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before the prominent liind anjrles, the Imsal margin raised, the disc 

 depressed in the centre behind ; sparsely, finely punctate. Elj'tra 

 long, gradually widened to the middle and there twice as broad as 

 the prothorax, transversely depressed below the base, acuminate 

 posteriorly, mucronate at the tip ; closely, finelj', deeply punctato- 

 striate, the striae undulate, the interstices more or less convex, 3, 

 5, 7 and 9 with a scattered scries of setigerous impressions, each 

 of which is preceded by a prominent tubercle, 1 also with three or 

 four tubercles before the apex, 7 and 9 catenulate throughout. Legs 

 slender [anterior pair wanting]. 

 Length lOi, breadth 3^ mm. 



Hab. Upper Amazons Ega {H. W. Bales). 



One male. This species agrees with ;S. tuberculata, 

 S mncronaUi, and S. nigrocaendea in having the head 

 deeply foveate between the eyes and the ai^ices of the 

 elytra mucronate, dift'ering from the first-named in the 

 convex interstices, smaller foveae, promiiieiit tubercles, 

 and more strongly mucronate apex of the elytra, and from 

 the two others in its narrower shape, less thickened antennae, 

 and the more prominent small scattered tubercles on the 

 disc of the elytra. 



14. Statira cuspidata, n. sp. 



Elongate, somewhat robust, narrow, widened posteriorly, shining; 

 piceous, the antennae (joints 1-4 excepted) ferruginous, the elytra 

 metallic golden-green, the colour clianging to golden and cupreous 

 laterally, and to green across the base ; the elytra with a few long, 

 bristly hairs. Head about as wide as the prothorax, closely, minutely 

 punctate, slightly hollowed between the eyes, the latter large, 

 somewhat distant; antennae slender, moderately long, joint 11 

 about equalling 7-10 united. Prothorax considerably longer than 

 broad, subcylindrical, constricted before the raised, laterally-pro- 

 jecting basal margin; densely, minutely punctate, tlie disc longi- 

 tudinally depressed in the centre behind. Elytra long, widening to 

 the middle and there considerably more than twice the breadth of 

 the prothorax, acuminate posteriorly, the apices mucronate; closely, 

 finely, deeply punctato-striate, the interstices more or less convex, 

 3, 5, and 9 each with a series of small setigerous impressions ex- 

 tending from a little below the base to the apex (those on 3 closely 

 placed on the apical half), 1 and 7 also with three or four impres- 

 sions before the tip, the spaces between them becoming more or less 

 raised longitudinally or tuberculate towards the sides and apex. 

 Length 10, breadth 3J mm. (? ?) 



