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above), somewhat distant ; antennae long, quite slender, joints 7-10 

 rapidly decreasing in length, 11 rather longer than 6-10 united. 

 Prothorax a little wider than the head, much longer than broad, 

 subcylindrical, slightly narrowed and constricted before the apex, 

 and very feebly sinuate at the sides before the base, the basal margin 

 a little raised, the hind angles Hot prominent; very sparsely, finely, 

 irregularly punctate, the disc transversely depressed on each side 

 before and behind the middle, and indistinctly so in the centre at 

 the base. Elytra elongate, scarcely twice the width of the pro- 

 thorax, subparallel to far beyond the middle, rounded at the tip; 

 closely, finely striato-punctate, striate at the apex, the interstices 

 fiat, transversely wrinkled, without definite coarser setigerous im- 

 pressions on the alternate interstices. Legs long, slender, the 

 anterior femora feebly clavate. 

 Length 10, breadth 2| mm. 



Hah. Brazil {Mus. Brit.). 



One male, acquired by the Museum in 1871. An isolated 

 form, recognisable by its narrow head, slender antennae, 

 long, cylindrical, polished prothorax, and nigro-cyaneous, 

 long, subparallel, non-foveolate elytra. It bears some 

 resemblance to Hypostatira variicolor, Fairm., from Minas 

 Geraes,^^ but the present insect cannot be referred to that 

 genus as defined by its describer. 



37. Statira viridinitens, n. sp. 



$. Very elongate, somewhat convex, polished; head and pro- 

 thorax nigro-piceous, the elytra brilliant metallic green, with cupre- 

 ous or golden reflections at the sides and apex, the legs, antennae, 

 and under surface piceous, the elytra with a few long, bristly hairs. 

 Head almost smooth (the covered rugose neck excepted), foveate 

 in the middle between the eyes, the latter moderately large, separ- 

 ated by the width of one of them as seen from above; antennae 

 extremely slender and elongate, the joints slightly thickened at the 

 tip, 11 equalling 9 and 10 united. Prothorax about as wide as the 

 head, not longer than broad, cordate, almost smooth, the basal 

 margin laterally projecting, raised. Elytra very elongate, at the 

 base twice as broad as the prothorax, gradually widening to beyond 

 the middle, acuminate posteriorly, the apices pointed; closely, 

 finely punctato -striate, the interstices broad, almost flat, 3, 5, and 

 7 with several widely separated setigerous impressions scattered 



^^ There is a specimen apparently referable to this species in the 

 Oxford Museum. 



