260 ■ Mr. G. C. Champion on 



and iinpinejiug t)n tlie narrow raised interstices, the alternate inter- 

 stices 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 each with a row of somewhat closely placed, 

 fine, setigerous impressions. Legs moderately long, the femora 

 rather stout. 



Length 6-6i, breadth 1^-21 mm. (rj?.) 



Hab. Brazil, Espirito Saiito (Fn/ : ^. tvpe). Parana 

 {ex coll. F. Bates : 9). 



One pair. A peculiar form related to S. cyJindrit'oU'ta, 

 Maid., from Colombia, Venezuela, and Trinidad: but 

 much lariier and lonaer than that insect, with a shorter, 

 broader head, and long, slender antennae, the elytra ^yith 

 TOWS of closely packed coarse crenate punctures separated 

 by narrow raised interstices, the alternate ones each 

 bearing numerous long bristly hairs, the humeri less 

 prominent. 



123. Statira melanoptera, n. sp. 



$. Elongate, narrow, widened posteriorly, shining; rufo-tes- 

 taceous, the ej^es, palpi, elytra, and legs (the bases of the femora, 

 and the tibiae and tarsi in part, excepted) black or piceous, the 

 abdomen and basal joints of the antennae also in part infuscate; 

 the elytra with numerous long, fine, bristly hairs. Head large, 

 broad, well developed behind the eyes, rounded at the sides pos- 

 teriorly, closely, rugosely punctate, the frontal groove deep and 

 almost straight ; eyes small, convex, widely distant ; antennae long, 

 slender, joint 11 equalling 9 and 10 united. Prothorax slightly 

 longer than broad, narrower than the head, constricted before the 

 prominent hind angles, the basal margin moderately raised ; rather 

 coarsely, closely punctate. Elytra long, somewhat convex, rapidly 

 Avidening to the middle, somewhat acuminate posteriori}-, the humeri 

 obtuse; closely, deeply, rather coarsely punctato-striate, the 

 punctures transverse, crenate, the interstices more or less convex, 

 as wide as the striae, 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 each with a series of numerous, 

 conspicuous, setigerous impressions. 



Length 7, breadth 2 J mm. 



Hah. Brazil [ex coll. F. Bates). 



One specimen, A close ally of aS. cribriceps, with tlie 

 elytra and the outer halves of the femora black, the head 

 not so coarsely punctate, the prothorax less constricted 

 behind, the elytra with smaller seriate punctures and 

 broader interstices, the alternate ones with conspicuous 

 setigerous impressions, as large as those of the striae. 



