^58 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



dilated anteriorly (thus appearing narrower at the base) 

 and a little shorter, and the elytra brilliant cyaneous in 

 colour. The first species described by Maklin under the 

 name S. cyanipennis (1862) was selected in 1889 as the 

 type of Sphragidophorus. 



120. Statira cayennensis, n. sp. 



Moderately elongate, somewhat robust, widened posteriorly, very 

 shining; testaceous, the head and palpi, the antennal joints 1 and 

 4-10, in part or entirely, nearly the apical half of the elytra (a spot 

 on the outer margin near the tip excepted), and the abdomen in 

 part, black, the tibiae and tarsi nigro-piceous ; the elytra and legs 

 somewhat thickly, and the head sparsely, clothed with long, fine, erect 

 or projecting, pallid hairs. Head short, barely as wide as the pro- 

 thorax, well developed behind the eyes, very sparsely punctulate; 

 eyes small, widely separated ; antennae moderately long, gradually 

 thickened outwards, joint 11 equalling 9 and 10 united. Prothorax 

 almost smooth, scarcely as long as broad, transversely cordate, 

 strongly constricted before the base, the basal margin raised and 

 thickened, preceded by a deep groove. Elytra moderately long, 

 widening to the middle, and there twice as wide as the prothorax, 

 somewhat acuminate posteriorly; finelj^ shallowly, confusedly 

 punctate, the seriately-arranged punctures barely distinguishable 

 from those of the interstices. Legs rather stout, the femora clavate. 



Length 6, breadth 2 mm. 



Hab. Guiana, Cayenne {Mirs. Brit.). 



One specimen ( ? sex), injured by pinning, acquired in 

 1858. An insect resembling S. bicolor. Champ., from 

 Panama, except that the head is black, but with the an- 

 tennae (less the flavous apical joint) and elytra formed 

 much as in the Central American S. alhqfasciata, Champ. 

 S.fulvicolUs, ¥., is also an allied insect. The Peruvian S. 

 iiigroapicalis, Pic, compared with S. bicolor by its describer, 

 must be a very different species, simply resembling the latter 

 .in colour. 



121. Statira semiviolacea, n. sp. 



Moderately elongate, robust, very shining; rufo-testaceous, the 

 ■apical half of the elytra and the suture narrowly thence to the 

 base, cupreo-violaceous, the eyes, joints 2-7 of the anteimae, the 

 metastemum, abdomen, tibiae, and tarsi black or piceous ; the 

 elytra with a few bristly hairs. Head small, much narrower than 



