264 Mr. G.C. Champion ow 



female of a species of Disema. The following is an 

 extremely closely allied form. 



129. Statira strongylioides, n. sp. 



Q. Very like 8. pilosa and similarly coloured, but more sparsely 

 pilose; the antemiae more slender (joint 11 missing); the head 

 .sparsely, much more finely punctate, smoother between the eyes, 

 the latter more approximate; the prothorax shorter, transversely 

 subquadrate, the very coarse, irregularly scattered punctures re- 

 duced in number, separate one from another, the transverse basal 

 groove uninterrupted ; the elytral interstices smoother, the piligerous 

 impressions coarser, reduced in number, and placed along 1, 3, 5, 7, 

 and 9, those on 7 and 9 larger and more closely placed, 4, 6, 8 very 

 little raised. Aedeagus, so far as visible, very similar to that of 

 S. pilosa. 



Length 8|-10, breadth 2i-2i'^ mm. 



Hab. Brazil, Constancia and Petropolis {J. Gray 

 and H. Clark, Jan. and Feb. 1857). 



Two males, one with the femora black, except at the base. 

 This is a form of S. pilosa requiring a distinctive name. 

 The sparser vestiture is not wholly due to abrasion, but 

 to the more scattered puncturing of portions of the surface. 

 Both these insects, when abraded, are so like some of the 

 smaller species of Sfrongylium (a genus of Tenebrionidae 

 numerously represented in the same region) that they 

 might easily be taken for such, if the dilated penultimate 

 tarsal joint were not noticed. 



130. Statira gracilis, 



(^. Statira gracilis. Maid., Act. Soc. Fem. x, p. 646 

 (1875). 

 (5*. Elongate, narrow, shining; piceous, the elytra aeneous with 

 the suture castaneous, the antennae (except towards the tip), 

 legs, and ventral surface ferruginous ; somewhat thickly clothed, 

 the legs included, with long, fine, erect or projecting hairs. Head 

 broader than the prothorax, rugosely foveolate between the eyes, 

 the latter larger, subapproximate ; antennae long, rather slender, 

 the joints becoming stouter and subserrate outwards, 11 equalling 

 9 and 10 united. Prothorax smooth, much longer than broad, 

 oblongo-cordate, constricted before the raised basal margin, the 

 transverse groove in front of it complete, deep. Elytra long, barely 

 twice the width of the prothorax, subparallcl in tlieir basal half, 



