hairs. Head sparsely, rather coarsely punctate, the eyes 

 somewhat narrowly separated ; antennae moderately long and 

 slender, joint 11 as long as 9 and 10 united. Prothorax longer than 

 broad, oblong-subcordate, a little dilated at the base; very coarsely, 

 sparsely punctate. Elytra long, about twice as wide as the prothorax, 

 gradually widened to the middle; closely, finely punctato-striate, 

 the interstices each with an irregular series of closely placed pili- 

 gerous punctures. 



Length 7^8^, breadth 2i-2f mm. 



Hab. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro and Espirito Santo {Fry). 



The two specimens, probably (^ and $, from which the 

 above description has been taken agree with Maklin's 

 diagnosis of his S. annulata, from Brazil, except that they 

 apparently have relatively narrower elytra. The differences 

 given by him to separate S. annulata and S. fgurata (as 

 here recognised) also apply, so that there cannot be much 

 doubt about the identification of either of them. A fresh 

 description, however, was required in each case. 



113. Statira quadriplagiata, n. sp. (Plate XIII, fig. 32, (^.) 



^. Moderately elongate, narrow, shining; testaceous, the eyes 

 black, the elytra flavous, with a broad, common, triangular scutellar 



