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42. Statira chalcoptera, n. sp. 



Elongate, widened posteriorly, very shining; nigro-piceous or 

 black, the elytra brilliant brassy-green, partly cupreous when viewed 

 in certain lights, the legs rufo-testaceous, the antennae ferruginous 

 or fusco-ferruginous ; the elytra with a few long bristly hairs. Head 

 rather narrow, not wider than the prothorax, sparsely, minutely 

 punctate, obsoletely impressed in the middle between the eyes, the 

 latter very large, somewhat narrowly separated; antennae long, 

 slender, joint 11 in $ equalling 8-10 united [broken off in <?]. Pro- 

 thorax slightly longer than broad, rounded at the sides, moderately 

 constricted before the prominent basal margin ; sparsely, minutely 

 punctate (almost smooth in one example), with a deep, oblong- 

 triangular excavation in the middle at the base and an oblique im- 

 pression on each side of it anteriorly. Elytra long, widening to 

 beyond the middle and there more than twice the width of the 

 prothorax, transversely excavate below the base, and also longitudi- 

 nally depressed M'ithin the humeri ; extremely finely, shallowly 

 striato-punctate, the interstices fiat, 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 each with a 

 scattered series of small, shallow, setigerous impressions, the im- 

 pressions on 7 and 9, and those towards the apex of 1, placed in large 

 shallow foveae. Legs long; anterior and intermediate femora 

 sparsely ciliate beneath. 



Length llf-12i^, breadth 3f mm. (c^$.) 



Hah. Colombia {Mus. Brit.). 



Two examples, one with the head and prothorax almost 

 smooth. This is a form of S. sumtuosa, Makl., with the 

 elytra deeply excavate below the base, the broad, shallow, 

 foveiform depressions on the disc restricted to the sides 

 and apex, and the short carinae between them on the inter- 

 stices 7 and 9 wanting; the prothorax deeply triangularly 

 excavate in the middle at the base ; and the legs wholly 

 red. 



43. Statira cavernosa, n. sp. 



$. Elongate, depressed, widened posteriorly, shining; nigro- 

 piceous, the elytra metallic green, the depressions, sides, and apex 

 aeneo-cupreous, the legs fusco-castaneous, the mandibles rufescent ; 

 the elytra with scattered, erect, bristly hairs. Head a little broader 

 than the prothorax, very minutely punctate, with a shallow fovea 

 in the middle between the eyes, the latter moderately large, distant ; 

 antennae slender, moderately long, joint 11 equalling 9 and 10 

 united. Prothorax slightly longer than broad, narrow, oblongo- 

 cordate, constricted before the prominent basal margin; closely. 



