194 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



their lower edge to near the apex ; posterior tibiae simply sinuate, 

 broadly dilated, hollowed and sparsely pubescent within; elytra 

 metallic green, the interstices 3 and 5 with four or five widely separ- 

 ated setigerous impressions, becoming tuberculato-catenate towards 

 the apex ; penis-sheath simply acuminate at the tip. 



Hab. Brazil, Salobro [type], Ilha Santo Amaro near 

 Santos {G. E. Bryant : 4. iv. '12). 



A male found by Mr. Bryant is perhaps referable to this 

 species, a very close ally of S. arcuatipes, according to its 

 describer. The shape of the penis-sheath (examined in four 

 out of the seven males seen of the last-named insect) shows 

 that S. tibialis cannot be a form of S. arcuatipes. 



27. Statira simplicipes, n. sp. 



Very like S. arcuatipes, Pic, the elytra relatively narrower, sub- 

 parallel in (J, green or brassy, the prothorax also with an aeneous 

 lustre, the antennae (the basal joints excepted) testaceous ; antennal 

 joint 11 in (J nearly equalling 7-10, in $ 8-10, united ; eyes slightly 

 smaller ; prothorax a little less rounded at the sides, subcylindrical 

 anteriorly in some specimens, distinctly punctate ; elytral inter- 

 stices 3 and 5 with more numerous setigerous impressions (3 with 

 from ten to twelve and 5 with about six), catenato-tuberculate at the 

 apex; legs long and slender, those of the (^ simple, as in $; penis- 

 sheath of (J acuminate §,t tip. 



Var. The femora and tibiae, the knees excepted, testaceous. 



Length 9-10|, breadth 2i-3 mm. ((??.) 



Hab. Brazil {Mks. Brit., Mas. Oxon.), Petropolis and 

 Constancia (J. Gray and H. Clark, Feb. 1857 : var.), Rio 

 de Janeiro {Fry : type). 



Eight specimens, three only belonging to the dark-legged 

 form, one of each of them acquired by the British Museum 

 in 1871. Extremely like S. arcuatipes, and with the legs 

 varying in colour in the same way ; the legs simple in the 

 two sexes, the apical joint of the antennae much shorter 

 in the (^, and the aedeagus not dilated at the tip. Compared 

 with S. amoena, Makl., which also has simple intermediate 

 and posterior legs in the (^, the more numerous setigerous 

 impressions on the third and fifth elytral interstices, and 

 the less elongate apical joint of the (J-antenna, will serve 

 to distinguish the present species. These three forms occur, 

 with many others, in the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro. 



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