200 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



the former longitudinally sulcate and foveate between the 

 eyes, the prothorax oblong, less densely punctate, and 

 aeneous in colour; the elytra less dilated, translucent 

 aeneo-testaceous, with the striae deeply impressed at the 

 apex, the setigerous impressions on the interstices 3 and 

 5 extended forward to the base. 



35. Statira sphenodera, n. sp. (Plate XII, fig, 16, (^.) 



Very elongate, narrow, shining; piceous, the prothorax, under 

 surface, and sometimes the femora at the base, rufous or rufo-testace- 

 ous, the elytra with a translucent greenish or cupreous lustre, the 

 latter with a few bristly hairs towards the apex. Head long, narrow, 

 somewhat closely punctate, shallowly, longitudinally, grooved 

 between the eyes, the latter vexy large and subapproximate, the 

 neck rugose ; antennae very long and slender in both sexes, joint 1 1 

 in (J equalling about five, in $ rather more than three, of the pre- 

 ceding joints united. Prothorax elongate, narrow, subconical, 

 sinuate at the sides before the base, the basal and apical margins 

 slightly raised; closely, finely, irregularly punctate. Elytra very 

 elongate, twice as wide as the prothorax, subparallel, acuminate at 

 the apex; finely punctato-striate, the interstices almost flat, 1, 3, 5, 

 7, and 9 each with two or three setigerous impressions towards the 

 •tip. Legs very elongate, slender, the femora gradually thickened to 

 near the apex in both sexes. 



Lengt 12^131, breadth 3-3| mm. ((J$.) 



Hab. Beazil {3Iiis. Oxon.), Rio de Janeiro (Fry), Per- 

 nambuco {ex coll. F. Bates). 



Seven specimens. A very elongate, narrow insect, not 

 miUke S. longicollis, Miikl., and easily recognisable by its 

 long, subconical, red prothorax, very elongate, slender 

 antennae, wath an extremely elongate terminal joint in ^, 

 the metallic elytra, with the interstices smooth to near 

 the apex, and the simple legs in both sexes. The general 

 facies is that of an Agra. 



30. Statira stenocephala, n. sp. 



(J. Very elongate, narrow, shining; nigro-piceous, the femora 

 paler at the base, the apical margin of ventral segments 3 and 4 

 testaceous, the elytra with a cyaneous lustre, the latter with a few 

 bristly liairs at the tip. Head oblong, narrow, sparsely punctate, 

 foveate in the middle between tlie eyes, and with two small foveae 

 on each side adjacent to them, the eyes rather small (as seen from 



